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Scum (1979)
Front Cover Actor
Ray Winstone Carlin
Mick Ford
Phil Daniels
Movie Details
Genre Crime
Director Alan Clarke
Producer Clive Parsons & Davina Belling
Writer Roy Minton
Studio ODYSSEY VIDEO
Language English
Audience Rating 18
Running Time 92 mins
Country Great Britain
Color Color
Plot
Alan Clarke's Scum shows a vicious system and doesn't pull any of the punches – or kicks – so relentlessly deployed in the battles between rivals in the power stakes that incarceration promotes. It's the brutal story of life in a modern–day Borstal. Run by the violence and cruelty of both inmates and officers, the system is a jungle which brutalizes all within its walls. Carlin, who has been transferred from another Borstal for retaliation against violent officers, is thrown into this human quagmire – and what follows is a harsh and bitter battle for survival. He realises that the only way is by beating the system at its own game and eventually erupts as leader of a bloody climatic riot.
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 163
Collection Status In Collection
Purchase Price £15.00
Links SendIt
Product Details
Format DVD
Region Region 2
Screen Ratio 4:3
Layers Single side, Dual layer
Release Date 2004
Subtitles English for the hearing impaired
Packaging Keep Case
Standard Features Cast Interviews
Scene Selection
Theatrical Trailers
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Mono - English
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
Original theatrical trailer. Production notes. Cast and filmakers notes.