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Film1968112 min

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Taste attributes: dramacrimefresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticgrittycomplex relationshipfighting evilsocial commentary

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Boxlist takeHeavy and realistic: an inventive drama, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

Taste details

Quality rating

7.1 /10

TMDB · 246 votes

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What lines up

  • Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
  • Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
  • Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate
  • Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. But three Lower Sixth students, leader Mick Travis, Wallace and Johnny decide on a shocking course of action to redress the balance of privilege once and for all.

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Directed by

  • Lindsay Anderson

Cast

  • Malcolm McDowell
  • Richard Warwick
  • David Wood
  • Christine Noonan
  • Rupert Webster

Details

Genre
Drama
Year
1968
Runtime
112 min
Status
Released
Studio
Paramount
Taste scores
How we score

Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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