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McVicar [DVD] [1980]

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  • Actors: Roger Daltrey, Adam Faith, Cheryl Campbell, Billy Murray, Georgina Hale
  • Directors: Tom Clegg
  • Writers: Tom Clegg, John McVicar
  • Producers: Roger Daltrey, Bill Curbishley, David Gideon Thomson, Jackie Curbishley, John Peverall
  • Format: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Spanish, Swedish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Universal Pictures UK
  • DVD Release Date: 28 Jun 2004
  • Run Time: 107 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000260NUY
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 5,642 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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A well-made drama based on the life of the professional British criminal John McVicar, and based on his autobiography. Starring Roger Daltrey as the eponymous anti-hero, McVicar realistically depicts many of the often shocking and brutal aspects of prison life, and his eventual rehabilitation. Porridge this ain't.

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Top crime 'Brit Flick', 12 Jul 2005
By Jamie Cross (london United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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Anyone who loves British films will love this.
A fantastic film that is at times violent, sentimental and hilariously funny with some great diologue that you will find yourself quoting again and again, (or is it just me?)
The cast is full of characters from the Geordie screws to the London Gangsters who are banged up in Durham Prison.
Roger Daltrey is great in the title role and the soundtrack is full of some seriously good rock songs that really relate to the story. This film for some reason is not as well known as Scum and Quadrophenia but is up there with both as a classic movie of this era.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Dinner Mcvicar!!!, 29 Oct 2003
By Ian Hawryluk (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: McVicar [VHS] [1980] (VHS Tape)
Im in my thirties now and this has been my favourite film since a teenager! This is a true British movie that has been overlooked in the past but is in the same genre as Scum or Caines 1960s flicks. I put it into the category of a gritty arts film. It has a powerful soundtrack and agressive & forceful acting, even though the actual physical violence is none existant.....it is implied which make this film even more powerful.

Buy this film immediately....I guarantee you wont be disappointed! I only wish Mcvicar was available on DVD as my old VHS tape has now worn out as I have watched it again and again!!

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS FILM!!!, 24 Oct 2003
This review is from: McVicar [VHS] [1980] (VHS Tape)
He is sentenced to 23 years but won't accept a day of it
and as a consequence society has deserved a well earned break from his activities.

A hidden gem of a film in which Daltrey and Faith combine to produce a great double act. The film opens with the powerful soundtrack of 'Free Me' as McVicar is driven over the moors in a Ford Cortina on his way to his new prison home.

Full of great lines such as 'We don't want you Macaroning you pants again do we?', 'Would you like eggs with that that John?' and 'I want my f***in' trainers!'.

We are introduced to a brutal and harsh prison world and the people who inhabit it. Jeffrey's and his Uncle Ronnie, Collins, and of course John and Wally.

So buy this film now, make yourself a nice pot of Rosie and you'll not be going home because you'll be having a wonderful time.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Based on a true story excellent crime thriller
Fine performances by all involved. A nice wide screen copy. Not too sure if your supposed to have sympathy for a criminal, but the film does not seem to show any side the law... Read more
Published 20 days ago by Andy B

4.0 out of 5 stars "You Geordie Slag rabies"
I wonder what Guy Ritchie would give to be able to make a prison/gangster flic like this. I bought this on VHS more years ago than I care to remember and I still have the... Read more
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Published 9 months ago by Mr. N. Wheeldon

5.0 out of 5 stars by himself
Mcvicar was a grammar schooled lad who went astray and ended up doing some of the most vicious bank jobs in the time of the "supercrooks" the krays, richardsons, the great train... Read more
Published 18 months ago by l cfl bryan

5.0 out of 5 stars Daltrey could have been a serious actor was it not for THE WHO
Recounting the life of habitual criminal John MCVicar who was in prison for a 23 year stretch for armed robbery with intent on causing death by use of firearms. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Mr. P. J. R. LEWIS

4.0 out of 5 stars this deserves plaudits
mcvicar is a film based on the life of once criminal john mcvicar,produced by the who films company which was a side project of the band the who,the film stars the whos singer... Read more
Published on 3 Sep 2007 by sean paul mccann

5.0 out of 5 stars A Brilliant Film!
Roger Daltrey plays the part of McVicar with scarily realism - he really does portray the image of a no nonsense hardman who will do virtually anything to get what he wants. Read more
Published on 11 Aug 2004 by kev_c

5.0 out of 5 stars Roger Daltrey is outstanding in superb prison drama.
Forget your 'Lock Stock' this is what a British film full of Londoners should be like, even if it is set in Durham ! Read more
Published on 12 Mar 2002

3.0 out of 5 stars A hardhitting film with a gritty realism.
Roger Daltrey, of The Who, plays John McVicar, a convicted criminal who just has to be free. McVicar (the film) first released in 1980, is based on a true story and portrays the... Read more
Published on 9 Mar 2001

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