Look Back in Anger
by David Jones, Judi Dench
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Actor: Edward Jewesbury, Emma Thompson, Gerard Horan, Kenneth Branagh, Siobhan RedmondDirector: David Jones, Judi Dench
Brand: A and E Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 115 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-09-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A&E Home Video
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- Since it first premiered on London s West End in 1956, John Osborne s LOOK BACK IN ANGER has shocked audiences with its blunt portrayal of domestic realism. Now available for the first time on DVD, Academy AwardŽ-nominee Kenneth Branagh (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets) and Academy AwardŽ-winner Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility) star in this powerful Thames Television adaptat
Movie Reviews of Look Back in Anger
Movie Review: This Just In . . .
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie is for anyone who didn't handle their past relationships perfectly and who wants to understand they are not alone in the mistakes they made.
I agree with another reviewer - this is my favorite Kenneth Brannagh performance. I've enjoyed him in other things, but I usually find myself looking at the screen and thinking, "Hey, there's charismatic Kenneth Branagh doing a charismatic acting performance." But his charisma is well placed in this part, playing Jimmy Porter, a man whose ideas are larger than his station, who is overwrought with the limitations of his era.
Jimmy: "They all want to escape from the pain of being alive, and most of all from love . . . It's no good trying to fool yourself about love, you can't fall into it like a soft job without dirtying up your hands. It takes muscle and guts. And if you can't bare the thought of messing up your nice, clean soul . . . then you'd better . . . become a saint, because you'll never make it as a human being. It's either this world or the next."
I don't know if the title of the play is ironic, sarcastic, tragic or literal - probably all four and more.
Jimmy: "You made a good enemy, didn't you? What they call a worthy opponent."
Alison: "I love you."
Alison: "You know, I keep looking back as far as I can remember, and I can't remember what it was to feel young . . . really young."
I titled this review "This Just In" because I feel kind of silly reviewing a movie that came out 17 years ago. But I recommend it because Judy Dench's choice to film the movie like a stage play was exceptional. A point of this play is to look at human relations in the confines of a small living space, small social circle, and British social constructs. And watching the characters, we see how difficult each conversational reply is because everyone in the room knows so much about each other's past. Their small space becomes even more difficult to move in, as they avoid the land mines, slip between the elephants, and struggle with eye contact. Yet despite the constant hardship, love survives.
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Summary of Look Back in Anger
A powerful adaptation of one of modern drama's most celebrated plays. Since it first premiered on London?s West End in 1956, John Osborne?s LOOK BACK IN ANGER has shocked audiences with its blunt portrayal of domestic realism. Now available for the first time on DVD, Academy AwardŽ-nominee Kenneth Branagh (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets) and Academy AwardŽ-winner Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility) star in this powerful Thames Television adaptation of Osborne?s enduring classic. LOOK BACK IN ANGER tells the simple but gripping story of Jimmy Porter (Kenneth Branagh), an angry young man with a college education and a dead-end job. Feeling trapped by his circumstances, his squalid post-war flat, and spurred on by self-pity, Porter lashes out against his wife, Allison (Emma Thompson), his lover, Helena (Siobhan Redmond), and his business partner, Cliff (Gerard Horan). Fierce, compassionate, funny, and ultimately cathartic, John Osborne's classic "kitchen sink" drama, as directed by Academy AwardŽ-winner Judi Dench (Shakespeare in Love), is a masterpiece of ensemble acting. DVD Features: An Angry Young Man: A Look Back at Look Back In Anger--An Interview with Kenneth Branagh; Cast Biographies; Interactive Menus; Scene SelectionSimilar DVD Movies
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