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  • Actors: Jenny Runacre, Nell Campbell, Toyah Willcox, Jordan, Hermine Demoriane
  • Directors: Derek Jarman
  • Writers: Derek Jarman
  • Producers: Howard Malin, James Whaley
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Second Sight Films Ltd.
  • DVD Release Date: 18 Jun 2001
  • Run Time: 100 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005JI0Q
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 15,004 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Derek Jarman's Jubilee combines a safety-pin and barbed-wire vision of 1977 London in ruins (all burning prams and castrated policemen), a meditation on English mysticism guided by a time-travelling Queen Elizabeth I (the immensely regal Jenny Runacre) and a wild 'n' crazy account of the rampages of a gang of personality punk psychos, to become the closest a British film could come to the John Waters of Pink Flamingos. But there are surprisingly lyrical stretches (the only songs sung all the way through are "Jerusalem" and "My Love is Like a Red Red Rose") and, though future pop stars Toyah Wilcox and Adam Ant are embarrassingly amateurish as rebel street angels, some of the one-note maniacal performances--especially Lex Luther look-alike Orlando as mad media tycoon Borgia Ginz--are relishable. Among the people you've forgotten are in it are Ian Charleson of Chariots of Fire, celebrity shop assistant Jordan (as narrator Amyl Nitrate), Richard O'Brien and Little Nell of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the Lindsay Kemp Dance Troupe and Adolf Hitler of World War II. Arguably the only Derek Jarman movie you might consider watching for pleasure, this is still not exactly the 1970s nostalgia fodder you might expect: even as the haircuts and music have receded into cultural history, the movie's acid-look vision of the worst of England remains horribly sound. The soundtrack features Adam and the Ants ("Deutscher Girls"), Wayne County and the Electric Chairs ("Paranoia Paradise"), Chelsea ("Right to Work"), Suzi Pinns (a thrash punk "Rule Britannia" best appreciated by those with the aural range of a fox terrier), Siouxie and the Banshees ("Love in a Void"), Amilcar ("Wargasm in Pornotopia"), the Slits and Brian Eno ("Slow Water", "Dover Beach"). In the 21st Century, the creative team are either dead or doing pantomime--which is so appropriate that irony doesn't even come into it. --Kim Newman

Special Features
4:3
English
Region 0
Stereo English
Stereo
Derek Jarman Interview


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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Anarchy in the UK, 1 Jul 2001
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Derek Jarman's 1977 film Jubilee, said to be the "first official punk film" is one of the most original and disturbing urban dystopias to emerge from that era of British film-making. Setting itself in a version of late 70s London where anarchy reigns and Judge Dredd-style police are as lawless as the gangs on the street, the film never fails to surprise and Punk rock experts can play a game of spot-the-cameo. Whilst all this takes place, there's also the matter of Queen Elizabeth I, brought forward in time by the angel Arial to gain supreme knowledge...

Violent and twisted, Jubille manages, however, to convince that destruction isn't the only aspect of an anarchic society, and questions the meaning meaning of life, love, history and even the violence itself in a world without balance.

The only extra on the disc is a 40 minute BBC Face-to-Face documentary with Derek Jarman, which, although interesting, does not tackle the subject of this film, which is a shame as some background on the film would have been very interesting. Even so, a curio that belongs in many peoples collections.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Haunting , 7 Jul 2006
By Ms. P. Khan "polly" (UK) - See all my reviews
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Don't watch this expecting an exposition of punk, or a linear movie with a happy ending.
Jubilee catalogues the dying of a country's soul. That may sound dramatic, but it is an artist's distopian vision of the future - or 'no future'- as one reviewer has deftly pointed out, two years before Thatcher got into power. Yet it goes beyond the political; it's about the brutalisation of people, the breaking down of civilisation. Jarman's classical art background comes through in all his work and this is no exception. It's not an easy film to watch, not simply because of the extreme nature of some of the scenes, but because it's message is both intellegent and sad. The soundtrack is a mixture of punk and sublime Eno.
It could also be, for some, a nostalgic look at a post-war England/Britain that has since disappeared - teapots, horn rimmed NHS specs and HP Sauce greasy spoon cafes. 1977 was grim -thank god for Derek Jarman and artists like him, whose mirror will reflect into the 21st century. Watch this film as art with something to say. Don't expect to come out smiling.
"she wouldn't even carry a gun."
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8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars If the Sex Pistols Ruled the World!, 26 Jun 2001
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The film gets 5 stars because it is the definitive cult classic on 70s punk Britain in the future. The film direction has a very 70s feel (like Mad Max) and the claustraphobic sensation is disturbing. Adam Ant and Toyah Wilcox play their parts with disturbing conviction and one wonders what would have happened if society had collapsed in 1977, leaving anarchy and dispair.

The film was not shown on TV until Channel 4's banned season in 1992 and this is well justified. The film contains brutal acts of violence, such as a sex and murder by suffocation scene. It is not for the faint hearted.

It is probably not a film you would want to watch more than once, but is a must for those who are interested in the punk rock scene.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Shockingly Poor
Jubilee is a very bad film. It is virtually without plot, and the quality of acting is beyond reproach. Read more
Published 21 months ago by JH

2.0 out of 5 stars Real punk style
I saw this film (what I could stand) because I was curious about Toyah Willcox as an actor. I had to go to the end credits to find out which character she was. Read more
Published on 19 Sep 2005 by Eolake

4.0 out of 5 stars 1977 wasn't Just about Street Parties
...'Jubilee' got it's first TV premier in November'85 on Channel 4 back in the days when they use to put a Red triangle in one of the corners of the Screen. Laughable!! Read more
Published on 11 Jan 2002 by RH MEDLYCOTT

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