- Actors: Richard Attenborough, Pier Angeli, Michael Craig, Bernard Lee, Alfred Burke
- Directors: Guy Green
- Writers: Michael Craig, Bryan Forbes, Richard Gregson
- Producers: Richard Attenborough, Bryan Forbes, Jack Rix
- Format: PAL
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: PG
- Studio: Momentum
- DVD Release Date: 25 Jun 2001
- Run Time: 95 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00005B73M
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 59,409 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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1.66 Wide Screen
DVD 5
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital 2.0 English
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DVD 5
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital 2.0 English
Dolby Digital 2.0
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), WIDESCREEN (1.66:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Collectors Edition, Interactive Menu, SYNOPSIS: Richard Attenborough stars in this British drama as Tom Curtis, an ordinary man with a job in a factory. A new employee, Travers (Alfred Burke), begins complaining about conditions at the plant and stirs up disharmony among his fellow workers. Tom thinks that there's something fishy about Travers and his methods, and when Travers decides to call a wildcat strike, Tom refuses to participate and makes a point of standing his ground. However, Travers and his ideas have attracted a groundswell of support in the factory, and Tom soon finds himself on the outs with his fellow employees as Travers drifts off to make trouble at another factory. Tom, however, still has to deal with the angry reprisals of the men, and his wife Anna (Pier Angeli) doesn't understand why he continues to hold so unpopular an opinion at the expense of his safety and well-being. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: BAFTA Awards, Berlin International Film Festival, Oscar Academy Awards, ...The Angry Silence
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35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fifties British working class drama,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Angry Silence [DVD] (DVD)
Filmed in Ipswitch during the post war economy boom, Richard Attenborough is Tom Curtis, a factory worker whose solidarity with his striking co-workers is challenged and ultimately broken by his boss. His decision is met with growing resentment from his colleagues. Very fine performances by Attenborough and Pier Angeli who plays his wife Anna.Director Guy Green has created a very real drama in which you can readily imagine how life must have been in this British post war town. The dark and gritty atmosphere adds to the realism.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Solid social comment,
By Humpty Dumpty (Wall St, Upton Snodsbury) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Angry Silence [DVD] (DVD)
Other people here have reviewed the social comment raison d'etre of this film, and I'll confine myself to the more cinematic aspects of it. It's worth saying, however, re the subject matter that while the particular trade union issue dealt with has now in Britain largely disappeared, and the fifties background nowadays has the air of a period piece, the wider theme of how a dissenting individual with his own point of view and belief is dealt with by a powerful majority is of course of timeless interest.
In cinematic terms the film was always likely to stand or fall on how well the wider social comment and the domestic trials of the strikebreaking Richard Attenborough integrate. In my view they do so pretty well, largely thanks to the presence of Attenborough, a fine character actor, though even he finds it tough to overcome the film's lurches into melodrama. But there are problems. The direction lacks energy in that the picture maintains a steady pace throughout with no highlights bar the canteen scene where Attenborough flips his lid. There are a couple of visual highlights - a fine crane shot of the final union meeting, and a beautiful, seamless cutaway from Attenborough posed in his son's bedroom to his identically placed presence in the works' canteen. The script, too, struggles to avoid cliche, eg the works manager losing his temper wih the union man who telegraphs his response of: "Are you trying to threaten me?" Acting is very mixed. Other than Attenborough, Geoffrey Keen as the works manager is as usual excellent, Alfred Burke in the small part of the infiltrated agent provocateur is suitably slimy, but the real problem is Pier Angeli (who incidentally committed suicide 10 years later aged 39) who looks and sounds as if she's walked in from a whole different type of film from Rome via Sunset Boulevard and failed to attend acting classes in either place. Just dreadful! Well worth seeking out, but don't expect a classic.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing Attenborough,
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This review is from: The Angry Silence [DVD] (DVD)
This is truly a five-star film, immensely powerful story dealing with a subject matter probably not understood these days. Real old-fashioned kitchen sink stuff. Tense and tough storyline about a family under pressure, even Tom Curtis's children. Richard Attenborough at his very best, with excellent performances from the supporting cast. Probably very under-rated but you won't be disappointed by this film. Look at for a very young Oliver Reed.
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