If.... (1968)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.8/10   

Director:

Lindsay Anderson

Escritores:

David Sherwin (script "Crusaders") and
John Howlett (script "Crusaders") ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

27 agosto 1969 (Denmark)

Género:

Drama | Romance

Frase comercial:

Which side will you be on?

Plot:

In this allegorical story, a revolution lead by pupil Mick Travis takes place at an old established private school in England.

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Revolution | Boy | Boarding School | Paper

Premios:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Grab a gun and shoot the establishment - If....

Reparto

Malcolm McDowell	...	Mick Travis
David Wood	...	Johnny
Richard Warwick	...	Wallace
Christine Noonan	...	The Girl
Rupert Webster	...	Bobby Phillips
Robert Swann	...	Rowntree
Hugh Thomas	...	Denson
Michael Cadman	...	Fortinbras
Peter Sproule	...	Barnes
Peter Jeffrey	...	Headmaster
Anthony Nicholls	...	General Denson
Arthur Lowe	...	Mr. Kemp
Mona Washbourne	...	Matron
Mary MacLeod	...	Mrs. Kemp
Geoffrey Chater	...	Chaplain (Reverend Woods)

Duración:

111 min

País:

UK

Idioma:

Inglés | Latin

Color:

Negro y Blanco | Color (Eastmancolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.75 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

UK:15 (re-rating) | Hong Kong:IIB | Czech Republic:15 | Hungary:14 | France:-12 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:R (cut version) (1969) | USA:X (1968) | West Germany:16 (bw) | UK:AA

Locaciones de Filmación:

Aldenham School, Elstree, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Compañía:

Memorial Enterprises

Trivialidades:

Malcolm McDowell was reportedly paid £90 a week for this role.

Errores:

Continuidad: The boys order coffee at the Packhorse Café. The waitress pours the coffee into two cups and slides the cups towards the boys across the counter without spilling the coffee. Travis adds sugar to his coffee from a sugar tin. He spills some sugar and several small drops of coffee onto the counter. The spoon is left in the sugar can pointing towards the café entrance door. The boys then take their coffees away from the counter and walk towards the tables. The next shot shows the waitress standing behind the counter watching the boys. There is now a long streak of coffee on the counter which wasn't there before and the spoon in the sugar can is now pointing in a different direction. There is also no sugar spilt on the counter and no small drops of coffee either.

Citas:

Mick Travis: There's only one thing you can do with a girl like this. Walk naked into the sea together as the sun sets. Make love once... Then die.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Great Bolshy Yarblockos! Making 'A Clockwork Orange' (2007) (V)

Banda de Sonido:

Sanctus

Grab a gun and shoot the establishment - If....

When If.. was re-released at the end of the 1990s, it came with the slogan: 'An Anarchist's Punk Dream!' This certainly summarises the film's main ethos, in which revolution and the dream of blowing up the old school master is a dream of every anti-social English school boy. MacDowel is superb in this film, and he apparently landed the gig for A Clockwork Orange through Kubrick watching this film several times. The direction is also brilliant by Lyndsey Anderson, who unfortunately never amounted to much after this. If you're interested in the changing attitudes of English society during the 1960's then watch if..., as there's no better illustration. One of the all time British classics, with a bizarre sequel called 'Oh Lucky Man'.