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NR,1hr 51min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
March 9, 1969
Director:
Lindsay Anderson
Distributor:
Paramount Studios
Starring:
Malcolm McDowell, David Wood, Richard Warwick  ...more
Synopsis: Rebellious students at an English private school plan a violent revolt against their repressive environment in director Lindsay Anderson's highly acclaimed but extremely controversial drama. Centering on a small group of non-conformists led by Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell), the film paints a distinctly negative picture of the British school system and, by extension, English society. Seeing the powers-that-be as humorless, bureaucratic, and needlessly restrictive, Mick and his cohorts indulge in ... Full Synopsis
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Rebecca Flint Marx
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Surreal and satiric, If... is both a withering critique of British society and a fantasy rooted in the spirit of schoolboy anarchy. Fairly controversial when it was released in Britain in 1968, the film still has the power to shock, not so much because of its sex and violence (fairly tame by today's standards) but because of the manner in which they are presented. Resembling a landlocked Lord of the ... Full Review
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