The Clash: Rude Boy
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Actor: The ClashBrand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 133 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-08-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 23999
Studio: Legacy/Columbia
Product features:
- 1. Police & Thieves 2. Garageland 3. London's Burning 4. White Riot Version 1 5. White Man At Hammersmith Palais 6. I'm So Bored With The USA 7. White Riot Version 2 8. Tommy Gun 9. All The Young Punks 10. Stay Free 11. Complete Control 12. Safe European Home 13. What's My Name 14. No Reason 15. Let The Goodtimes Roll 16. I Fo
DVD Reviews of The Clash: Rude Boy
DVD Review: 4 Stars for the Clash footage alone...
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm writing this review more as a response to an earlier review, that I felt was inaccurate. I felt compelled to clarify, especially as someone who's seen the movie more recently than the 1980's. I did not buy the movie (but rather chose to rent it) based on the claim there was "only 15-20 minutes of Clash footage and therefore it was not worth the price of the movie" First off, the movie IS worth the price because of the Clash footage alone, EVEN in this age of YouTube. There is a beautiful, moving scene with Mick Jones singing "Stay Free". He's in the studio, wearing headphones, and all you hear is his cracking voice. (a similar scene with Joe as well) and scenes of Joe Strummer singing at the piano, alone, as well as amazing live Clash footage. Lots of it. The movie isn't great, it's a bit depressing in spots, a bit of a mess, really, but the Clash footage came around often enough, and hung around long enough and was amazing enough, to make me want to go out and get the DVD afterall. And if you're a Clash fan, then I can't see you being disappointed with the footage either.
Description of The Clash: Rude Boy
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--the 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. FennessyAlternative Rock Music CDs
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