My union and my employers are currently in dispute and we older members of the workforce were talking about about this film so I thought I would watch it again and bought the remastered DVD which is marketed under the VINTAGE CLASSICS label.
Watching it again for the first time in years I am not sure it is such a classic but I do feel the film is misunderstood by most reviewers (not me of course I am a genius!!).
No plot spoilers of course but the film depicts union versus management rows in late 1950s Britain.
I was born the year after this film was made but I think I get most of the contemporary references due to being a history nut.
People go on about Sellars performance in this,and of course his performance is great but he has less screen time than I remembered but the lines he has are great.
People reviewing this film often say it is anti union satire,well it is but anti a certain kind of union activist and it is also savage in its attack on employers and the class system in Britain.
I like the film but it over the top and there is too much slapstick for my liking.
If someone was studying the way unions are shown in British films they might like to watch this film along with FLAME IN THE STREETS and THE ANGRY SILENCE.
Watching it again for the first time in years I am not sure it is such a classic but I do feel the film is misunderstood by most reviewers (not me of course I am a genius!!).
No plot spoilers of course but the film depicts union versus management rows in late 1950s Britain.
I was born the year after this film was made but I think I get most of the contemporary references due to being a history nut.
People go on about Sellars performance in this,and of course his performance is great but he has less screen time than I remembered but the lines he has are great.
People reviewing this film often say it is anti union satire,well it is but anti a certain kind of union activist and it is also savage in its attack on employers and the class system in Britain.
I like the film but it over the top and there is too much slapstick for my liking.
If someone was studying the way unions are shown in British films they might like to watch this film along with FLAME IN THE STREETS and THE ANGRY SILENCE.