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  • Actors: Dave Armstrong, Barry Baker, Terry Barry, Reg Bazell, Stephen Behan
  • Directors: Jack Hazan, David Mingay
  • Writers: David Mingay, Ray Gange
  • Producers: Jack Hazan, David Mingay
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Prism Leisure
  • DVD Release Date: 30 Aug 2004
  • Run Time: 127 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0000AQVJI
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 66,603 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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For their first film, the Clash could've easily cast themselves in the lead. The fiery foursome, however, were nothing if not unpredictable. Just as the little known Phil Daniels was the star of Quadrophenia - rather than The Who - he completely unknown Ray Gange is the star of the more vérité-like Rude Boy. The year is 1978 and England has gone to the dogs, with the National Front on the rise and rioting in the streets. Ray, as he's also known in the film, is a bleary-eyed punk, who works in a hole-in-the-wall Brixton sex shop. The 20-year-old blows off steam by going to see the Clash. Sometimes he hangs out with them. Eventually, Ray becomes their roadie, but the band fails to convince him that the left-wing has any more to offer than the right. "I don't think you should mix your music with politics," he finally tells Joe Strummer. "It annoys me." In this re-mastered and expanded edition, the quartet performs "I Fought the Law," "White Riot" with Sham 69's Jimmy Pursey, and 15 other songs, both live and in rehearsal. As for Gange, he isn't a great actor, but he's an engaging presence, and Rude Boy plays like a rambling cross between Alan Clarke (Made in Britain) and early Mike Leigh (Meantime). It may be fiction, but feels like fact, and the abundance of early material from the Clash makes up for any shortcomings. Extras include interviews (Gange, road manager Johnny Green, and co-directors Jack Hazan and David Mingay), four deleted scenes, two bonus live tracks, and two rare BBC performances. --Kathleen C. Fennessy


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Rude Boy the movie follows punk Ray as he quits his job to become a roadie for the most exciting live band in the country – The Clash. Capturing The Clash during their Clash on Patrol and Sort it Out UK tours of 1978, Rude Boy is an unparalleled film document of one of the greatest ever British bands.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The classic Clash movie in its ultimate format, 27 Nov 2003
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"Rude Boy" is not a perfect film by any means - far from it - but it is a great document of the time and place it was made: late 70s London during the height of the punk movement and the other various social upheavals that British society was going through at the time. A quasi-documentary following a supposed "roadie" for The Clash (in reality, star Ray Gange was an acquaintance of the band but never actually worked as part of their road crew), the strongest sequences in the film are definitely the concert scenes featuring The Clash at their most intense, whether playing in front of a huge crowd at the "Rock Against Racism" festival in Victoria Park or in no less chaotic indoor settings like the Glasgow Apollo. The rest of the film is interesting but could likely not stand on its own.

Most true fans of The Clash will probably already have "Rude Boy" either on the previous DVD version or on VHS. What makes this edition worth buying are all the extras included: recent interviews with star Ray Gange, ex-Clash road manager Johnny Green and film-makers Jack Hazan and David Mingay, as well as concert footage from a gig in Germany in 1977. For those features alone, this is worth buying even if you already have previous editions of the film.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars the clash rule, 30 Jan 2006
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A pretty ropey film, although not without merit. The dvd is totally essential, however, for the extra "Just play the Clash" which, as well as the totally superlative footage in the film itself, gives you a couple of extra songs and the 18minute footage of a concert from Munich.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have for the clash die-hards!, 22 Nov 2001
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This review is from: The Clash - Rude Boy [DVD] [1980] (DVD)
A record of 70's Great Britain which gave rise to The Clash. This is a unique chance to see The Clash live - raw,energetic, marvelous performances and "their way", in life and rock and roll. A bit slow in some parts, this movie will not disappoint any real The Clash fan, even though it's been more than 20 years since its first release.
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5.0 out of 5 stars PROPER GOOD STUFF, MATE
This is one of the best films I've ever seen. Totally rock n roll documentary style film about this young dero in london who becomes a roadie for The Clash. Read more
Published on 17 May 2006 by Cain Kendrick

4.0 out of 5 stars Only watch it if you love the clash
I was told, having never seen the clash live, and knowing I would never, to see this film.

It has a loose plot about Ray, who goes to be a roadie for the Clash as he hates his... Read more

Published on 27 Jun 2005 by Mr. J. R. Walsh

5.0 out of 5 stars A different perspective
Essential early Clash live performances, incredibly associated with a boring, bogus, miserable dirge of a film. Read more
Published on 21 Dec 2004 by Tracy

3.0 out of 5 stars Clash=good, Ray=bad
Just watched Rude Boy - oh yes - Clash=good, Ray=bad. Actually some bits are quite a powerful sign 'o' the times social/documentary/70s/pressure cooker/all laid out before you... Read more
Published on 12 Dec 2004 by Steve Wilson, Gods Of Chaos

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome! Any punk should own this!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Rude Boy Can't Fail
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Published on 16 Sep 2004 by Mr. R. J. Watson

4.0 out of 5 stars Wish I could watch it!
Rude Boy captures the Clash right on the cusp of stardom. Most of the live footage is from 1978 and there is also footage from the recording of Give 'Em Enough Rope. Read more
Published on 21 Jun 2004 by Scott Ellinwood

1.0 out of 5 stars Message Tou You Rudie
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