Saturday Night and Sunday Morning with Albert Finney: DVD Cover

    Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Director: Karel Reisz Cast: Albert Finney, Shirley Ann Field, Rachel Roberts, Hylda Baker

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    • DVD Release Date: 02/05/2002
    • Original Release: 1961

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    "All I want is a good time. The rest is propaganda." That's the philosophy of archetypal British "angry young man" Arthur Seaton (Albert Finney). A middle-class working stiff in a dead-end job, Arthur's principal goal in life is to survive the work week, then spend the weekend raising as much hell and drinking as much beer and other liquor as possible. Since pleasure is all that Arthur lives for, he thinks nothing of starting up an affair with the wife (Rachel Roberts) of one of his co-workers (Bryan Pringle). His efforts to secure her an abortion when he gets her pregnant stem not out of concern for her but out of his own selfishness: why should he be tied down with a squalling brat? Despite his carousing and his ongoing desire to escape the dull routine of his weekday existence, Arthur is doomed to perpetuate that routine via his marriage to a complacent "nice" girl (Shirley Ann Field) from his own neighborhood. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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    Charming Rogue With a Class Conscienceby Jay_Raskin

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    November 16, 2009: This is early 60's British "Kitchen sink" cinema that tries to mix a bit of workingclass politics and bittersweet love stories. "The Girl with Green Eyes," "Morgan" and "Georgy Girls" are also in this group. The black and white cinematography is realistic and delightful. The acting is superb and the story engrossing.

    Fans of the Beatles will want to watch to catch one of the best depictions of the atmostphere that young men in England faced growing up in the 1950's and 1960's.

    The wonderful catchphrase, "I believe you, million's wouldn't." and Finney's opening declaration, "All I want is a good time. All the rest is propaganda," shows the wit of the script.

    I Also Recommend: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, Girl with Green Eyes, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.

    Thoughtful Account of a Young Man Living in Working Class Britainby LynnEll

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    March 16, 2009: This is an interesting film directly from the slice of life style of film making popular in Britain in the late 50s and early 60s. Albert Finney plays a not so nice young man who works a factory job like many other people who live in his area. He life revolves around going out on Saturday Nights and early Sunday mornings. A married woman becomes pregnant but he shows only irritation and contempt. A young woman he could actually love comes around...