Product Details

• Actors: Gary Oldman, Lesley Manville, Philip Davis, Andrew Wilde, Charles Lawson
• Directors: Alan Clarke
• Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen, Full Screen
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 5
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Blue Underground
• DVD Release Date: August 31, 2004
• Run Time: 412 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002J9Z9Q
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #49,005 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Alan Clarke Collection (Scum / Made in Britain / The Firm / Elephant)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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ALAN CLARKE COLLECTION - DVD Movie

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Made in Britain not edited (response to P. Burrows), January 1, 2005

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D. Brown (Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Alan Clarke Collection (Scum / Made in Britain / The Firm / Elephant) (DVD)

P. Burrows claims the hospital scene with the Michael Jackson line is missing from this edition. Not so. I just watched the whole set again last night and can confirm the scene is included.

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This is not an inexpensive set of films, but the cost is well worth it. Clarke has an unadorned, direct, unsentimental approach to the subject matter which makes for quite an impact. For example, in ELEPHANT there are only a few words spoken, there's no musical score, no slick sound effects, no glamour to the violence; the camera simply and fluidly follows the separatist assassins as they sidle up to their victims and carry out their executions with a disturbing casualness and lack of emotion. Then the grisly aftermath is witnessed by the camera with a cold, static stare.

It makes one feel like one's been punched in the stomach; the sensation is unshakable.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Revelation!!!, September 19, 2004

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S. Sathre (zentropa. europa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Alan Clarke Collection (Scum / Made in Britain / The Firm / Elephant) (DVD)

These films were truly a revelation. If you like the British Kitchen-sink realism of the 50's and early 60's and are interested in the early careers of Tim Roth, Gary Oldman. and Ray Winstone, buy this collection. This release is truly revelatory!

0 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Firm edited for the States, December 23, 2004

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P. Burrows "Bloodyjack" (Seattle wa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Alan Clarke Collection (Scum / Made in Britain / The Firm / Elephant) (DVD)

I watched the firm in this collection last night, and I also own the English release. Some of the scenes were cut for the American audience. When the black kid gets his face slashed with a Stanley knife, its not the violence that gets cut but the Hospital scene were he tells the copper his name is Michel Jackson and the copper says "you will be needing some more plastic surgery Michel"