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If... [Criterion Collection]

If... [Criterion Collection]

Actor(s): Malcolm McDowell, David Wood, Richard Warwick, Christine Noonan, Robert Swann
Director(s): Lindsay Anderson
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: R
Content Advisory: Violence, Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children
Movie Release: 1968
DVD Release: 06/19/2007
Format: DVD - Black and White,Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
Edition: Restored/Remastered
Audio Tracks: English
SwapaDVD Credits: 2
Number of Discs: 2
Run Time: 1 hrs 52 mins
Studio: Criterion
Members Wishing: 30
Genres: Drama, Satire, Coming-of-Age

DVD Synopsis

Rebellious students at an English private school plan a violent revolt against their repressive environment in director Lindsay Anderson's highly acclaimed but extremely controversial drama. Centering on a small group of non-conformists led by Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell), the film paints a distinctly negative picture of the British school system and, by extension, English society. Seeing the powers-that-be as humorless, bureaucratic, and needlessly restrictive, Mick and his cohorts indulge in small acts of rebellion, including sneaking into town to romance a local waitress. Their actions are discovered and punished with harsh beatings, leading the students to plot revenge. This effort culminates in the film's most famous sequence, a surrealistic depiction of a bloody uprising by the students against the adult world. Daring and unpredictable in content and form, If... mixes color and black-and-white cinematography as easily as it mingles satire with dark fantasy. The film's ambiguous attitude toward violence caused controversy at the time, as many commentators saw the film as a potential incitement to violence. It became a great success among younger, counter-culture audiences who appreciated the audacious shock tactics and embraced the satirical, anti-establishment message. Often compared to Jean Vigo's French classic Zéro de conduite, which also featured surrealistic boarding-school rebellion, If... has become a high point in the cinema of youth rebellion. Anderson and McDowell later collaborated on O Lucky Man! (1973), Look Back in Anger (1980), and Britannia Hospital (1982). ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide

Actors

Malcolm McDowell - Mick
David Wood - Johnny
Richard Warwick - Wallace
Christine Noonan - Girl
Robert Swann - Rowntree


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