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Paramount logo. A caption reads: Coming from Paramount.
Jazz music plays then stops abruptly.
A classroom window. A teacher calls out names reading the register and the boys each stand up and respond.
Aggeridge?
Yes sir.
Ankerton?
Sir.
Borby?
Here sir.
Bungabine?
Here sir.
Outside, two teachers walk through a wooded area together.
- They're at an awkward stage. Pelham always had them well under control. - Pelham was my predecessor was he? - Yes.
Two boys box against each other in PE class while a teacher continues to read the register.
Orris?
Root?
Terhew?
On the rugby pitch, the boys are playing in a very muddy field.
Trimble?
Unman?
Wittering?
Zigo?
As he says the last three names they appear as a caption on screen.
The class practices gymnastics outdoors as they vault over a horse.
The new teacher, John, walks outside with a woman.
Teaching is like marriage. It's not knowing the answers but knowing where to look for them. And you are not much good at either.
John is going inside a house with a crowd of boys standing out outside.
You've got to help us sir!
He turns to look at them.
- You've got to tell us what to do sir. - You must help us sir! Please sir!
The headmaster sits at his desk.
Boys are hysterical creatures. They are easily upset but at the same time they love to dwell on the details of violent death.
In the darkness, a bright light shines. A woman turns to look at it.
It is John's wife, Silvia. The light is coming from a torch. There are more torches all being held by the schoolboys in the darkness.
Your husband's not toeing the line.
They shine a light in Silvia's face.
He's not doing what we tell him.
If he doesn't, something very nasty is going to happen to him.
Or to you.
Or to both.
Because if he doesn't co-operate.
He doesn't do just what he's told.
And stop poking his nose about where it isn't wanted then we shall do to him what we did to Mr Pelham.
Choirboys in church singing a hymn.
The boys in white shirts and shorts all running up a hill carrying something at dusk.
Ankerton?
Two figures lay on a gym mat in a school gymnasium.
Borby?
Two boys approach John sitting at his desk in a classroom.
Bungabine?
A woman crosses her legs while sitting.
Cloistermouth?
John, outside, turns suddenly.
Cuthbun?
Silvia walking outside in the dark. She turns over her shoulder and there are three boys laughing.
Hogg?
In the dark, a woman is struck and she falls to the floor as the lights come on.
Lipstrob?
The boys all laugh in the classroom. John slaps the table.
Stop it! Very well, you've had ample warning. This form will be kept in on Saturday afternoon from 2:30.
That's not a good idea sir.
Why's that Cloistermouth?
Mr Pelham tried it once sir.
The week before last.
And that's why we killed him sir.
John looks unmoved.
A caption reads "Paramount Pictures Presents A Mediarts Production in Association with David Hemmings.
A pen ticks the register.
Looking down the barrel of a gun.
An empty classroom.
Unman, Wittering and Zigo.
If only they had stopped at murder.
A hymn is sung.
A caption reads: Starring David Hemmings.
A caption reads: Produced by Gareth Wigan. Directed by John Mackenzie. Screenplay by Simon Raven. Based on the play by Giles Cooper.
Arrow Video
Boys will be boys in this scathing psychological thriller set within the hidebound but testosterone-charged confines of a remote coastal British private school, produced by and starring David Hemmings (Blow Up, Deep Red).
John Ebony is the idealistic young schoolmaster who arrives at Chantrey School for Boys on his first assignment, employed to fill the shoes of his predecessor Pelham who has recently been found dead at the bottom of a nearby cliff. Taking up residence in a cottage in the school's grounds with his restless young wife Sylvia (Carolyn Seymour), Ebony is eager to make a good impression, but immediately gets off on the wrong foot with his assigned pupils, discovering the boys of class Lower 5b, minus the perpetually absent Zigo, to be unruly and defiant. However, they might possibly know more about Pelham's demise than the school's headmaster and his fellow staff are letting on.
Masterfully shot by cinematographer Geoffrey Unsworth (2001: A Space Odyssey) and directed by John Mackenzie (The Long Good Friday), this film adaptation of Giles Cooper's classic play is presented on home video for the first time ever. Unman, Wittering and Zigo presents a scathing exposé of the kind of environment from which brutish empires are born.
Product Features
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
- Original lossless English mono audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Brand new audio commentary by Sean Hogan and Kim Newman
- Brand new appreciation by critic, broadcaster and cultural historian Matthew Sweet
- Unman, Terhew, Lipstrob and Mrs Ebony, featurette with cast members Michael Howe, Michael Cashman, James Wardroper and Carolyn Seymour looking back at the production
- The original 1958 recording of Giles Cooper's radio play
- Original trailer
- Image gallery
- Double sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Eric Adrian Lee
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Eric Adrian Lee
- Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Kevin Lyons and Oliver Wake
- Arrow Video
- 102 mins approx
- John Mackenzie
- NR
- David Hemmings
- Douglas Wilmer
- Carolyn Seymour
- English SDH
- 1.85:1
- 1971
- English
- 1
- A
- Arrow Video
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Paramount logo. A caption reads: Coming from Paramount.
Jazz music plays then stops abruptly.
A classroom window. A teacher calls out names reading the register and the boys each stand up and respond.
Aggeridge?
Yes sir.
Ankerton?
Sir.
Borby?
Here sir.
Bungabine?
Here sir.
Outside, two teachers walk through a wooded area together.
- They're at an awkward stage. Pelham always had them well under control. - Pelham was my predecessor was he? - Yes.
Two boys box against each other in PE class while a teacher continues to read the register.
Orris?
Root?
Terhew?
On the rugby pitch, the boys are playing in a very muddy field.
Trimble?
Unman?
Wittering?
Zigo?
As he says the last three names they appear as a caption on screen.
The class practices gymnastics outdoors as they vault over a horse.
The new teacher, John, walks outside with a woman.
Teaching is like marriage. It's not knowing the answers but knowing where to look for them. And you are not much good at either.
John is going inside a house with a crowd of boys standing out outside.
You've got to help us sir!
He turns to look at them.
- You've got to tell us what to do sir. - You must help us sir! Please sir!
The headmaster sits at his desk.
Boys are hysterical creatures. They are easily upset but at the same time they love to dwell on the details of violent death.
In the darkness, a bright light shines. A woman turns to look at it.
It is John's wife, Silvia. The light is coming from a torch. There are more torches all being held by the schoolboys in the darkness.
Your husband's not toeing the line.
They shine a light in Silvia's face.
He's not doing what we tell him.
If he doesn't, something very nasty is going to happen to him.
Or to you.
Or to both.
Because if he doesn't co-operate.
He doesn't do just what he's told.
And stop poking his nose about where it isn't wanted then we shall do to him what we did to Mr Pelham.
Choirboys in church singing a hymn.
The boys in white shirts and shorts all running up a hill carrying something at dusk.
Ankerton?
Two figures lay on a gym mat in a school gymnasium.
Borby?
Two boys approach John sitting at his desk in a classroom.
Bungabine?
A woman crosses her legs while sitting.
Cloistermouth?
John, outside, turns suddenly.
Cuthbun?
Silvia walking outside in the dark. She turns over her shoulder and there are three boys laughing.
Hogg?
In the dark, a woman is struck and she falls to the floor as the lights come on.
Lipstrob?
The boys all laugh in the classroom. John slaps the table.
Stop it! Very well, you've had ample warning. This form will be kept in on Saturday afternoon from 2:30.
That's not a good idea sir.
Why's that Cloistermouth?
Mr Pelham tried it once sir.
The week before last.
And that's why we killed him sir.
John looks unmoved.
A caption reads "Paramount Pictures Presents A Mediarts Production in Association with David Hemmings.
A pen ticks the register.
Looking down the barrel of a gun.
An empty classroom.
Unman, Wittering and Zigo.
If only they had stopped at murder.
A hymn is sung.
A caption reads: Starring David Hemmings.
A caption reads: Produced by Gareth Wigan. Directed by John Mackenzie. Screenplay by Simon Raven. Based on the play by Giles Cooper.
Arrow Video
Boys will be boys in this scathing psychological thriller set within the hidebound but testosterone-charged confines of a remote coastal British private school, produced by and starring David Hemmings (Blow Up, Deep Red).
John Ebony is the idealistic young schoolmaster who arrives at Chantrey School for Boys on his first assignment, employed to fill the shoes of his predecessor Pelham who has recently been found dead at the bottom of a nearby cliff. Taking up residence in a cottage in the school's grounds with his restless young wife Sylvia (Carolyn Seymour), Ebony is eager to make a good impression, but immediately gets off on the wrong foot with his assigned pupils, discovering the boys of class Lower 5b, minus the perpetually absent Zigo, to be unruly and defiant. However, they might possibly know more about Pelham's demise than the school's headmaster and his fellow staff are letting on.
Masterfully shot by cinematographer Geoffrey Unsworth (2001: A Space Odyssey) and directed by John Mackenzie (The Long Good Friday), this film adaptation of Giles Cooper's classic play is presented on home video for the first time ever. Unman, Wittering and Zigo presents a scathing exposé of the kind of environment from which brutish empires are born.
Product Features
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
- Original lossless English mono audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Brand new audio commentary by Sean Hogan and Kim Newman
- Brand new appreciation by critic, broadcaster and cultural historian Matthew Sweet
- Unman, Terhew, Lipstrob and Mrs Ebony, featurette with cast members Michael Howe, Michael Cashman, James Wardroper and Carolyn Seymour looking back at the production
- The original 1958 recording of Giles Cooper's radio play
- Original trailer
- Image gallery
- Double sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Eric Adrian Lee
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Eric Adrian Lee
- Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Kevin Lyons and Oliver Wake
- Arrow Video
- 102 mins approx
- John Mackenzie
- NR
- David Hemmings
- Douglas Wilmer
- Carolyn Seymour
- English SDH
- 1.85:1
- 1971
- English
- 1
- A
- Arrow Video
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