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Scum (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
97 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1979 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Alan Clarke

Written By:
Roy Minton

Actors:
Ray Winstone ..... Carlin
Mick Ford ..... Archer
Julian Firth ..... Davis
Martin Philips ..... Davis
John Blundell ..... Banks
Phil Daniels ..... Richards
Tony London ..... Woods
Ray Burdis ..... Eckersley
Patrick Murray ..... Dougan
Trevor Butler ..... Toyne
Ian Sharrock ..... Rhodes
Davidson Knight ..... Angel
Peter Francis ..... Baldy
Sheridan Earl Russell ..... Jackson
Philip DaCosta ..... Formby

Synopsis:

This is the hard and shocking story of life in a British Borstal for young offenders. Luckily the regime has changed since this film was made. The brutal regime made no attempt to reform or improve the inmates and actively encouraged a power struggle between the 'tough' new inmate and the 'old hands'. The film was originally made as a BBC play but it was banned before ever being shown. So 'Alan Clarke' and 'Roy Minton' got it re-made as a film. This is a tough and brutal film and should not be viewed lightly.

The film they tried to ban! A brutal story of today. Alan Clarke's Scum shows a vicious system and doesn't pull any of the punches - or kicks - so relentlessly deployed in the battles between rivals in the power stakes that incarceration promotes. It's the brutal story of life in a modern-day Borstal. Run by the violence and cruelty of both inmates and officers, the system is a jungle which brutalizes all within its walls. Carlin, who has been transferred from another Borstal for retaliation against violent officers, is thrown into this human quagmire - and what follows is a harsh and bitter battle for survival. He realises that the only way is by beating the system at its own game and eventually erupts as leader of a bloody climatic riot.

Raw, violent and shocking, Scum is a compelling story set in a contemporary Borstal. It tells of life in an institution run by violence and brutality rather than reason, where the boy who can fight his way to the top of the heap and reign as 'Daddy' will gain the respect of the inmates and sadistic 'screws' alike. One of the most controversial films ever made in the U.K., and one which caused a Furore when it was first screened on television, Scum stars Ray Winstone as Carlin, the one man prepared to struggle against all odds to be top dog in a system that is intent on breaking him.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 15 November, 2005.

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