Privilege [Blu-ray]

Privilege [Blu-ray]

Director: Derek Ware, Peter Watkins Cast: Paul Jones
Paul Jones
, Jean Shrimpton
Jean Shrimpton
, Mark London
Mark London
Derek Ware
Privilege [Blu-ray]

Privilege [Blu-ray]

Director: Derek Ware, Peter Watkins Cast: Paul Jones
Paul Jones
, Jean Shrimpton
Jean Shrimpton
, Mark London
Mark London
Derek Ware

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Overview

After directing several extraordinary documentaries for the BBC, including the award-winning The War Game and Culloden, Peter Watkins made his first dramatic feature with this flawed but striking film about Steven Shorter (Paul Jones), a pop singer in a future society where entertainment is controlled by a totalitarian government. Shorter's music and image are used to channel the impulses of rebellious youth; in one concert sequence, the crowd watches him sing a plaintive plea for love and understanding while locked in a cage surrounded by police officers armed with clubs. While Shorter is remarkably popular, he's also living a life created for him by the government, which Steven knows is a sham. When Shorter's handlers decide to revamp his image into that of an obedient, religious boy, he rebels, to his peril. Model Jean Shrimpton made her film debut here as an artist commissioned to paint a portrait of Shorter. Privilege later became something of a cult film; one of the film's admirers was rock poet Patti Smith, who recorded one of "Steven Shorter"'s songs, "Set Me Free," on her 1978 album Easter.

Product Details

Release Date: 02/08/2022
UPC: 0738329257750
Original Release: 1967
Rating: NR
Source: Code Red
Language: English
Time: 1:43:00
Sales rank: 30,057

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Paul Jones Steve Shorter
Jean Shrimpton Vanessa Ritchie
Mark London Alvin Kirsch
Max Bacon Julie Jordan
Jeremy Child Martin Crossley
William Job Andrew Butler
James Cossins Prof. Tatham
Frederick Danner Marcus Hooper
Victor Henry Freddie K.
Arthur Pentelow Leo Stanley
Steve Kirby Squit
Michael Barrington Bishop of Essex
John Gill Bishop of Surrey
Edwin Fink Bishop of Cornwall
Norman Pitt Bishop of Hersham
Alba Bishop of Rutland
Malcolm Rogers Rev. Jeremy Tate
Doreen Mantle Miss Crawford
Michael Graham TV Director
Edwin Finn Bishop of Cornwall
Mike Leander Composer

Technical Credits
John Heyman Producer
Derek Ware Director
Peter Watkins Director,Screenwriter
Timothy Burrill Producer
Norman Bogner Screenwriter
Johnny Speight Screenwriter
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