Im all right jack won the bafta awards for best british actor sellers and best british screenplay. The film s high point is a starmaking performance from peter sellers, who shows the versatility that he would sharpen in such classic films as dr. As later in dr strangelove, sellers here plays multiple rolesboth sir john kennaway and, unforgettably, the bolshie tradesunion leader fred kite. Naive stanley windrush returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business. By todays standards the approach to class politics seems as bizarre as casual racism, but also. But it hurts me more to hear a scab say sod you, jack. Taking the central characters from the boultings earlier privates progress 1956 and exploring their postwar careers in industry, im all right jack sets out to lampoon workers and management equally not to mention the government, advertising and the media, and just about everybody else. Im all right jack remains a highlyrespected landmark film in the history of british cinemawith a superb script and cast, this dvd belongs in the collection of anyone who likes to think and laugh at the same time. Im all right jack 1959 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. A naive aristocrat in search of a career becomes caught up in the struggles between his profitminded uncle and an aggressive labour union.
Richmond hills rating of the film im all right jack richmond hill the seemingly benign and lighthearted surface belies the sharply satirical teeth of this film, which aims fairly and squarely in all directions and hits most of its targets class, establishment, industrial relations, etc. The best of the boultings warm, vulgar, affectionate satires. The earlier film, privates progress, is funny, but im all right, jack is both funny and observant in the knowing and telling ways that are the hallmarks of good satire. Im all right, jack 2003stream and watch online moviefone. I was quite surprised with this film, not because of liking it i did, but just how much union politics the boulting brothers put on their sleeve with working on this. Although its nominally based on a short story by alan hackney, the film reunites many of the cast and characters from the boultings 1956 army comedy privates. With ian carmichael, terrythomas, peter sellers, richard attenborough. It was used in the title of the film im all right jack 1959 and appears in lyrics of popular song which side are you on. References edit sarah cassidy and richard garner 20060412. Much to his own dismay, he soon finds he has to start from the bottom and work his way up, and also that. Im all right jack 1959 factory bosses scheming greed and their employees stubborn selfinterest collide in this satire on the british at work and on strike. A naive aristocrat is used as a tool by his rich uncle and the labour union at a factory when he decides to go into his familys business and start at the bottom of the ladder. Returning from the war with hopes of a successful business career, a naive man finds himself caught up in the struggles between profitoriented management and an aggressive trade union.
Im all right jack 1959 stanley windrush ian carmichael is an enthusiastic young man who has just graduated from oxford and now seeks a career in industry, much to the consternation of his aunt dolly margaret rutherford who is horrified at the idea. Amusing film with a superb cast of british character actors all at their peak. Im all right, jack is the rare sequel that is better than its predecessor. I love all these actors but sellers is the standout.
Im all right jack 1959 flickers in timeflickers in time. Just over 50 years ago, the famous film im all right, jack was released. As usual, anchor bay gives us a good quality pictureblack and white, of course. This sequel to privates progress takes a satirical look at trade unions and labour relations upon leaving the army, upper class twit windrush ian carmichael takes a job in industry. Of all the unlikely subjects for successful satirising on the screen with organised labour and management in modern industry comes the british boulting brothers, john boulting and roy boulting, with their hilarious classic comedy film im all right, jack. Im all right jack is a 1959 english film stars peter sellers, john boulting, alan hackney, frank harvey, john boulting, roy boulting, mutz greenbaum, ian carmichael, terrythomas, richard attenborough, dennis price, margaret rutherford, irene handl, liz fraser, miles malleson, marne maitland, john le mesurier, raymond huntley, victor maddern, kenneth. Im all right jack 1960 exploding like a case of shookup canned champagne, the british satire im all right jack 1959 is what happens when you tamp down a nations populace with centuries of emotional repression and monarchal injustice, years of seriously homefrontsacrificial war, and a decadeplus of cheery subsequent postwar commercialization and americanization.
Meaning when a man had got safely on board ship by climbing the ladder from the sea or from a lifeboat, dont bother about saving the rest of the guys because i dont really care about them. Im all right jack is a 1959 british comedy film directed and produced by john and roy boulting from a script by frank harvey, john boulting and. Original saying was im all right jack, pull up the ladder. A superb cast of the uks finest character actors and an a1 script. Im all right jack is directed and produced by john and roy boulting from a script by frank harvey, john boulting and alan hackney. Im all right jack 1960 publication date 1960 topics comedy. Set in a missile factory, the film focuses on stanley windrush, an upperclass graduate who innocently accepts a job at his uncle bettram. Dictionary grammar blog school scrabble thesaurus translator quiz more resources more from collins. Tilting rather than satire was their word for these pictures, and like most of them, im all right jack starred ian carmichael later to be a neardefinitive bertie wooster on tv as a. Im all right jack is a 1959 british comedy film directed and produced by john and roy boulting from a script by frank harvey, john boulting and alan hackney based on the novel private life by hackney.
He has the character of a stuffy but slightly bolshevik union official just nailed, complete with northern england accent. Im all right jack is a film directed by john boulting with ian carmichael, peter sellers, terrythomas, richard attenborough, year. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Im all right, jack 2003 upperclass but unemployable stanley windrush ian carmichael is offered an unskilled job on the floor of a missile factory owned by his unscrupulous uncle bertram. Alfie bass back up country lane pride movie clip 1972 by galton and. Before long he has inadvertently started a national strike, which is subsequently mishandled by everyone involved. Whats most interesting is that people who get supplementary income from the government are more. Topical in its day but almost quaint now, this classic comedy has a swipe at both bosses and unions. The car is heading away from london towards hangar lane and dave believes that it was filmed between concord road and alliance road. The 1982 cover of british society since 1945, the latest volume in the pelican social history of britain, has a still of sellers and carmichael from im all right jack on the cover, but nowhere. Im all right, jack 1959, directed by john boulting film. Im all right, jack the notion of selfcentered complacency, i.
Often used as a modifier before a noun, though typically not hyphenated. A young upperclass man is sent to work in the factory owned by his family, and quickly runs into trouble with his fellow employees for working too hard. The result is laughoutloud comedy with a satirical edge, lampooning the. The 1959 im all right jack set peter sellers on the road to international stardom after his decade on radio in the goons. Im all right jack is a classic british comedy film from 1959 by john and roy boulting, otherwise known as the boulting brothers. Rent im all right jack 1959 film for free as part of our trial offer. A naive aristocrat in search of a career becomes caught up in the struggles between his profitminded uncle and an aggressive labor union. Stanley ian carmichael has his first encounter with the efficient shop steward fred kite peter sellers in the boulting brothers im all right jack, 1960. Im all right jack is a 1959 british comedy film directed and produced by john and roy boulting from a script by frank harvey, john boulting and alan hackney. Identical twins with their own production company, charter film productions, john and roy used to take it in turns with one directing and the other producing their movies. Released january 5th, 2003, im all right, jack stars ian carmichael, peter sellers, terrythomas, richard attenborough the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 44 min, and received a score of. Its based on the novel private life by hackney and is a sequel to the boultings 1956 film privates progress.
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