Rude Boy (1980)

Directed by

Jack Hazan

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

2h 13m

Rated

R

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 33 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Clash fan quits his job at a sex shop to work as a roadie for the band. The film mixes staged scenes with real concert footage from the band's 1978 tours and studio sessions.

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What happens

Rude Boy is a 1980 British film directed by Jack Hazan and David Mingay and filmed in 1978 and early 1979. The film, part fiction, part rockumentary, tells the story of Ray Gange, a young Clash fan who leaves his dead-end job in a sleazy Soho sex shop to become a roadie for the band. The film also includes extensive footage of the Clash at a Rock Against Racism concert at Victoria Park, on their On Parole and Sort It Out tours, and in the studio recording the album Give 'Em Enough Rope. The film was named after the rude boy subculture and over the years won a cult following. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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