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Title: Rude Boy (1980)
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Dave Armstrong | ... | Police officer |
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Barry Baker | ... | Drum roadie |
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Terry Barry | ... | Police officer |
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Reg Bazell | ... | Police officer |
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Stephen Behan | ... | Fan |
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Graham Brown | ... | Fan |
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Lizard Brown | ... | Suspect |
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Caroline Coon | ... | Band representative |
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John Daly | ... | Bouncer |
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Hickey Etienne | ... | Suspect |
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Plaxy Exton | ... | Fan |
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Tig Exton | ... | Fan |
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Ian Galland | ... | Police officer |
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Ray Gange | ... | Rude Boy |
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Ben Gaze | ... | Police officer |
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Rude Boy is a semi-documentary, part character study, part 'rockumentary', featuring a British punk band, The Clash. The script includes the story of a fictional fan juxtposed with actual public events of the day, including political demonstrations and Clash concerts. Filmed over a period of years, the written dialog takes on the appearance of improvisation. Written by Edmund Nasjleti <ena375@map.com>
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roadie | england | british renaissance | concert footage | london england |Taglines:
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18 May 1981 (Sweden) See more »Also Known As:
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Rude Boy: Yeah, I noticed. Quite a lot.
Lead guitarist: I been watching you.
Rude Boy: I'll keep it in mind.
Lead guitarist: Do.
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Lead guitarist: You know what I think, don't you? I've been watching you.Rude Boy: Yeah, I noticed. Quite a lot.
Lead guitarist: I been watching you.
Rude Boy: I'll keep it in mind.
Lead guitarist: Do.
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I was torn about what rating to give this as it's not without it's merits. The film works as a time capsule of late 70's Britain with real life footage of National Front protests and anti-fascist counter protesters clashing with police. The concert footage of the Clash in action is undoubtedly the highlight. As a narrative led film it's kind of all over the place. Ganges unsympathetic main character fails to hold the viewers interest. He basically wanders the film in an alchoholic haze, can in hand. His character is utterly useless in his capacity as a roadie for the band and leads to some continuity confusion when two other roadie characters are talking about him as though he's gone yet the next scene has him still there. The sub story about a group of black youths falling foul of the law which seems to have no connection to the main Clash story is puzzling as well. It appears to be a critique of police harassment of black urban youth yet the featured characters are actually portrayed as engaging in criminal activity so it kind of misses the point.