The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
by Tony Richardson

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Actor: Alec McCowen, Avis Bunnage, James Bolam, Michael Redgrave, Tom Courtenay
Director: Tony Richardson
Brand: WARNER HOME VIDEO
Cinematographer: Walter Lassally
Producer: Tony Richardson
Editor: Antony Gibbs
Producer: Michael Holden
Writer: Alan Sillitoe
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 104 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-02-13
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video

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Movie Review: A prayer for the wild at heart kept in cages
Summary: 5 Stars

This here half forgotten 1962 masterpiece, shot in gorgeous B&W, is a trad gem worth discovering again. "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" was one of the key "angry young man films" of its era, but its raw power & stark beauty still resonate today.

The wonderful Tom Courtenay plays the title character, Colin Smith, a working class kid whose life is up the junction & then some. Following a string of petty crimes, Colin is thrown in the clink - British reform school - only to have the penitentiary wankers coddle him, as they are banking on Colin's athletic prowess to win a cross country race against a prestigious school. However, our noble laddie has different plans altogether:

"I'm going to let them think they have me house trained, but they never will, the [...]. To get me beat they'll have to stick a rope around my neck."

A timeless work of art & an ending that is indeed one of cinema's greatest moments, I cannot recommend it enough. So go seek this film out, hitch hike a ride if you have to, punch a guy in a Prada suit, I don't care...just get yer mitts on it, buddy.

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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 02/13/2007 Rating: Nr

A bleak, but powerful 1960 British film that ranks as one of the most important United Kingdom imports of the decade. Director Tony Richardson (Tom Jones) tells the story of a rebellious social misfit and petty thief played by Tom Courtenay (The Dresser) who is picked to run on the track team at a reform school for boys. He finds he must balance his spirit and desire to win with his anger and frustration at the life he has led. At times a wrenching character study with no easy answers, Courtenay's performance is a touching portrait of a young man and the journey he takes as he tries to run not only for an unclear future, but from a past he cannot forget. A film indicative of the working class expressionism that came out of England in the early 1960s, Richardson's films stands alone as a downbeat, but insightful story of one man's struggle to determine who he is. --Robert Lane

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