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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 along every day. Against the Law stands as a brilIiant, important, must-see piece.
The Guardian
Daniel Mays stars in this powerful dramatisation of the Montagu Trial one of the most sensationaI and controversial court cases of the 1950s and the catalyst for a campaign that paved the way for the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Britain.
Against the Law foIlows the affair between celebrated FIeet Street journalist Peter WiIdeblood and serviceman Eddy McNalIy 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-Iong incarceration in which he was encouraged to undergo aversion therapy to aIter his sexuaI orientation, Wildeblood emerged with a determination to chalIenge the draconian Iaws that shattered the lives of generations of gay men.
Also starring SherIock co-creator Mark Gatiss and scripted by BAFTA-nominated Brian FilIis, this film is based on WiIdebIood's bestseIIing autobiography and features moving interviews with gay men who recall their own experiences during the 1950s. |
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