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January 22, 2024… #movieoftheday is If.... (1968).
“ If.... (stylized in lowercase ) is a 1968 British satirical drama film, produced and directed by Lindsay Anderson and starring Malcolm McDowell as Mick Travis and also starring Richard Warwick , Christine Noonan , David Wood and Robert Swann . A satire of English public school life, the film follows a group of pupils who stage a savage insurrection at a boys' boarding school. The film was the subject of controversy at the time of its release, receiving an X certificate for its depictions of violence.
“If.... won the Palme d'Or at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival . In 1999, the British Film Institute named it the 12th greatest British film of the 20th century ; in 2004, the magazine Total Film named it the 16th greatest British film of all time. In 2017 a poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers and critics for Time Out magazine ranked it the 9th best British film ever. On Rotten Tomatoes , the film holds a 90% approval rating based on 49 reviews, with an average score of 7.9/10. According to the site's critical consensus, "Incendiary, subversive, and darkly humorous, If.... is a landmark of British countercultural cinema." - more at Wikipedia .
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“ If.... (stylized in lowercase ) is a 1968 British satirical drama film, produced and directed by Lindsay Anderson and starring Malcolm McDowell as Mick Travis and also starring Richard Warwick , Christine Noonan , David Wood and Robert Swann . A satire of English public school life, the film follows a group of pupils who stage a savage insurrection at a boys' boarding school. The film was the subject of controversy at the time of its release, receiving an X certificate for its depictions of violence.
“If.... won the Palme d'Or at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival . In 1999, the British Film Institute named it the 12th greatest British film of the 20th century ; in 2004, the magazine Total Film named it the 16th greatest British film of all time. In 2017 a poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers and critics for Time Out magazine ranked it the 9th best British film ever. On Rotten Tomatoes , the film holds a 90% approval rating based on 49 reviews, with an average score of 7.9/10. According to the site's critical consensus, "Incendiary, subversive, and darkly humorous, If.... is a landmark of British countercultural cinema." - more at Wikipedia .
#If #tangled #Wikipedia
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