If.... (1968)

	Directed by: Lindsay Anderson	COUNTRY United Kingdom GENRE Drama/Thriller/Fantasy NORWEGIAN TITLE If.... RUNNING TIME 111 minutes
	Produced by: Lindsay Anderson Michael Medwin
	Written by: David Sherwin John Howlett

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Mick Travis	Malcolm McDowell
Johnny	David Wood
Wallace	Richard Warwick
The Girl	Christine Noonan
Bobby Phillips	Rupert Webster

Review

Lindsay Anderson's once controversial film about the riots of emotionally and sexually oppressed 1960s British public-school pupils still retains its edge and distinction after forty years. Malcolm McDowell's cocky performance is the source of the arrogance he and his buddies shoved down contemporary rigid British throats. And Anderson's delicious, often random stylistics only complemented the chaos that his characters embraced. The Cannes jury was in awe, the outside world watched appalled, and Malcolm McDowell became a sought-after name.

Copyright © 16.06.2009 Fredrik Gunerius Fevang

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