Brighton Rock (2010)

Brighton Rock (2010) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
British Independent Film Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
107 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Alternative Footage
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Short Film
Storyboards

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Rowan Joffe

Written By:
Graham Greene
Rowan Joffe

Actors:
Sam Riley ..... Pinkie Brown
Andrea Riseborough ..... Rose
Helen Mirren ..... Ida
John Hurt ..... Phil Corkery
Philip Davis ..... Spicer
Nonso Anozie ..... Dallow
Craig Parkinson ..... Cubitt
Andy Serkis ..... Colleoni
Sean Harris ..... Hale
Geoff Bell ..... Kite
Steven Robertson ..... Crab
Maurice Roëves ..... Chief Inspector
Steve Evets ..... Mr Wilson
Francis Magee ..... Pavement Photographer
Adrian Schiller ..... Registrar

Synopsis:

The year is 1964. The place is Brighton. A once quiet seaside town is suddenly overrun by gangs of sharp suited Mods and greasy Rockers looking for a riot. Amongst the chaos lurks top Mod and gangster Pinkie Brown. Ruthless, ambitious and horrifically violent, Pinkie will stop at nothing in his brutal quest to make a name for himself within the criminal underworld. But when a cold bloodied killing links him to a waitress named Rose, he uses seduction to secure her silence. Can Rose be saved in time from Pinkie, or will he drag her further into a world of death and damnation? Based upon the classic novel by Graham Greene, Brighton Rock is a gripping, razor edged thriller. The directorial debut of screenwriter Rowan Joffe (28 Weeks Later), Brighton Rock features two generations of Britain's greatest acting talent including Sam Riley (Control), Andrea Riseborough (Never Let Me Go), Helen Mirren (The Queen) and John Hurt (The Elephant Man).

A nighttime image of the sea crinkling like a black plastic garbage bag sets the bleak tone of 'Brighton Rock,' Rowan Joffe's pungent adaptation of Graham Greene's classic crime novel from the late 1930s. If you strip away the book's Roman Catholicism, which the movie mostly does, its story fits right into the nihilistic mood of today. The film's dual portraits of Pinkie (Sam Riley), a 17-year-old sociopath, and Rose (Andrea Riseborough), the slavish little mouse of a waitress who abjectly loves him, are part of this second screen adaptation of the novel; the first was a well-regarded 1947 movie directed by John Boulting and starring the young Richard Attenborough.

An adaptation of Graham Greene's classic novel about a small-town hood who marries a waitress who witnessed him murdering a rival thug in order to keep her quiet. As his gang begins to doubt his abilities, the man becomes more desperate and violent.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 12 September, 2011.

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