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A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.
- Nominated for 4 BAFTA Awards
- 1 win & 5 nominations total
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- TriviaAccording to Richard Burton biographer Paul Ferris, Harry Salzman screened the film as a courtesy to Jack L. Warner, who put up the money for the picture. After a few minutes, Warner asked sarcastically what language they were speaking. When Salzman told him it was English, the studio chief replied, "This is America!" and walked out.
- Goofs(at around 1h 21 mins) Cliff catches a train pulled by the Stanier Class 5 locomotive 45027. A couple minutes later, Alison and Helena are sitting in the waiting room just after the train has departed, and behind them, 45027 can be glimpsed going past the window. One presumes that the engine was chartered for the day.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Great Performances: Richard Burton: In from the Cold (1988)
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First of the kitchen sink genre of film-making
LOOK BACK IN ANGER has the distinction of being one of the first kitchen sink dramas that would become all the rage in the early 1960s. It's an adaptation of the famous John Osborne play about an angry young man and the love triangle in which he finds himself involving his wife and her best friend. I was surprised to see that Nigel Kneale adapted the story for the screen as this is well away from his comfort zone of science fiction and weirdness.
The film features a typically bullish performance from Richard Burton as the protagonist who spends the entire running time bullying the women in his life (apart from his mother, as he loves her). Yes, the film is in essence a couple of of hours of Burton abusing people, so I didn't find it particularly entertaining. The characters are certainly well drawn with plenty of depth and more than realistic, but as a slice-of-life story nothing much really happens during the running time (there are no character arcs or anything like that) and I was left feeling depressed about what I'd just watched more than anything else.
The film features a typically bullish performance from Richard Burton as the protagonist who spends the entire running time bullying the women in his life (apart from his mother, as he loves her). Yes, the film is in essence a couple of of hours of Burton abusing people, so I didn't find it particularly entertaining. The characters are certainly well drawn with plenty of depth and more than realistic, but as a slice-of-life story nothing much really happens during the running time (there are no character arcs or anything like that) and I was left feeling depressed about what I'd just watched more than anything else.
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- Nov 12, 2016
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Blick zurück im Zorn
- Filming locations
- Romford, Essex, England, UK(Romford Market - Jimmy and Cliff's sweets stall)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- £250,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $7,593
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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