Rent Privilege (1967)
3.3 of 5 from 73 ratings
1h 39min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Steven Shorter, the biggest pop star of his day, is loved by millions, his endorsement influencing the actions of the masses. But, in reality, he is a puppet whose popularity is carefully managed by government-backed handlers keen to keep the country's youth under control.
- Actors:
- Paul Jones, Jean Shrimpton, Mark London, William Job, Max Bacon, Jeremy Child, James Cossins, Frederick Danner, Victor Henry, Arthur Pentelow, Steve Kirby, Malcolm Rogers, Doreen Mantle, Michael Graham, Michael Barrington
- Directors:
- Peter Watkins
- Producers:
- John Heyman, Peter Watkins, Albert Finney
- Writers:
- Norman Bogner, Johnny Speight, Peter Watkins
- Studio:
- BFI Video
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Drama
- Collections:
- A History of Films Set In The Future, Cinema Paradiso's 2024 Centenary Club: Part 2, New Waves in Norwegian Cinema, The Golden Age of British Pop Musicals
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 25/01/2010
- Run Time:
- 103 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Original 'Privilege' Trailer
- "The Diary of an Unknown Soldier" (Peter Watkins, 1959,17 mins): A WWI solider shares his innermost feelings as he prepares for combat
- "The Forgotten Faces" (Peter Watkins, 1961,19 mins): A gripping newsreel-style account of the 1956 peoples' uprising in Hungary
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Reviews (1) of Privilege
Painfully dated! - Privilege review by TE
Sadly this film is almost unwatchable now. Peter Watkins was a maker of excellent docudramas, like Culloden and The War Game, but this attempt at a dystopian fiction has not survived the test of time.
There are good ideas in the mix, but the wooden acting, the shambolic production values and the jerky narrative all combine to make this a grim experience.
From the opening sequences onwards the atmosphere is pure over-the-top melodrama (and not in a good way).
A lot of films from the 1960s are either timeless, or have qualities that bring them back into fashion. Sadly, Privilege is scarcely even a watchable curio.
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