Look Back in Anger
A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.
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"Rebellious youth has always been a good subject for movie makers and Look Back in Anger for the United Kingdom became what The Wild One and The Blackboard Jungle were on this side of the Atlantic. Though like Marlon Brando, Richard Burton should have been way too old to portray a rebellious youth, he certainly overcomes it with a bravura performance. Burton saw the play on the London stage and went to author John Osbourne and told him he wanted to do the screen version. For the screen version the producers had the good sense to hire Osbourne to write all the additional scenes needed for a f..."
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According to Richard Burton biographer Paul Ferris, Harry Salzman screened the film as a courtesy to Jack L. Warner, who put up the money for the picture. After a few minutes, Warner asked sarcastically what language they were speaking. When Salzman told him it was English, the studio chief replied, "This is America!" and walked out.
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A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.