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Release Date:
27 August 1969 (Denmark)
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Which side will you be on?
Plot:
In this allegorical story, a revolution lead by pupil Mick Travis takes place at an old established private school in England. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe.
Another 1 win
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2 nominations
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One for your sons
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Malcolm McDowell | ... | Mick Travis |
 | David Wood | ... | Johnny |
| Richard Warwick | ... | Wallace |
| Christine Noonan | ... | The Girl |
| Rupert Webster | ... | Bobby Phillips |
| Robert Swann | ... | Rowntree |
| Hugh Thomas | ... | Denson |
| Michael Cadman | ... | Fortinbras |
| Peter Sproule | ... | Barnes |
| Peter Jeffrey | ... | Headmaster |
| Anthony Nicholls | ... | General Denson |
| Arthur Lowe | ... | Mr. Kemp |
| Mona Washbourne | ... | Matron |
| Mary MacLeod | ... | Mrs. Kemp |
| Geoffrey Chater | ... | Chaplain (Reverend Woods) |
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Runtime:
111 min
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Black and White |
Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.75 : 1 more
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Certification:
UK:15 (re-rating) |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Czech Republic:15 |
Hungary:14 |
France:-12 |
Brazil:14 |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:15 |
USA:R (cut version) (1969) |
USA:X (1968) |
West Germany:16 (bw) |
UK:AA
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The title of the film was suggested by the secretary of Memorial Films when she overheard Lindsay Anderson and David Sherwin endlessly debating possible titles.
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Continuity: The boys order coffee at the Packhorse Café. The waitress pours the coffee into two cups and slides the cups towards the boys across the counter without spilling the coffee. Travis adds sugar to his coffee from a sugar tin. He spills some sugar and several small drops of coffee onto the counter. The spoon is left in the sugar can pointing towards the café entrance door. The boys then take their coffees away from the counter and walk towards the tables. The next shot shows the waitress standing behind the counter watching the boys. There is now a long streak of coffee on the counter which wasn't there before and the spoon in the sugar can is now pointing in a different direction. There is also no sugar spilt on the counter and no small drops of coffee either.
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Quotes:
Mick Travis:
I don't see what difference the speed makes... the speed of the nail...
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Spoofed in "The Simpsons: Home Away from Homer (#16.20)" (2005)
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Sanctus
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To get the most out of this film you have to be English, male and a teenager; in 1979 when I first saw it I was all three. In the years that followed I would catch it wherever I could, be it on television, in the college bar or in some local, flea-ridden rep cinema. Now, of course, I own the video. Every few months I dig it out and watch it, and more than any other film or book it reminds me what it was like to be young and rebellious and have my whole life ahead of me.
This was to England what The Wild One or Rebel Without A Cause was to America. Show it to your teenage sons; they'll remember it for the rest of their lives, and one day they might even thank you for it.
To dispel an old myth, while I'm here. Some scenes in the film are in black and white while most of the film is in color. The reason for this has nothing to do with art; they were short of money, and black and white was cheaper in those days.
Enjoy.