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Bloody Kids (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

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

Running Time:
87 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1980 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Stephen Frears

Written By:
Stephen Poliakoff

Actors:
Derrick O'Connor ..... Detective Ritchie
Gary Holton ..... Ken
Richard Thomas ..... Leo Turner
Peter Clark ..... Mike Simmonds
Gwyneth Strong ..... Jan, Ken's Girlfriend
Caroline Embling ..... Susan, Leo's Sister
Jack Douglas ..... Senior Police Officer
Billy Colvill ..... Williams
P.H. Moriarty ..... Police 1
Richard Hope ..... Police 2
Niall Padden ..... Police 3
John Mulcahy ..... Police 4
Terry Paris ..... Police 5
Neil Cunningham ..... School Masters 1
George Costigan ..... School Masters 2

Synopsis:

The "Bloody" in Bloody Kids is meant in both its scatological in literal sense. Two restless teens (Derrick O'Connor and Gary Holton) from the South End of London go on a Saturday-night spree. When girls and booze lose their appeal, the boys add murder to their itinerary. A surreal, high-energy film about life and death on the streets, the film has some intelligent social criticism, but its ultra-violent subject matter and unusual visual style caused controversy. The most noteworthy aspect of Bloody Kids may well be its treatment upon release. Considered too bloody for British theatrical exposure, the film went directly to television -- an intriguing reversal of the American procedure. Bloody Kids was director Stephen Frears' second feature, foreshadowing his later highly acclaimed The Grifters which also featured grim subject matter but with classic film-noir grace and sensibility, a sensibility lacking in Bloody Kids.

The slender premise springs from the actions of two listless 11-year-old boys, the cold, manipulative Leo, and his weaker, more impressionable friend, Mike. Contemptuous of the fallible police force (Mike has already filched a police hat from an accident scene), the boys arrange a staged knife fight outside a football stadium with the aid of a bag of stage blood and a real blade.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 29 April, 2015.