After the banning of their original 1977 BBC TV version, director Alan Clarke (The Firm) and writer Roy Minton (Funny Farm) set out to remake their drama for the big screen to ensure that their vision got the audience it deserved. The resulting film, released here in a special Blu-ray edition to mark its 40th anniversary, was an even more vitriolic portrait of a corrupt and violent institution which stunned cinema audiences and caused outrage.

Scum refers to the label slapped upon reform-school inmate Carlin (Ray Winstone, Sexy Beast, Hugo). When he isn`t being beaten up by the other inmates, Carlin is being beaten down by the system. He rebels against this treatment and "wins" by becoming more vicious than any of his oppressors. Harrowing, claustrophobic, and deeply tragic, Scum was originally banned by the BBC for graphic brutality (and, quite likely, criticism of the justice system), leading director Alan Clarke to remake this chilling and groundbreaking thriller for all to see.

Product details

Director	Alan Clarke
Actor	Phil Daniels, Ray Winstone, Mick Ford, John Judd, John Blundell
Label	KINO CLASSICS

Genre	Drama
Content	DVD
FSK / age rating	from age 18
Publication date	04.06.2013
Edition	Remastered
Audio	English
Year of production	1979
Original title	Scum
Version	US Version
Region code	1

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Drama

Customer reviews

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Written on 07. October 2006 by Silversurfer.
This customer review refers to a alternative version.

Ein Film der unter die Haut geht. Realistisch und shockierend hat allerdings nichts von seiner aktualität eingebüsst. Die 70er jahre optik mag befremden doch die packende inszenierung macht dies wieder wett. Endlich auf DVD auch als SCUM bekannt