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O Lucky Man!
1973
Lindsay Anderson, working again with Malcolm McDowell and Robert Sherwin, continues his comic comment on corruption in British society when Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell), the school boy from IF. . ., sets out, like a modern Candide, to make his way in the business world. Anderson stretches the boundaries of cinema with an .. Read more
| Starring | Malcolm McDowell, Arthur Lowe, Ralph Richardson, Rachel Roberts |
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| Director | Lindsay Anderson |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
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O Lucky Man!
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Lindsay Anderson, working again with Malcolm McDowell and Robert Sherwin, continues his comic comment on corruption in British society when Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell), the school boy from IF. . ., sets out, like a modern Candide, to make his way in the business world. Anderson stretches the boundaries of cinema with an eclectic use of movies within movies, silent-film-style title cards, surreal fantasies, actors playing multiple parts, and a live soundtrack. Alan Price appears on screen singing several songs. In the lyrics to one song he sings, 'Someone has to win in the human race, if it isn't you, then it has to be me', which is thematically linked to Mick's rise and fall in his career journey from lowly coffee salesman to assistant to Sir James Burgess (Ralph Richardson), the most evil man in the world.
This is a very fast-paced, wildly creative, cinematic tour-de-force that set the standard for expanding the boundaries of British cinema in the early 1970s. McDowell, who is on screen in almost every scene, keeps the bizarre situations from overwhelming the human emotions with a marvellously expressive performance. In the end, with a sly Zen message, Anderson tells us that in a crazy world we can only look within ourselves for a reason to smile.
| Starring | Malcolm McDowell, Arthur Lowe, Ralph Richardson, Rachel Roberts, Helen Mirren, Mona Washbourne, Dandy Nichols, Peter Jeffrey, Graham Crowden, Philip Stone |
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| Director | Lindsay Anderson |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 49 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | Production year: 1973 To Rent: DVD: 19 May 2008 |
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Nowhere in cinema will you find such a bleak worldview infused with such infectious, ebullient, indomitable joy, attentive to the magical propensities of life even when at its darkest
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- 29 Feb 2008 at 23:27
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The Long March of Everyman
A sort of a companion volume to Au Hasard Balthazar ... in reverse and updated! Here, McDowell is the everyman who's the victim, the hapless observer if ... read more »
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Not disappointing, but....
The follow up to 'If....' isn't disappointing but it isn't as good as the first film was. Again there is a stand-out performance by McDowell ... read more »
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O Lucky Man
A brilliant classic British film with a great sound track, about the exploits of a coffee sales man and a demented view of 1970's Britain.
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IF I had know this was so indulgent..
...I might not have rented it. But probably worth it just for seeing Captain Manwaring as a very bad African. Flashes of brilliance but never really understood ... read more »
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O Lucky Man!
Lindsay Anderson, working again with Malcolm McDowell and Robert Sherwin, continues his comic comment on corruption in British society when Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell), the school boy from IF. . ., sets out, like a modern Candide, to make his way in the business world. Anderson stretches the ...
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