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Meantime / Made In Britain (DVD, 2003)

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In 'Meantime' we meet the Pollack family who live in a council house in East London. Their lives are affected by unemployment and boredom. 'Made In Britain' finds Trevor who is a teenage skinhead with a total disregard for anyone in authority. The story follows him into the care of social workers who hope to guide him back into society...

Product Identifiers

ProducerGraham Benson

EAN5037115047335

eBay Product ID (ePID)3956251

Product Key Features

ActorMarion Bailey, Terry Richards, Phil Daniels, Geoffrey Hutchings, Tim Roth, Gary Oldman, Tilly Vosburgh, Alfred Molina, Jeff Robert, Sean Chapman, Pam Ferris, Paul Daly

Film/TV TitleMeantime / Made in Britain

DirectorMike Leigh, Alan Clarke

LanguageEnglish

Run Time174 Mins

Aspect Ratio4:3

FormatDVD

Release Year2003

FeaturesClosed Caption

GenreDrama, General

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs2

Certificate18

Hearing ImpairedEnglish

Additional InformationThis disc features two cult classics of British social realism.<BR>MADE IN BRITAIN: When teenage skinhead Trevor (Tim Roth) is caught smashing the windows of a Pakistani owned shop, social worker Harry (Eric Richard) sends him to an assessment centre where it is discovered that Trevor is far more intelligent than one would be led to believe. But he is not easily contained, and it isn't long before he escapes, steals cars and leaves a general trail of mayhem. From a fact-based screenplay by David Leland, Alan Clarke's (SCUM, THE FIRM) film is a hard-hitting drama that received almost unanimous praise when it appeared on TV in 1983. Filmed on location in London, and featuring the blazing screen debut of Roth, MADE IN BRITAIN is a landmark of socially conscious British cinema.<BR>MEANTIME: Director Mike Leigh presents another slice-of-life drama--this time focusing on a family of acerbic, terminally unemployed working-class Britons languishing in their East End council house. Frank (Jeff Robert) and Mavis (Pam Ferris) are the endlessly bickering parents of Mark (Phil Daniels) and Colin (Tim Roth). Colin is a slow-witted teenager who strikes up a disturbing friendship with Coxy (Gary Oldman), a local neo-Nazi. His aunt Barbara (Marion Bailey) tries to lure him out of his shell by hiring him to help her wallpaper her new house. Unfortunately, Mark becomes jealous over this attention shown to his younger brother, triggering a series of taunts that convince Colin into rejecting his aunt's friendly offer. Not content in her own marriage to John (Alfred Molina), Barbara turns to the bottle to help dilute her inner pain. As the days wear on, the hopelessness of each individual's lives begins to catch up with them. As is the case with most of Leigh's films from the late 1980s (HIGH HOPES, LIFE IS SWEET), there is a bittersweet, comic quality to the story that keeps it from becoming completely pessimistic. This exceptional film also benefits from excellent performances by Bailey, Daniels, Oldman, and especially Roth.

ScreenwriterDavid Leland

Sound sourceDolby Digital Mono

Movie/TV TitleMeantime / Made In Britain