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Alan Clarke
English director (1935–1990)
For other people with the name, see Alan Clarke (disambiguation). For the British Conservative politician, see Alan Clark.
Alan John Clarke | |
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| Born | (1935-10-28)28 October 1935 Wallasey, Cheshire, England |
| Died | 24 July 1990(1990-07-24) (aged 54) London, England |
| Occupation | Director, producer, writer |
| Children | 2, incl. Gabriel Clarke |
Alan John Clarke (28 October 1935 – 24 July 1990) was an English television and film director, producer and writer.
Life and career
[edit]Clarke was born in Wallasey, Wirral, England.
Most of Clarke's output was for television rather than cinema, including work for the famous play strands The Wednesday Play and Play for Today. His subject matter tended towards social realism, with deprived or oppressed communities as a frequent setting.
As Dave Rolinson's book details, between 1962 and 1966 Clarke directed several plays at The Questors Theatre in Ealing, London.[1] Between 1967 and 1969 he directed various ITV productions including plays by Alun Owen (Shelter, George's Room, Stella, Thief, Gareth), Edna O'Brien (Which of These Two Ladies Is He Married To? and Nothing's Ever Over) and Roy Minton (The Gentleman Caller, Goodnight Albert,
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Director: Alan Clarke
Screenplay: Roy Minton
Based on a TV Play by: Roy Minton
Starring: Ray Winstone, Mick Ford, Julian Firth, John Blundell, Phil Daniels
Country: UK
Running Time: 97 min
Year: 1979
BBFC Certificate: 18
Alan Clarke’s Scum had a troubled history. The director originally turned Roy Minton’s script into a television play (the old British name for TV movies, as the Beeb liked to separate their work from films back then) in 1977, but it was banned presumably due to the violence depicted. The play did get screened to the press and selected audiences though and it was rightfully praised as a powerful piece of work. So, not long later, Clarke was approached about the possibility of turning the play into a feature film, as censorship was less strict in cinemas. He was keen on the idea and, due to the fact he wasn’t allowed to simply use the existing play or footage, set out reshooting Scum for the big screen. The first new script for this version was reportedly a disaster and changed much of Minton’s work, but when the writer caught wind of this he was furious and eventually worked with Clarke to produce a script more in line with his original vision.
Most of the key original cast members came back, with a notable exception being Mick Ford replac
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