Look Back in Anger

1959
Approved
1h 38m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

4.5K

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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.

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

4.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 4 BAFTA Awards
- 1 win & 5 nominations total

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Look Back In Anger

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Trivia
According 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.

Quotes
Kapoor: I am most interested in justice but I am not in the habit of expecting it to be applied to me.

Connections
Featured in Great Performances: Richard Burton: In from the Cold (1988)

Soundtracks
Onward Christian Soldiers
(uncredited)
Music by Arthur Sullivan
[Played by the Salvation Army Band]

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6/10

Bleak, angry, period domestic abuse flick.

Burton overacts and the dialogue is not that of a normal person but that of considered script. It doesn't ring true. Jimmy is just abusive to his wife, his friend and her friend. Through a modem lens, few would put up with him. Is this an insight into post war Britain? I don't know but I can imagine an angry post war generation. Maybe this notion makes the film more compelling and bleak.