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Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
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3 April 1961 (USA)
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Saturday night you have your fling at life...and Sunday morning you face up to it! more
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A rebellious, hard-living factory worker juggles relationships with two women, one of whom is married to another man but pregnant with his child. full summary | add synopsis
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Won 3 BAFTA Film Awards.
Another 4 wins
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3 nominations
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Four Angry Young Men: Richard Burton, Albert Finney, Richard Harris, Tom Courtenay
(From Alternative Film Guide. 26 October 2009, 1:53 PM, PDT)
'French Lieutenant's Woman' Director Dies
(From WENN. 29 November 2002)
(From Alternative Film Guide. 26 October 2009, 1:53 PM, PDT)
'French Lieutenant's Woman' Director Dies
(From WENN. 29 November 2002)
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best of the "angry young man" movies
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Albert Finney | ... | Arthur Seaton |
 | Shirley Anne Field | ... | Doreen |
| Rachel Roberts | ... | Brenda |
| Hylda Baker | ... | Aunt Ada |
| Norman Rossington | ... | Bert |
| Bryan Pringle | ... | Jack |
| Robert Cawdron | ... | Robboe |
| Edna Morris | ... | Mrs. Bull |
| Elsie Wagstaff | ... | Mrs. Seaton |
| Frank Pettitt | ... | Mr. Seaton |
| Avis Bunnage | ... | Blousy Woman |
| Colin Blakely | ... | Loudmouth |
| Irene Richmond | ... | Doreen's Mother |
| Louise Dunn | ... | Betty |
| Anne Blake | ... | Civil Defence Officer |
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89 min
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The film had to go through some dialogue changes before release, mainly owing to the swear words in the original script. Although 'bastards', 'bloody', and 'bleedin' were allowed the censors refused to pass 'sod', 'christ' and 'bogger' (the latter being a script substitution for 'bugger').
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Arthur Seaton:
They'd beat me right enough. Still, I had me bit of fun. It's not the first time I've been in a losing fight, won't be the last either I suppose.
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References Pillow Talk (1959)
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Lily of Laguna
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I first saw this film during its original u.s. run in 1961, loved it, and jumped at the chance to see it again at a local revival movie house. The movie is justly famous for Finney's brilliant performance (I think it was his first.), but has other virtues as well. Karel Reisz and Freddie Francis succeed in making the film visually interesting, and it is well paced, with essentially no dead time.
The thing that deserves the most praise, however, is Sillitoe's script, which puts virtually all modern dramatic screenplays to shame. In a general way, the working class british films of the late 50s and 60s launched the tradition that leads to Loach, Leigh, Tim Roth, etc. This film's subtlety and ambivalence towards its leading character reminds me specifically of Mike Leigh at his very best.