Rent Charlie Bubbles (1968)
3.2 of 5 from 82 ratings
1h 25min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Charles Bubbles (Albert Finney) is a famous writer from a bleak industrial town. His divorced wife (Billie Whitelaw) and son live on a farm he bought for them near his home town while he lives in a London townhouse, detached from reality. Wretched in his wealth, Charlie stumbles through life drunk, debauched and dull, until he decides to go home again to revisit his ex-wife and child in the North.
- Actors:
- Albert Finney, Colin Blakely, Billie Whitelaw, Liza Minnelli, Timothy Garland, Richard Pearson, Nicholas Phipps, Peter Sallis, Charles Hill, Charles Lamb, Margery Mason, Diana Coupland, George Innes, Arthur Pentelow, Alan Lake, Yootha Joyce, Peter Carlisle, Wendy Padbury, Susan Engel, Rex Boyd
- Directors:
- Albert Finney
- Producers:
- Michael Medwin
- Writers:
- Shelagh Delaney
- Studio:
- Fremantle
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Drama
- Collections:
- inema Paradiso's 2023 Centenary Club: Part 2, The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to Stephen Frears
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 26/11/2018
- Run Time:
- 89 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.75:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with film historians Thirza Wakefield and Melanie Williams
- A Very Personal Film (2018, 3 mins): a new interview with producer Michael Medwin
- Down to Earth (2018, 9 mins): director of photography Peter Suschitzky recalls working with actor-director Albert Finney
- Off the Cuff (2018, 9 mins): first assistant director Terence A Clegg discusses his time working on the film
- Finney and Football (2018, 17 mins): actor Timothy Garland remembers his role as Charlie Bubbles' son
- Motorway Cafe Society (2018, 9 mins): a new interview with actor Susan Engel
- Entirely Harmonised (2018, 15 mins): composer Misha Donat reflects upon his distinctive score for the film
- To Shape the Country (2018, 5 mins): a short appreciation by film critic Danny Leigh
- Another World (2018, 22 mins): John Harding, author of Sweetly Sings Delaney: A Study of Shelagh Delaney's Work 1958-68, discusses the author and playwright's career and her work with Finney
- CCTV Test Footage (1966, 3 mins, mute): previously unseen camera tests supervised by Stephen Frears, Finney's personal assistant on the film
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: promotional photography and publicity material
- World Premiere on Blu-ray
