Get Carter A British Film Guide

by Chibnall, Steve

• ISBN13: 9781860649103
• ISBN10: 1860649106
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-07-04
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris

Summary

Mike Hodges' bleak gangster film was released in 1971 to controversy and mixed reviews. Three decades later in the British Film Institute's millennial poll, the film was voted one of the 20 best British films of all time. Steve Chibnall's enjoyable and fresh account relates the film to others in its genre like Point Blank and Dirty Harry , profiles the people involved in its making and presents a fascinating analysis of the film text itself. He completes the story-so-far, looking at the critical reception, and cultural context and the two remakes: the 1972 blaxploitation film Hit Man and the new Stephen T. Kay movie, set in the US.

Author Biography

Steve Chibnall is leader of the Film Studies pathway and co-ordinator of the British Cinema & Television Research Group, De Montfort University, Leicester.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	p. vi
Acknowledgements	p. vii
Foreword	p. viii
Film Credits	p. 1
Carter in Context	p. 3
From London Luxury to Terminal Beach	p. 48
Death and Resurrection	p. 90
Scene Breakdown and Shooting Schedule	p. 117
Notes	p. 127
Select Bibliography	p. 136
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