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Worried About The Boy - Limited Edition DVD & CD

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3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
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Product details

  • Format: Limited Edition, PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Universal Pictures UK
  • DVD Release Date: 5 July 2010
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B003M5H7RY
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 25,122 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Product Description

Worried About the Boy is a 90 minute film, featuring talented newcomer Douglas Booth, Mathew Horne (Gavin & Stacey), Marc Warren (Hustle) and Mark Gatiss, for BBC2's season of celebratory programming on the 1980s. At its heart it is a coming-of-age story about a 19 year old boy moving to London, establishing his personal independence, and becoming an influential part of a fashion cult.

In the past 30 odd years, George O'Dowd has made more than a few headlines. This film concentrates in particular the period between 1980 and 1982, just before the success of Culture Club's Do You Really changed his life. Living in a squat on Great Titchfield Street, regularly attending the Blitz Club, falling in and out of love, being photographed for looking fabulous, forming a band... these are experiences that any 19 year old dreams of. George O'Dowd became famous all over the world simply by being himself.

The film is a compassionate biography of a much loved icon. Boy George's debut appearance on Top of the Pops was the defining televisual moment of 1982; it heralded in a new era of fashion and pop music. The film takes a wry look at Boy George's determination to stand out from the crowd - even a crowd as distinctive as the Blitz kids. His success was unprecedented - changing a whole generation's attitude to music and gender.

Worried About the Boy is an affectionate look at a much-loved icon. The title is taken from a 1986 newspaper headline which broke during George's heavily-reported drug problem of the time - even through the bad times, the film shows how the public's affection for Boy George has remained.

This Limited Edition 2 disc set contains the full DVD plus the 19 track CD: Boy George & Culture Club's "At Worst: Best of"

Special Features:
Behind the scenes featuring Boy George plus interviews with Douglas Booth, Mathew Horne, Marc Warren, Mark Gatiss and director Julian Jarrold

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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Cheated 9 July 2010
Format:DVD
What turned out to be a highly entertaining nostalgic trip, as presented by the BBC. Has only left a sour taste with the release of this DVD. I don't want to be too dramatic, the story still holds up and the performances are great. Douglas Booth really capitulates teenage George, Awesome supporting performance from Freddie Fox (Marilyn), Mathew Horne (Jon Moss) and Marc Warren (Steve Strange). The look of the film is amazing, and attention to detail was impeccable from Hair styles to clothes right down to the props of Boy George dolls identical to the real ones except with Douglas' face on the images.

However...and here's the sigh - an important character in this Teledrama has been glaringly omitted. The changing of music tracks in TV to DVD releases due to Licensing issues is not uncommon, but in this case the films previous soundtrack of 23 New Romantic & Psychedelic Glam gems has been stripped of all but four of them. Only one of the Siouxsie & The Banshees tracks, Bow Wow Wow and the two Culture Club tracks remain (not counting the the Helen Shapiro version of 'My Guy' which replaced the original Mary Wells version). Even Theatre Of Hate performing Original Sin part of the scene was edited out all together.

Not only did we loose the songs, but they were instead compensated by a 'sound-a-like' yet nondescript original score. No offense to the composer, but it didn't even touch the sides, and comes off like Ringtones as opposed to Realtones. For those of us that have seen the original broadcast can testify at the sense of what it was really like at the Blitz, visually and sonically. Loosing those tracks majorly stands out in this DVD release and for that I really do feel cheated because it's not entirely what I paid for or expected. Thank God I still have the broadcast version saved.

ORIGINAL BROADCAST (* indicates songs left in the DVD Version)

Ultravox - Hiroshima Mon Amour
*Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden
David Bowie - Heroes (Replaced with 'Street Life' by Roxy Music)
OMD - Electricity
The Human League - Empire State Human
La Dusseldorf - Viva
Magazine - The Light Pours Out Of Me
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Happy House
Kraftwerk - Model
Hazel O'Connor - Will You
Mary Wells - My Guy (Replaced)
Theatre Of Hate - Original Sin
David Bowie - Beauty & The Beast
Soft Cell - Memorabilia
The Velvet Underground - Venus In Furs
Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK
*Bow Wow Wow - Go Wild In The Country
Ultravox - Vienna
Visage - Fade To Grey
*Culture Club - White Boy (Rehearsal scene only. Reprise during photoshoot/bar scene replaced with incidental music)
David Bowie Always Crashing In The Same Car
Brian Eno - The Big Ship
*Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By Jai
Format:DVD
Excellent Film, but dissapointed when released on the DVD, as I purchased the film because of the love of the music from the 80s. Such classics like Human League, Kraftwerk, Visage were all cut from the dvd, and really spoilt the film for me, and was replaced with dodgy synth music.

If you want this DVD because of the great soundtrack that we heard on the TV, dont buy it.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars where is the original soundtrack!! 6 July 2010
Format:DVD
I eagerly awaited the release of this DVD, in part because of the wonderful soundtrack..what a disappointment. Where are OMD, kraftwerk, Hazel O'connor? Its just not the same without the original songs. Still worth a watch if only for the beautiful Douglas Booth, but certainly not what I was expecting.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Worried about the Boy dvd
Surrounding the early life of Boy George and Culture Club in the early 1980s from hes rise too national and international stardom and hes life growing up with hes Irish family In... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Alawes
3.0 out of 5 stars DVD
IT WAS DVD ONLY NO CD DIDNT WANT TO GO THROUGH THE BOTHER OR RETURNING AND RE ORDERING MY ORIGINAL CHOICE
Published 3 months ago by gary tomlinson G TOMLINSON
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyed it
I watched it on TV & really wanted a record of this TV one off.
I thought it showed an over emotional camp but talented character & brilliantly showed the two sides to Boy... Read more
Published 3 months ago by JJ
4.0 out of 5 stars Very good
A very good movie.
Too bad the soundtrack doesn't always match the original TV version.
There are no other languages and no subtitles at all. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Cristiana Caprioli
5.0 out of 5 stars "Gay men think you're too much." -Marilyn
WORRIED ABOUT THE BOY (a/k/a Karma Caméléon, 2012, Dir. Julian Jarrold, 92 minutes, UK original screening May, 2010) is a classy biopic about a true hero of mine,... Read more
Published 10 months ago by E. Hernandez
5.0 out of 5 stars Delighted
Most reasonable, arrived most promptly, packaged well, not a single notation of error. I was most pleased and would purchase a product woth you again.
Published 11 months ago by Roxy
5.0 out of 5 stars They Don't Make 'em Like This Any More (Popstars I Mean!)
I thouroughly enjoyed this when it was first broadcast, and being of an age to remember Culture Clubs first t. Read more
Published 13 months ago by L. D. Campbell
5.0 out of 5 stars review
I was really happy with this product, it came in the time estimated and the film was good, hair and makeup was amazing!
Published 13 months ago by grace
2.0 out of 5 stars Dissapointed
Well what can I say. I finally got around to buying this and I am bitterley dissapointed. I watched the BBC broadcasted version over and over again and know where every song slots... Read more
Published 14 months ago by sam
3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I hoped for
I was hoping for more of a in depth story line . Something more about Boy and Jon , more about his recovery,his solo years ,prison ......but nothing . Read more
Published on 23 Feb 2011 by seacb69
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