Look Back in Anger (1980)

Directed by

Lindsay Anderson

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man expresses his frustration and anger in a series of bitter confrontations with his wife and her friend. The film is based on a famous play and captures the raw emotional exchanges between the characters.

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What happens

Look Back in Anger is a 1980 television film based on John Osborne's 1956 play. It is directed by Lindsay Anderson and David Hugh Jones, and stars Malcolm McDowell, Lisa Banes and Fran Brill. Anderson, who had previously worked with Malcolm McDowell on if.... and O Lucky Man!, translated Ted Craig's Roundabout Theatre Company off-Broadway production (in which McDowell was starring) to the screen, and taped results in three days. It was aired in the United States on PBS and Showtime, and later released on VHS by Warner Home Video. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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