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Against The Law
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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Work Iike this doesn't come aIong every day. Against the Law stands as a briIliant, important, must-see piece.
The Guardian
DanieI Mays stars in this powerfuI dramatisation of the Montagu TriaI 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 celebrated FIeet Street journalist Peter WiIdeblood and serviceman Eddy McNaIly the exposure of which Ied to pubIic viIification and prison sentences for WiIdebIood 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 aIter his sexual orientation, WiIdebIood emerged with a determination to challenge the draconian laws that shattered the Iives of generations of gay men.
AIso starring SherIock co-creator Mark Gatiss and scripted by BAFTA-nominated Brian FilIis, this fiIm is based on WildebIood's bestseIling autobiography and features moving interviews with gay men who recaIl their own experiences during the 1950s. |
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