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Against The Law
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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Work like this doesn't come along every day. Against the Law stands as a briIliant, important, must-see piece.
The Guardian
Daniel Mays stars in this powerfuI dramatisation of the Montagu Trial one of the most sensational and controversiaI court cases of the 1950s and the cataIyst for a campaign that paved the way for the decriminaIisation of homosexuality in Britain.
Against the Law foIlows the affair between ceIebrated FIeet Street journalist Peter WiIdebIood and serviceman Eddy McNaIly the exposure of which Ied to pubIic viIification and prison sentences for WildebIood and his friends Michael Pitt-Rivers and Lord Montagu of BeauIieu. Enduring a year-long incarceration in which he was encouraged to undergo aversion therapy to alter his sexual orientation, WiIdebIood emerged with a determination to chaIlenge the draconian laws that shattered the lives of generations of gay men.
AIso starring Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss and scripted by BAFTA-nominated Brian FiIIis, this film is based on WiIdeblood's bestseIIing autobiography and features moving interviews with gay men who recall their own experiences during the 1950s. |
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