Made in Britain (1982) (TV)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Alan Clarke

Writer:

David Leland (writer)

Release Date:

25 February 1982 (UK)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Tagline:

Trevor is an angry young man.

Plot:

Trevor is a 16 year old, sometimes-violent skinhead with no regard for authority, and would rather spend...

Plot Keywords:

Social Worker | Skinhead | Social Realism | Country Name In Title | Adult Illiteracy

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Vass Anderson	...	Canteen Manager
Madelenine Athansi
Allister Bain	...	Hopkins
David Baldwin	...	Leroy
Kim Benson	...	Job Centre Girl #1
John Bleasdale	...	Policeman #1
Richard Bremmer	...	Policeman #2
Sean Chapman	...	Barry Giller
Catherine Clarke	...	Job Centre Girl #2
Frankie Cosgrove	...	Viv Parker
Sharon Courtney	...	House Parent
Noel Diacomo	...	Solicitor
Jim Dunk	...	Chef
Virginia Fiol
Christopher Fulford	...	P.C. Anson
Brian Hayes	...	Man on Stairs #1
Ava Hrela
Geoffrey Hutchings	...	Superintendent
Eric Kent
Hyacinth Malcolm
Jean Marlow	...	Job Centre Woman
Cathy Murphy
Garry Patrick		(as Gary Patrick)
Maurice Quick	...	Magistrate
Eric Richard	...	Harry Parker
Terry Richards	...	Errol
Tim Roth	...	Trevor the Skinhead
Jirí Stanislav	...	Man on Stairs #2
Bill Stewart	...	Peter Clive
Steve Sweeney	...	Job Centre Youth (as Stephen Sweeney)
Joan Ware

Directed by
Alan Clarke

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
David Leland		writer

Produced by
Patrick Cassavetti	....	associate producer
Margaret Matheson	....	producer

Original Music by
The Exploited

Cinematography by
Chris Menges

Film Editing by
Stephen Singleton

Production Design by
Jamie Leonard

Costume Design by
Monica Howe

Production Management
Guy Travers	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Richard Dobson	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Celia Barnett	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Tony Bell	....	boom operator
Clive Gardener	....	assistant dubbing editor
Tony Jackson	....	sound mixer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Daryl Bristow	....	wardrobe supervisor

Distributors

• Blue Underground (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Central Independent Television (UK)

Also Known As:

Tales Out of School: Made in Britain (UK) (series title)

Runtime:

76 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:15 | UK:18

Trivia:

The story goes that 'Tim Roth' got the lead part by accident. He stumbled into the theater where auditions were being held as he was looking to borrow a bicycle pump.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Trevor the Skinhead: Bollocks!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Tim Roth: Made in Britain (2000)

one of the toughest films to come out of Britain

The late great Alan Clarke (Scum) brings us Made in Britain, a tough and uncompromising (though not actually physically violent) character study of a bored and angry teenager, played by Tim Roth, one of 'Fatcher's' children. The films rather flat narrative follows (both in terms of plot and camera movement) him through his refusal to 'conform' to the authority. Contrary to what a previous reviewer has said, it was not the intention for us, the audience, to believe that he must be forced to conform. The key in the film is that he never does conform, and that for all his obvious faults (racism and rebellion, it seems, a product of a right-wing and suppressive society) he retains the courage to stick to what he believes in. Rather than an anti-hero, Tim Roth's character seems to be more of a anarchist anti-authoritarian (rather like Alan Clarke himself) who is locked away for admitting to what he believes in.

So if you're in the mood, settle back and watch a film that packs a powerful punch. Probably most enjoyable if you're a little bit of an anarchist yourself (everyone else will most likely just be offended by it). Damned authority.