That sinking feeling /
"BFI Flipside presents acclaimed director Bill Forsyth's (Gregory's Girl, Local Hero) hilarious directorial debut. Unemployed teenager Ronnie (Robert Buchanan, Gregory's Girl) and his hapless pals spend their time hanging around the rainy parks and dingy cafes of Glasgow, but the...
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| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English language with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
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London :
BFI,
[2014]
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| Edition: | Dual format edition. |
| Series: | BFI Flipside ;
29. |
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| Summary: | "BFI Flipside presents acclaimed director Bill Forsyth's (Gregory's Girl, Local Hero) hilarious directorial debut. Unemployed teenager Ronnie (Robert Buchanan, Gregory's Girl) and his hapless pals spend their time hanging around the rainy parks and dingy cafes of Glasgow, but their world is about to change when Ronnie hatches a plan to make them all rich by stealing a job-lot of stainless steel sinks. Hilarious and inventive, Forsyth's zero budget debut provides an authentic depiction of 1970s Glasgow youth culture, and is presented here for the first time in a new HD transfer complete with the original Glaswegian dialogue track."--BFI website. |
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| Item Description: | Full screen (1.33:1) Dates from package design copyright on container. Originally produced as motion picture in 1979. Booklet (20 pages ; illustrations) with essays on Bill Forsyth and his cinematography inserted in container. Special features: new audio commentary with Bill Forsyth and Mark Kermode; interview with actor Robert Buchanan (Douglas Weir, 2014, 20 mins) ; Kermode Uncut (2012, 9 mins): film critic Mark Kermode discusses the budget for That Sinking Feeling with Bill Forsyth ; KH-4 (John Schorstein, 1969, 13 mins): a young artist (Forsyth) struggles to seek inspiration from a slowly crumbing cityscape ; Mirror (John Schorstein, 1970, 30 mins): a young would-be writer (Forsyth) searches the street of Glasgow for his missing girlfriend ; Glasgow 1980 (Oscar Marzaroli, 1971, 30 mins ): documentary, edited by Bill Forsyth, promoting the proposed development of Glasgow in the 1970s ; Islands of the West (Bill Forsyth, 1972, 30 mins): promoting the scenic beauty of the Scottish Hebrides ; Bill Forsyth's Lifetime Achievement Film (Bill Forsyth, 2009, 7 mins): short acceptance film made for BAFTA ; optional alternative dubbed dialogue track. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (20 pages ; 15 cm). |
| Format: | Blu-ray disc; BD50; 1080p; 24fps; PCM mono; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Audience: | Rated: 12 (UK), contains comedic suicide, references, sexualised nudity and smoking scenes. |
| Awards: | London Critics Circle Film Awards, 1982: Special Achievement Award: Most Promising Director (Bill Forsyth). |
| Production Credits: | Photography, Michael Coulter; editor, John Gow; music, Colin Tully; producer, Bill Forsyth. |