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Overview

User Rating:
7.8/10   5,985 votes
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Director:
Lindsay Anderson
Writers:
David Sherwin (script "Crusaders") and
John Howlett (script "Crusaders") ...
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Release Date:
27 August 1969 (Denmark) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
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 & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
One for your sons more

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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Additional Details

Runtime:
111 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English | Latin
Color:
Black and White | Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.75 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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Trivia:
The scene of the beating in the gym was completely adlibbed. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Travis steals a bike and drives to the Packhorse Cafe. As he rides in, there are no cars parked near the café. In the next shot, when he gets off his bike, there's a car in the background that wasn't there before. more
Quotes:
Mick Travis: There's no such thing as a wrong war. Violence and revolution are the only pure acts. more
Movie Connections:
Spoofed in "The Simpsons: Home Away from Homer (#16.20)" (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Sanctus more

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36 out of 46 people found the following comment useful:-
One for your sons, 19 April 1999
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Author: StevieGB from London, England

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.

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to those who went to public school at the time...or anyone who knows;) george271
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