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Bronson (DVD) (*)

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

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

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

Running Time:
89 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2008 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Nicolas Winding Refn

Written By:
Brock Norman Brock
Nicolas Winding Refn

Actors:
Tom Hardy ..... Charles Bronson
Matt King ..... Paul
Kelly Adams ..... Irene
Katy Barker ..... Julie
Edward Bennett-Coles ..... Brian
June Bladon ..... Party guest
Amanda Burton ..... Mum
William Darke ..... Charles Bronson - Age 13
Mark Devenport ..... Nurse
Andrew Forbes ..... Joe Peterson
Helen Grayson ..... Uncle Jack's Party Guest (as China-Black)
Anna Griffin ..... Train Girl
Kate Hesketh ..... Uncle Jack's Party Guest
Leah Hinton-Fishlock ..... Uncle Jack's Party Guest
Mandy Kay ..... Boxing Crowd Member
James Lance ..... Phil
Matt Legg ..... Prisoner
Brendan McCoy ..... Prisoner
Jane McLennan ..... Uncle Jack's Party Guest
Juliet Oldfield ..... Alison
Jonathan Phillips ..... Uncle Jack
Hugh Ross ..... Prisoner
Dean Spicksley ..... Gangster
Mark Stocks ..... John White
Joe Tucker

Synopsis:

The notorious life of the UK's "most violent prisoner" serves as the subject of Pusher Trilogy director Nicolas Winding Refn's brutal biopic. Born Michael Peterson but later renamed by his fight promoter, Charles Bronson's sole ambition in life was to become famous. Surmising that the fastest means of accomplishing his goal with such limited opportunities was to cultivate a stylized persona as a hardened criminal, the ambitious do-badder embraced a desperate existence of extreme savagery. But who is the real man behind the warped persona? Seeing as how twenty-eight of Bronson's thirty-four years behind bars were spent in solitary confinement, that's a difficult question to answer. The terror of the legend comes to vivid life, however, as director Refn explores the twisted alternate reality created by Bronson, and highlights precisely how the controversial criminal staged himself within that anarchistic world.

In 1974, a misguided 19 year old decided he wanted to make a name for himself and so, armed with a sawn-off shotgun and a head full of dreams, he attempted to rob a post office. Swiftly apprehended and originally sentenced to 7 years in jail, Michael Peterson has subsequently been behind bars for 34 years and transformed into Charles Bronson, Britain's most notorious prisoner. For this controversial but critically acclaimed film from director Nicolas Winding Refn (the Pusher trilogy), Tom Hardy physically transformed himself for the role and gives a performance described by The Sun as "utterly brilliant".

A young man who was sentenced to 7 years on prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter ego, Charles Bronson.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 02 January, 2010.

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