Naked (1993)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Mike Leigh

Writer:

Mike Leigh (writer)

Release Date:

February 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy

Plot:

Johnny flees Manchester for London, to avoid a beating from the family of a girl he has raped. There he finds an old girlfriend...

Plot Keywords:

Drug | Manic Depression | Cruelty | Social Problem | Anger

Awards:

8 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

David Thewlis	...	Johnny
Lesley Sharp	...	Louise Clancy
Katrin Cartlidge	...	Sophie
Greg Cruttwell	...	Jeremy G. Smart
Claire Skinner	...	Sandra
Peter Wight	...	Brian
Ewen Bremner	...	Archie
Susan Vidler	...	Maggie
Deborah MacLaren	...	Woman in Window
Gina McKee	...	Cafe Girl
Carolina Giammetta	...	Masseuse
Elizabeth Berrington	...	Giselle
Darren Tunstall	...	Poster Man
Robert Putt	...	Chauffeur
Lynda Rooke	...	Victim

Also Known As:

Mike Leigh's Naked

Runtime:

131 min | South Korea:112 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:R21 | Iceland:16 | South Korea:18 (cut) | Australia:R | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:Unrated | Canada:R (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

Thin Man Films

Trivia:

The script was largely created by improvisation during 11 weeks of rehearsal before shooting. The script was only 25 pages long.

Quotes:

Brian: Would you like a mint?
Johnny: Is this a new policy? Ply the culprit with menthol?

Movie Connections:

Featured in A Personal History of British Cinema by Stephen Frears (1997) (TV)

Naked Owns Cinema.

My favourite film of all time and I don't even know why. It not only is repulsive but at the same time hysterically funny. It makes living in London a distorted pleasure as it is on my mind every day as I walk through the city that inspired such a piece. The theories that Johnny comes up with are not only salient but increasingly prophetic and it serves as a reminder to Mike Leighs brilliance that a film ORIGINALLY intended as a Post Thatcherite comment can now be seen as a highly accurate portrait of 21st century Britain. The dialogue is razor sharp and the thoughts and ideas explored may be too 'In Your Face' for some but it is a film that every adult should see. It makes you face what you are and that may make it an uncomfortable experience but the result is, for good or ill, life changing. For that, it is, to me the greatest film of all time.

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