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The War Game review by from Merseyside

A classic from a master 17 August 2004
...on, because it was so lifelike, that nobody would believe our own newsreels. Peter Watkins showed great promise and was regarded as the English Orson Welles. But the esta... Read customer review

Punishment Park review by from Manchester

Brilliant film, absolutly brilliant. 5 November 2005
...tual actors in the film. Of which most had never done acting before, it is like Peter Watkins said, 'they were members of the public.' The best thing i got from this film wa... Read customer review

Privilege review by LewLew from Sidcup

For a certain type of viewer. 14 March 2010
...While watching this I realised that the Director was Peter Watkins, the same chap who made 'The War Games' and 'Punishment Park'. If you know those two, then you're aware of... Read customer review

La commune (2000)
Starring: Eliane Annie Adalto, Pierre Barbieux, Bernard Bombeau
Director: Peter Watkins
Certificate:
Centered on the story of the Paris Commune, the working-class insurgency that briefly ruled the French capital in 1871, Peter Watkins's film is at once a provocative account of a neglected episode in European social history, a call to arms against the contemporary injustices of capitalism, a ..read more »

72% from 7 members
Not currently released

Edvard Munch on DVD (1976)
Starring: Geir Westby, Gro Fraas, Kerstii Allum
Director: Peter Watkins
Certificate:
Famously described by Ingmar Bergman as "a work of genius", Peter Watkins' multi-faceted masterwork is more than just a biopic of the iconic Norwegian Expressionist painter, it is one of the best films ever made about the artistic process. Focusing initially on Munch's formative years in late 19th ..read more »

70% from 441 members

Punishment Park - Blu-ray (1971)
Starring: Patrick Boland, Kent Foreman, Patrick Watkins
Director: Peter Watkins
Certificate:
First Blu-ray release of 1971 cult classic. Directed by the English director Peter Watkins. Set in a near-future where dissidents can choose three days in the 'Bear Mountain Punishment Park' to a long prison sentence.

76% from 8 members
Not available for rental

Punishment Park (1971)
Starring: Patrick Boland, Kent Foreman, Patrick Watkins
Director: Peter Watkins
Certificate:
With the war in Vietnam is escalating, there is massive public protest in the United States and elsewhere. President Nixon declares a state of national emergency and the Federal authorities are given the power to detain persons judged to be a risk to internal security. In a desert zone in southwest ..read more »

67% from 1,173 member
Currently unavailable

Privilege - Blu-ray (1967)
Starring: Paul Jones, Jean Shrimpton, Mark London
Director: Peter Watkins
Certificate:
Steve Shorter, the biggest pop star of his day, is loved by millions; his approval or endorsement can guide the choices and actions of the masses. But, in reality, he is a puppet whose popularity is carefully managed by government-backed handlers keen to keep the country's youth under control. Only ..read more »

54% from 69 members

Privilege on DVD (1967)
Starring: Paul Jones, Jean Shrimpton, Mark London
Director: Peter Watkins
Certificate:
Steve Shorter, the biggest pop star of his day, is loved by millions; his approval or endorsement can guide the choices and actions of the masses. But, in reality, he is a puppet whose popularity is carefully managed by government-backed handlers keen to keep the country's youth under control. Only ..read more »

59% from 144 members

The War Game (1965)
Starring: Michael Aspel, Peter Graham
Director: Peter Watkins
Certificate:
Peter Watkins' The War Game, which was filmed in handheld documentary fashion, speculates on the aftereffects of a nuclear war. Some of the images are almost impossible to look at; they truly illustrate the theory that, in the wake of such a holocaust, the living will envy the dead. The most ..read more »

72% from 703 members
Not currently released

Culloden (1964)
Starring: Peter Watkins
Director: Peter Watkins
Certificate:
A dramatized reconstruction of one of the most brutal battles ever fought in Britain on the 16th April, 1746. Also includes Peter Watkins' amateur film 'The Forgotten Face' plus location footage of the making of 'Culloden'.

70% from 239 members
Currently unavailable

La commune - 3.5 stars
Edvard Munch - 3.5 stars
Punishment Park - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Punishment Park - 3.5 stars
Privilege - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars

The War Game - 3.5 stars
Culloden - 3.5 stars
Edvard Munch - 3.5 stars
Punishment Park - 3.5 stars
Privilege - 3.0 stars

La commune - 3.5 stars
Punishment Park - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Privilege - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Privilege - 3.0 stars
Punishment Park - 3.5 stars

Patrick Boland - 2 times - show films
Steve Kirby - 2 times - show films
Jeremy Child - 2 times - show films
Kent Foreman - 2 times - show films
Jean Shrimpton - 2 times - show films