- Actors: John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Brenda De Banzie, Wilfrid Brambell, Barbara Windsor
- Language English
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Carlton
- VHS Release Date: 26 Jan 2000
- Run Time: 93 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004CSEV
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,957 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
Tense situations at home and at work during the painful adjustment to a multi-racial society in post-war Britain is this 1961 British film in a nutshell. It sees a white trade unionist standing up to racism at work at the same time as having his own beliefs questioned by the news that his daughter is hoping to marry a Jamaican immigrant.
It stars John Mills and is set over a few hours on Bonfire Night, November 5th. Made shortly after the 1958 Notting Hill race riots it addresses racism head-on.
Mills is brilliant in his role, especially with a passionate speech to a packed room of union members challenging people to admit that the reason they really oppose a colleague being given a permanent promotion is racism, with all the other reasons just excuses. At home, he struggles between both loving and being disgusted by his wife and daughter at different moments.
At times the directing is a little slow, though the setting in early 1960s London always gives an interesting reminder of how London used to be and the variation in pace makes the moments of drama and tension that much more effective. The body language in the very final moments is also very nicely done: have things ended happily or not?
The film itself is pretty obscure now, available either as this video tape or in compilations (such as John Mills - The Centenary Collection Icon Box Set [DVD] and Sapphire / Flame In The Streets [DVD][1959/1961]).
However you get hold of it, it is an enjoyable and thought-provoking film.
It stars John Mills and is set over a few hours on Bonfire Night, November 5th. Made shortly after the 1958 Notting Hill race riots it addresses racism head-on.
Mills is brilliant in his role, especially with a passionate speech to a packed room of union members challenging people to admit that the reason they really oppose a colleague being given a permanent promotion is racism, with all the other reasons just excuses. At home, he struggles between both loving and being disgusted by his wife and daughter at different moments.
At times the directing is a little slow, though the setting in early 1960s London always gives an interesting reminder of how London used to be and the variation in pace makes the moments of drama and tension that much more effective. The body language in the very final moments is also very nicely done: have things ended happily or not?
The film itself is pretty obscure now, available either as this video tape or in compilations (such as John Mills - The Centenary Collection Icon Box Set [DVD] and Sapphire / Flame In The Streets [DVD][1959/1961]).
However you get hold of it, it is an enjoyable and thought-provoking film.
14 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This DVD has been released in the WRONG SCREEN FORMAT. The movie was originally filmed in wide screen CinemaScope (2.35:1), but this ITV DVD is a pan/scan version presented in full-frame (1.33:1), so that half the picture is missing (except for the title sequence, which is letterboxed). So BUYER BEWARE, as this film should be seen in the original aspect ratio, and should definitely be reissued in its proper format by the distributer. The above rating refers to this poorly reproduced DVD, not to the film itself.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Shame on the producers of this DVD. Flame In The Streets [DVD] is a brilliant British film that gives an insight into race relations during the early 1960s. Originally filmed in Cinemascope, the DVD release has been released in the wrong ratio. As a result half the picture is missing, resulting in some ridiculous moments. For example, Sylvia Syms walking into a room where someone is singing but we can't see who is singing, as well as voices appearing off-screen during conversation sequences.
I was really looking forward to this film, but it has been totally ruined by the distributors. Beware also the new DVD version of Sapphire [DVD], which has also been released in the wrong ratio. I am completely bewildered why the DVD distributors would have done this.
The film deserves five stars but I can only give it one star for the appalling presentation.
I was really looking forward to this film, but it has been totally ruined by the distributors. Beware also the new DVD version of Sapphire [DVD], which has also been released in the wrong ratio. I am completely bewildered why the DVD distributors would have done this.
The film deserves five stars but I can only give it one star for the appalling presentation.
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It is just unbelievable that at the era of Blu-ray one can still stumle across a disc issued in a pan and scan format making it unwatchable. Great film, shame on the producer. Read more
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