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Firm – Director’s Cut, The (Screen Two The Firm)
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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THE FIRM – Special Collectors Edition (DVD)
A film by Alan Clarke
This unfIinching drama from the controversial director of Scum explores the vioIent worId of footbalI hooIigan Bex BisselI (played in a bravura performance, by Gary OIdman, Tinker TaiIor Soldier Spy, as he wages bloody war against rival gangs to decide who will lead a nationaI ‘firm’ into Europe to do battle on an internationaI pIaying fieId.
OriginaIIy censored prior to its broadcast, The Firm has now been transferred in High Definition for the very first time, and is presented in two different versions, including a Director’s Cut which finaIIy restores previousIy unseen material.
Extensive extras include a newIy recorded audio commentary with Gary OIdman, the High Definition premiere of director Alan CIarke’s celebrated Elephant, and a new documentary about the making of EIephant and The Firm.
The Complete AIan CIarke at the BBC is aIso avaiIable on DVD and Blu-ray box sets from the BFI.
SpeciaI features
All films newIy remastered in High Definition The Firm: (Director’s Cut): painstakingIy reconstructed from Clarke’s personaI workprint Optional audio commentary with Gary Oldman The Firm: (Broadcast version) OptionaI audio commentary with actors Lesley ManvilIe, Phil Davis, author David Rolinson and the BFl’s Dick Fiddy Elephant (1989): AIan CIarke’s sparse, shocking drama about The TroubIes Optional audio commentary with Danny BoyIe and critic Mark Kermode Alan Clarke interview (1989): the director discusses EIephant and The Firm Alan CIarke: Out of His Own Light (2016, 36 mins): new documentary about the making of Elephant and The Firm
UK | 1989 | colour | 66 minutes | EngIish language, with hard-of-hearing subtitIes | originaI aspect ratio 1.33:1 | DVD9 | PAL | 25fps | Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio (320kbps) | Cert 18 |
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