The Firm / Elephant - 2 Trailers - Blue Underground

"The greatest British filmmaker of his generation."
His vision exposed a real world of raw life like no others. His career inspired a group of actors, writers and directors that changed movies forever. In these two acclaimed dramas from the late Alan Clarke, experience the unsparing work of the director The London Observer still calls "the greatest British filmmaker of his generation."

THE FIRM
Gary Oldman (SID & NANCY, JFK) gives a blistering performance as Bex Bissell, a middle-class family man who also leads a violent gang of soccer hooligans. Philip Davis (VERA DRAKE) co-stars in this scorching drama directed by Clarke that critics have called a modern-day A CLOCKWORK ORANGE.

ELEPHANT
In the film that The Village Voice hails as "Clarke's masterpiece" and would become the direct inspiration for Gus Van Sant's award-winning movie of the same name, Clarke and producer Danny Boyle (TRAINSPOTTING, 28 DAYS LATER) explore the political violence of Northern Ireland via the stark and brutal depiction of eighteen separatist murders.

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Notice Jim McDonald & Phil Mitchell???

[jrbrooks200]

it doesn't mate, me and my mate went to see it few weeks ago it's a good adaptation and they look pretty cool with the old school track suits and that but it's not as good as the original, i like how they tell it from one of other characters point of view though.

[repo136]

Wonder if the upcoming remake of The Firm will live up to Clarke's version?