An awesome and ridiculous film that leaves you thrilled beyond the point of your natural endurance
2012
Theatre
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Music
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Muse
I was smitten by both Gilberts enormous luxuriant moustache and the intelligence and nuance of this highly entertaining play
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Always been a fan but never seen them live. I was ecstatic to be part of this epic event. WOW!
London,
Derek Malcolm's rating
Reader rating
Dir: Lindsay Anderson.
Cast: Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel, William Hartnell, Colin Blakely
Description: Brutish miner Frank Machin can barely contain his resentment towards the local rugby team, who are treated like heroes by the residents of Wakefield. Frank's evident ferocity impresses team owner Gerald Weaver, who offers him a try-out. Sure enough, Frank impresses on the pitch and he too revels in the adulation of friends and neighbours. However, newfound celebrity doesn't win him any favours with his lover, landlady Margaret Hammond, and Frank is blind to the business deals, which dictate what happens before and after the match.
Country: UK. 1963. 133mins
Richard Harris and Rachel Roberts deserved all praise
Lindsay Anderson shot David Storey’s novel of the same name up North in eloquent black and white.
It still looks a treat and Richard Harris’s passionate performance as Yorkshire miner Frank Machin, who becomes a combative Rugby League player but loses his emotional cool off the field, deserved all the praise thrown at it at the time.
So did Rachel Roberts, as the widow who resists his advances.
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