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Alan Clarke is a Director and Scriptwriter British born on 28 october 1935 at Wallasey (United-kingdom)

Alan Clarke

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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 28 october 1935 at Wallasey (United-kingdom)
Death 24 july 1990 (at 54 years) at Greater London (United-kingdom)

Alan Clarke (28 October 1935 – 24 July 1990) was an English television and film director, producer and writer.

Biography

Principalement considéré comme un cinéaste de télévision, entendons par là travaillant sur commande pour la BBC en l'occurrence, ce qu'il était factuellement. Alan Clarke ne fut pas moins considéré par ses pairs comme un cinéaste à part entière, voire un cinéaste à part. Au delà d'un style narratif et esthétique unanimement reconnu comme fort, ses compositions visuelles se caractérisèrent toutes par une composante commune : une inconditionnelle tendresse, fût-elle ressentie douteuse ou justifiée, pour ces personnages qu'il qualifiait paternellement de « merdeux ». Ceux-là même que sa libérale société contemporaine « vomissait », ces empêcheurs de consommer en rond en somme.

Le point d'orgue de ce qui pouvait à l'époque apparaître lubie de réalisateur, avant d'être distinguée comme une puissante signature, fut atteint en la personne de Trevor (Made in Britain, 1982), ce jeune skinhead inexorablement paumé et iconoclaste, incarné avec une véracité déconcertante par un jeune Tim Roth alors encore méconnu.

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Danny Boyle
Danny Boyle
(1 films)
Sean Chapman
Sean Chapman
(2 films)
Phil Daniels
Phil Daniels
(2 films)
Gary Oldman
Gary Oldman
(1 films)
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Filmography of Alan Clarke (6 films)

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Director

Elephant
Elephant (1989)
, 39minutes
Directed by Alan Clarke
Genres Drama, Horror, Historical, Crime
Themes Films about terrorism, Political films
Rating70% 3.5392153.5392153.5392153.5392153.539215
Représentation, sans dialogues ni explications, de 18 meurtres particulièrement violents commis en Irlande du Nord.
The Firm
The Firm (1989)
, 1h10
Directed by Alan Clarke
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Sports films, Association football films
Actors Gary Oldman, Lesley Manville, Phil Davis, Charles Lawson, Jay Simpson, Nick Dunning
Rating38% 1.912281.912281.912281.912281.91228
Clive Bissel (nicknamed "Bex", or "Bexy") is a married man with a baby son. His wife does not approve of his activities as a football hooligan, which contrast to his respectable job as an estate agent. Even when his baby son injures himself with a Stanley knife that Bex has carelessly left lying around, he is unwilling to give up violence as he admits it gives him a "buzz". Conversely, Bexy's father shows acceptance of his son's lifestyle, happily taking a group photograph of the 'tooled up' gang and boasting of similar activities in his own era. However, he feels that Bex and his friends have gone soft because they now use weapons.
Rita, Sue and Bob Too, 1h35
Directed by Alan Clarke
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Michelle Holmes, Siobhan Finneran, George Costigan, Lesley Sharp, Danny O'Dea
Rating65% 3.296913.296913.296913.296913.29691
The film opens with Sue's father, Kevin, (Willie Ross) walking back drunk from an all-nighter at the local pub. Sue goes to fetch Rita from home so they can go and babysit for Bob and Michelle (Lesley Sharp), a better-off couple who live in a nicer part of the city. When the couple returns later, Michelle pays the girls, and tells Bob to give them a lift home. Bob, however, drives them to an out of the way place to have sex with both of them. They nonchalantly agree, and he and the girls plan to make it a regular thing. By the time they're finished, it's 2 a.
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire, 1h35
Directed by Alan Clarke
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Horror, Musical, Western
Themes Sports films, Musical films
Actors Phil Daniels, Bruce Payne, Alun Armstrong, Don Henderson, Richard Ridings, Caroline Quentin
Rating55% 2.7616252.7616252.7616252.7616252.761625
Billy the Kid is a young, up-and-coming snooker player. His manager, T.O. (The One), a compulsive gambler, falls into debt with psychopathic loanshark the Wednesday Man, who offers to cancel T.O's debt if he can arrange a 17-frame grudge snooker match between Billy, and the reigning world champion Maxwell Randall (popularly known as the Green Baize Vampire).
Made in Britain, 1h16
Directed by Alan Clarke
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about racism, Skinheads
Actors Tim Roth, Bill Stewart, Geoffrey Hutchings, Eric Richard, Sean Chapman, Christopher Fulford
Rating71% 3.59653.59653.59653.59653.5965
The play begins with Trevor being tried in court on charges of throwing a brick through the window of a Pakistani man, Mr. Shahnawaz. He has also been charged with shoplifting from Harrods. Trevor is defiant when questioned by the judge. Trevor's social worker, Harry Parker (Eric Richard) has him sent to Hooper Street Residential Assessment Centre, where his punishment will be determined. The deputy superintendent in the assessment centre, Peter Clive (Bill Stewart), admits Trevor, and he is allocated a room with Errol (Terry Richards).
Scum
Scum (1979)
, 1h38
Directed by Alan Clarke
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films based on plays
Actors Ray Winstone, Julian Firth, Phil Daniels, Philip Jackson, Helen Shapiro, David Threlfall
Rating75% 3.7957353.7957353.7957353.7957353.795735
Three young men arrive at Borstal by prison van: Carlin, who has taken the blame for his brother's theft of scrap metal; Angel for stealing a car; and Davis, sent here after escaping from an open institution. All three are allocated to their rooms; Angel and Davis sent to private rooms, and Carlin sent to a dormitory.

Scriptwriter

Elephant
Elephant (1989)
, 39minutes
Directed by Alan Clarke
Genres Drama, Horror, Historical, Crime
Themes Films about terrorism, Political films
Rating70% 3.5392153.5392153.5392153.5392153.539215
Représentation, sans dialogues ni explications, de 18 meurtres particulièrement violents commis en Irlande du Nord.