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If...
a.k.a. If.... Director: Lindsay Anderson Cast: Malcolm McDowell, David Wood, Richard Warwick, Christine Noonan

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  • DVD Release Date: 06/19/2007
  • Original Release: 1968
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Sales Rank: 7,587

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New, restored high-definition digital transfer, approved by director of photography Miroslav Ondricek and assistant editor Ian Rakoff; Audio commentary featuring film critic and historian David Robinson and actor Malcolm McDowell; A 2003 episode from the Scottish TV series Cast and Crew, featuring McDowell, Rakoff, director's assistant Stephen Frears, producer Michael Medwin, and screenwriter David Sherwin; New video interview with actor Graham Crowden; Thursday's Children (1954), an Academy Award-winning documentary about a school for deaf children, directed by Anderson and Guy Brenton and narrated by Richard Burton; A booklet featuring pieces by critic David Ehrenstein, screenwriter David Sherwin, and director Lindsay Anderson

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Disc #1 -- If.... - The Film
1. College House [20:13]
2. College [13:29]
3. Term Time [10:17]
4. Ritual and Romance [16:59]
5. Discipline [16:43]
6. Resistance [8:05]
7. Forth to War [14:52]
8. Crusaders [9:27]
9. Closing Credits [1:28]
1. Casting [20:13]
2. Power and Privilege [13:29]
3. Bobby Philips [10:17]
4. Full of Surprises [16:59]
5. Not Naturalistic [16:43]
6. Targets [8:05]
7. About Freedom [14:52]
8. A Contradictory Person [9:27]
9. The Last Word [1:28]
Disc #2 -- If.... - The Supplements
1. Introductions [10:40]
2. Anarchist Element [15:43]
3. Actors [3:13]
4. Fantasy and Reality [5:58]
5. Reaction [6:28]

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Editorial Reviews

Rebellious students at an English private school plan a violent revolt against their repressive environment in director Lindsay Anderson's highly acclaimed but extremely controversial drama. Centering on a small group of non-conformists led by Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell), the film paints a distinctly negative picture of the British school system and, by extension, English society. Seeing the powers-that-be as humorless, bureaucratic, and needlessly restrictive, Mick and his cohorts indulge in small acts of rebellion, including sneaking into town to romance a local waitress. Their actions are discovered and punished with harsh beatings, leading the students to plot revenge. This effort culminates in the film's most famous sequence, a surrealistic depiction of a bloody uprising by the students against the adult world. Daring and unpredictable in content and form, If... mixes color and black-and-white cinematography as easily as it mingles satire with dark fantasy. The film's ambiguous attitude toward violence caused controversy at the time, as many commentators saw the film as a potential incitement to violence. It became a great success among younger, counter-culture audiences who appreciated the audacious shock tactics and embraced the satirical, anti-establishment message. Often compared to Jean Vigo's French classic Zéro de conduite, which also featured surrealistic boarding-school rebellion, If... has become a high point in the cinema of youth rebellion. Anderson and McDowell later collaborated on O Lucky Man! (1973), Look Back in Anger (1980), and Britannia Hospital (1982). Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide

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