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Look Back in Anger (1980 film)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Look Back in Anger
| image = Look Back in Anger DVD cover.jpg
| director = Lindsay Anderson
David Hugh Jones
| producer = Don Boyd
| writer = John Osborne (play)
| starring = Malcolm McDowell
Lisa Banes
Fran Brill
Robert Burr
Raymond Hardie
| music =
| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio =
| distributor = Showtime
| released =
| runtime = 100 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
'Look Back in Anger' is a 1980 British film starring Malcolm McDowell, Lisa Banes and Fran Brill, and directed by Lindsay Anderson and David Hugh Jones. The film is based on John Osborne's play 'Look Back in Anger'.
Plot
'Look Back in Anger' is about a love triangle involving an intelligent but disaffected young man Jimmy Porter (Malcolm McDowell), his upper-middle-class, impassive wife Alison Porter (Lisa Banes), and her snooty best friend Helena Charles (Fran Brill). Cliff (Raymond Hardie), an amiable Welsh lodger, attempts to keep the peace.
Cast
* Malcolm McDowell - Jimmy Porter
* Lisa Banes - Alison Porter
* Fran Brill - Helena Charles
* Raymond Hardie - Cliff Lewis
* Robert Burr - Colonel Redfern
Background/Production
Lindsay Anderson, who had previously worked with Malcolm McDowell on 'if....' and 'O Lucky Man!', translated Ted Craig's Roundabout Theatre Company production (in which McDowell was starring) to the screen, and taped results in three days.
References
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