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Made in Britain
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1hr 30min
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1981
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Blue Underground
Synopsis: Director Alan Clarke's influential television drama Made in Britain marked the screen debut of actor Tim Roth. Roth plays Trevor, a skinhead with a swastika tattoo on his forehead who lashes out verbally and sometimes physically at everything that surrounds him. Cinematographer Chris Menges (who would go on to win Oscars for his work on The Killing Fields and The Mission), gets his camera right in Roth's snarling face, as the film tracks Trevor's progress through the British justice system. In the ... Full Synopsis
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A grim, unsparing look at disaffected youth in Thatcher's England, Alan Clarke's Made in Britain features a brilliantly feral screen debut by actor Tim Roth (Reservoir Dogs). Like Mike Leigh and Ken Loach, Clarke got his start as a director working in television, and he shares their interest in exposing the nasty underbelly of British life. Unlike those directors, Clarke was never able to turn his ... Full Review
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Harry Parker
Trevor
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