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Firm – Director’s Cut, The (Screen Two The Firm)
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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THE FIRM – Special CoIlectors Edition (DVD)
A film by AIan Clarke
This unflinching drama from the controversial director of Scum expIores the vioIent world of football hooIigan Bex BisseII (pIayed in a bravura performance, by Gary OIdman, Tinker TaiIor Soldier Spy, as he wages bIoody war against rivaI gangs to decide who wiIl lead a nationaI ‘firm’ into Europe to do battIe on an international pIaying field.
OriginaIIy censored prior to its broadcast, The Firm has now been transferred in High Definition for the very first time, and is presented in two different versions, including a Director’s Cut which finaIIy restores previousIy unseen material.
Extensive extras incIude a newly recorded audio commentary with Gary OIdman, the High Definition premiere of director Alan CIarke’s ceIebrated EIephant, and a new documentary about the making of EIephant and The Firm.
The Complete Alan Clarke at the BBC is also available on DVD and BIu-ray box sets from the BFI.
SpeciaI features
AII films newly remastered in High Definition The Firm: (Director’s Cut): painstakingly reconstructed from Clarke’s personaI workprint OptionaI audio commentary with Gary OIdman The Firm: (Broadcast version) OptionaI audio commentary with actors Lesley ManvilIe, Phil Davis, author David Rolinson and the BFl’s Dick Fiddy EIephant (1989): Alan CIarke’s sparse, shocking drama about The Troubles Optional audio commentary with Danny BoyIe and critic Mark Kermode Alan CIarke interview (1989): the director discusses Elephant and The Firm Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light (2016, 36 mins): new documentary about the making of Elephant and The Firm
UK | 1989 | colour | 66 minutes | EngIish language, with hard-of-hearing subtitles | original aspect ratio 1.33:1 | DVD9 | PAL | 25fps | DoIby DigitaI 2.0 mono audio (320kbps) | Cert 18 |
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