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Get Carter: A British Film Guide

By Steve Chibnall

Book information

Year
2003
ISBN
1860649106, 9781860649103, 9781417516407
LCC
PN1997.G4434 C45 2003
Open Library ID
OL3705084M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1571021 bytes)
Edition
1St Edition
Pages
144\145
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Mike Hodges’ bleak gangster film was released in 1971 to controversy and mixed reviews. Three decades later in the British Film Institute’s millennial poll, the film was voted one of the 20 best British films of all time. Steve Chibnall’s enjoyable and fresh account relates the film to others in its genre like Point Blank and Dirty Harry, profiles the people involved in its making and presents a fascinating analysis of the film text itself. He completes the story-so-far, looking at the critical reception, and cultural context and the two remakes: the 1972 blaxploitation film Hit Man and the new Stephen T. Kay movie, set in the US.

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