Rent The Firm (1989)
3.5 of 5 from 94 ratings
1h 7min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Gary Oldman is Bex Bissell, a respectable estate agent who loves his wife, loves his son and loves his violence. Bex is the leader of a gang of football supporters known as the Inter-City Crew; his firm. He plans to unite rival firms and lead them all to the European Championship in Germany, a chance to take on the locals. But that's a position he's going to have to fight for.
- Actors:
- Gary Oldman, Lesley Manville, Philip Davis, Andrew Wilde, Charles Lawson, William Vanderpuye, Jay Simpson, Patrick Murray, Robbie Gee, Terry Sue-Patt, Nick Dunning, Nicholas Hewetson, Steve McFadden, Steve Sweeney, Hepburn Graham, Dan Hildebrand, Kevin Allen, Roderick Smith, Martin Barrass, Stephen Petcher
- Directors:
- Alan Clarke
- Producers:
- David M. Thompson
- Writers:
- Al Ashton
- Studio:
- Prism Leisure
- Genres:
- Drama, Sports & Sport Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 23/05/2016
- Run Time:
- 68 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- The Firm: Director's Cut (68 mins): painstakingly reconstructed from Clarke's personal workprint Optional audio commentary with Gary Oldman
- The Firm: Broadcast version (67 mins)
- Optional audio commentary with actors Lesley Manville, Phil Davis, author David Rolinson and the BFI's Dick Fiddy
- Elephant (Clarke, 1989, 39 mins): Alan Clarke's sparse, shocking drama about The Troubles Optional audio commentary with producer Danny Boyle and critic Mark Kermode
- Alan Clarke interview (1989, 10 mins): the director discusses Elephant and 'The Firm'
- Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light (2016, 36 mins): new documentary about the making of Clarke's last films
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Reviews (1) of The Firm
Gary Oldman is electric but the film around him is not particularly worthy of his talents - The Firm review by TB
In a career stuffed full of memorable and iconic roles, for many people it is this role as Bex Bissell that is listed as his best. And he does give an incredible performance, especially in his psychotic rage towards both his rivals and his own gang members who step out of line.
But the film around him just didn't click that much for me. Lesley Manville was very good, but the script meanders and there are several scenes which just go on and on.
I can appreciate that today we have a huge number of football hooligan films and that back in the 80's, this was an extremely controversial & new type of film. But for me, as much as it is treasonous to say this, I still feel the best film I've seen about this is The Football Factory. This is mainly because the characters in that film are so relatable and the type of people I have repeatedly met when involved with football days.
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