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The Sex Pistols star in Julien Temple's at times surreal at times hilarious factional documentary that charts the rise and fall of punk's most notorious band through the eyes of its calculating and grandiose manager Malcolm Mc Laren played here with full Machiavellian swagger. ; ; Written and directed by Temple whilst he was still a film student it mixes animation and midgets with footage of some of the Sex Pistols' most electrifying live performances. Originally released in UK theatres in 1980 the film presents the band's success as an elaborate scam perpetrated by Mc Laren to make "a million pounds" at the expense of record companies outraged moralists the British Royal Family - and even the fans and band members themselves. ; As the film's original tagline stated The Great Rock Rock 'n' Roll Swindle is the film that incriminated its audience. ; As the brief but beautiful period of punk rock is now as far away from 2007 as 1976/77 was from the end of World War 2 it will be hard for anyone under 35 to comprehend just how shocking this film was and the incredible controversy it caused as depressed Britain blighted by inner city riots and waking to the birth of Thatcherism lurched into the Eighties. However watching it again it is still immensely powerful just as riveting still retains the capability to shock and is as valid now as it was then. ; ; More than 25 years after their break-up the Sex Pistols' music continues to influence punk and post-punk bands the world over - and The Great Rock Rock 'n' Roll Swindle shows why. It helped add to the band's already riotous reputation with scenes of Sid Vicious attacking a Parisienne prostitute (with a French tart) the subversive Queen's Silver Jubilee Day concert on the Thames in 1977 their infamous appearance on the "Bill Grundy Show" and underage female nudity. It even had to contend with the death of Sid Vicious who died between the ending of filming and its theatrical release. But it is the Sex Pistols' music that emerges as the film's biggest star: performances of "Anarchy In The UK" "God Save The Queen" and "Holidays In The Sun" are mesmeric while Vicious' "My Way" maintains an air of tragedy and exquisiteness at once. Tenpole Tudor (ingeniously called "Tadpole" by Irene Handl in the film) weighs in with vocals on "Who Killed Bambi" and "Rock Around The Clock" and even on-the-run Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs turns up to sing on "No One Is Innocent" and "Belsen Vos A Gasser". ; Having spawned the phrase "making cash from chaos" it's worth remembering that the Sex Pistols were voted the "1977 Young Businessmen of the Year" by their antitheses in the City of London.
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Hard Labour: Mike Leigh's first TV drama for the BBC in 1973. Shot entirely on location in Leigh's native Salford Hard Labour depicts the grinding daily routine of stoical domestic cleaner Mrs Thornley and her cantankerous family. ; ; The Permissive Society: The title is ironic - a popular expression in mid-70's sexually liberated Britain but a far cry from the gentle innocent warmth of this short play shot entirely in a television studio. Funny and moving a tentative awkward first date in a Lancashire high rise flat is interrupted by the young man's elder sister returning prematurely after being stood up. ; ; Nuts In May: Follow Keith and Candice-Marie a rather self-righteous vegetarian couple in their exhausting attempt to enjoy an idyllic camping holiday in Dorset. Their rigid notions of peace and quiet are somewhat challenged by other campers with a more relaxed approach to life the resulting conflict posing the questions who are really the good guys? ; ; The Kiss Of Death: David Threlfall gives a brilliant performance as Trevor an off-beat undertaker's assistant with a dry sense of humour and a healthy resistance to conformity. He and his best friend Ronnie are confronted by and finally escape the clutches of two predatory and fiercely conventional young women Sandra and Linda. Filmed on location in Oldham. ; ; Who's Who?: A film about toffs and snobs. Richard Kane stars as Alan an obsequious autograph hunter who works as a clerk for a City stockbroker and whose wife breeds pedigree chinchilla cats. Through Alan's eyes we look at the lives of his upper class employers and the younger Sloane Ranger set at his firm. ; ; Abigail's Party: Immediately after its smash-hit run at The Hampstead Theatre London this 1977 stage-play was wheeled by Mike Leigh into an electronic TV studio - like The Permissive Society it isn't a film. A suburban evening of hilarious disaster gross embarrassment and untimely death is presided over by the monstrous Beverly for which performance Alison Steadman won two best actress awards. ; ; Grown-Ups: A young working-class couple Dick and Mandy move into a council house to find their old teacher living next door with his wife. Their new life is plagued by endless visits from Mandy's lonely elder sister Gloria a situation that finally erupts into a major catastrophe involving the neighbours. ; ; Home Sweet Home: The tragic-comic tale of a lonely postman the social workers who chivvy him about his estranged teenage daughter and his secret affairs with the wives of his fellow postmen. ; ; Four Days In July: A wonderfully engaging and bitterly humorous take on "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland. Set (and shot) in Belfast in July 1984 around the annual 12th July Loyalist Parades the film examines the communities on both sides of the divide. Through the depiction of a Catholic couple and a Protestant couple each on the brink of the birth of their first child Mike Leigh explores the daily lives of the divided community. ; ; Five-Minute Films: This collection also includes a rare treat five short films written and directed by Mike Leigh - Afternoon Birth of the Goalie Old Chums A Light Snack and Probation. Originally filmed in 1975 these five films lasting five minutes each were intended to be the first in an ongoing series but weren't actually broadcast until 1982 during a season of Leigh's work on BBC.
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