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Malcolm McDowell (Actor), David Wood (Actor), Lindsay Anderson (Director) Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Malcolm McDowell, David Wood, Richard Warwick, Christine Noonan, Rupert Webster
  • Directors: Lindsay Anderson
  • Writers: David Sherwin, John Howlett
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.66:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
  • DVD Release Date: 23 July 2007
  • Run Time: 112 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (153 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000NJLYV2
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,265 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)

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Three British boarding school students decide to revolt and turn their repressive school upside down.

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The Palme D’Or-winning British classic, If...’s long wait for a DVD release is finally over, and the end result does it proud. Boasting commentaries, interviews and a quality documentary too, it’s a true collectors’ piece for fans of the film.

And make no mistake about it, it’s the superb movie that’s the star here. If... is, for those new to it, set in a British public school, and from this setting it has plenty then to say on authority and society. Directed by the late, great Lindsay Anderson, the film centres on Mick Travis, magnetically portrayed by Malcolm McDowell.

Superbly marrying fantasy and more realistic elements, If... is packed with iconic, and often quite surreal moments, leading right up the to the famed and indelible ending that sticks long in your mind once the credits have rolled.

A strong, powerful influence for many who followed it, If... is powered by Malcolm McDowell’s astounding performance (which would earn him the part in Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange). It’s arguable that he’s never been better than he is here, and he’s in good company, thanks to a top-quality supporting cast too.

Perhaps the greatest complement to If... though is that, decades after is initial release, it’s not only recognised as one of the finest British films ever made, but it’s regarded in many quarters as a classic of cinema full stop. And if you’ve not yet had the pleasure, this DVD release finally, belatedly, can open the film up to a whole new audience. Let’s hope it does. --Jon Foster

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5.0 out of 5 starsBeautiful, surreal film
By marky77 VINE VOICE on 8 Jan. 2009
Format: DVD
I had never heard of this movie before but it was on Film4 last night and I watched it on a whim because it stars Malcolm McDowell and I enjoyed his performances in A Clockwork Orange and Caligula.

The movie is about a trio of friends who are in the 6th form at a boys boarding school, one of who is having a relationship with a younger boy and another who becomes increasingly fixated on guns and rebellion.

Parts of the film are realistic and seem like an ordinary boys school in the 60's but other parts of the movie are very strange and surreal such as random scenes shot in black and white, the bizzare dog-like fight involving a girl in a cafe, and of course the ending, which I found quite powerful because I wasn't expecting it at all.

Deffinatly agree with it being in Film4's "Movies to see before you die" series. I'm certainly glad I didn't miss it.
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5.0 out of 5 starsSurreal and sensational.
By A Customer on 18 Feb. 2006
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I don't wish to repeat the great comments by the other reviewers here, they've said it all.Just want to add, in a small way, that I am jealous of anyone who hasn't seen "If.." yet.That's because the new viewer is in for the treat of their lives.
This is surreal,stark, funny, sad and uplifting.Stars so many favourite actors of the late 60's and 70's(Arthur Lowe, Graham Crowden,Peter Jeffrey) but it's the trio of Malcolm McDowell,Richard Warwick and David Wood who make the movie. A complete joy,a film I always return to.DVD now please!
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat movie!!
By Del 58 VINE VOICE on 23 July 2007
Format: DVD
One of my all time favourites, and long overdue (as is O Lucky Man) for a DVD release. The DVD transfer looks great, but it's a pity the same can't be said for the sound which is Mono and rather flat. Some good extras including a Commentary from Malcolm McDowell and David Robinson, a BBC 45 minute special talking to screenwriter, assistant director, cinematographer, producer etc. The inclusion of Lindsay Anderson's 1954 Academy Award winning short Thursdays Child is a bit of an odd addition, perhaps a documentary on Anderson himself would have been more appropriate?? But nevermind, its the film that really counts, and it's brilliant! I was at boarding school myself when this was first released in 1969, and I didn't get to see it until it was shown on TV in the mid seventies. Aside from the surrealistic side, the portrayal of life in an all boys public school was pretty much spot on. I guess Travis just got to do what mosy of us would have liked to do! Malcolm McDowell is superb as Travis, what a pity such a talented actor is now usually seen in cameos on TV, or playing nutters in so-so low budget movies. Still, beats working for a living I suppose. If you haven't seen it, buy it. If you have seen it you will no doubt have already purchased. Now can we have O Lucky Man....PLEASE!!??
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5.0 out of 5 starsA Daily Telegraph
By Dr. Delvis Memphistopheles TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on 31 Mar. 2014
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Dull Protestant hymns, along with a call to save the country, for it was forever in peril, along with a demand for a personal sacrifice...the memories of the old school flood back in a tsunami of ennui. There is not enough anger to pick up a summons let along a weapon.

In this film it was the 1960's stretching into the 1970's public school. A Latin curriculum, to separate the chaps from the oiks. Discipline handed over to the Kapo. Here the former brutalised could enact a pyramid scheme of thrashings. Within the beatings were the homosexualised pangs erupting from the boils of the prefects. Pedophilia was institutionalised. They found their lovers in the younger boys who were separated from their families, teachers. This begins to explain what happened to them as adults - moral cripples, alcohol, suicide, inept relationships and without thinking sending their children off too.

Meanwhile the institutions were headed by staff members who were so far out to lunch they could be classified by their own DSM label. For them the erraticisms which were left unsaid as an erotic pulse pounded throughout. Here the whole era is encapsulated by the film.

Absence of confidentiality, stolen moments, an avid intent to squash any form of dissent, the film only touches upon the pressure forever placed with full muscular endowment, a push downwards to ensure full compliance with the promise of the final reward - a place in the sun to wield the cane when you knew you had finally arrived. All was forgiven, and then you can take the lessons out into the wider world and apply them.

Public schools were built by old boys who found an attachment after being abandoned by their parents to the full stretch of the institution - people replete with full amnesia.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsFor the good life
By ... TOP 500 REVIEWER on 7 July 2014
Format: Blu-ray Verified Purchase
Five stars with reservations. If you have the Criterion double dvd the picture and sound quality (when upscaled) are just about the same on this blu ray. I watched this Masters of Cinema edition on 100' projection. The picture is sharper but colours and grain are virtually the same. Having said that, of course, the Criterion disc is extremely high quality. In theory the audio of the blu ray is stereo but in practice it is still the mono soundtrack across two front speakers. The subtitles and screen text are pin sharp. I do not know if the blu ray version of the Criterion dvd is significantly better.

As for the movie itself, it is both wondrous and wonderful. Having recently experienced the full might of the Justice system being perversely abused I fully engaged in Mick Travis and his friends' stunning revolt against hypocrisy and the vile depravity of the ruling class. "You look after the House and the House will look after you" offers the Headmaster. License to make documents go 'missing.'

If you are interested in the Extras on this one disc release I noted that the Menu stated that the interviews were carried out between February and March 2014.
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