Reel Britannia

Episode 152 - Saturday Night and Sunday Morning


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Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. 

 

Classic kitchen sink drama this week featuring a powerful performance from Albert Finney

This week, Scott and Steven are joined by Anthony, the host of the Film Gold podcast 

 

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) 

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, released in 1960, still remains one of the finest of the Angry Young Men movies that emanated from England in the late 1950s and ’60s. 

In his first starring role, Albert Finney played a charismatic man who seems destined to follow in his parents’ and grandparents’ footsteps by pursuing a mundane, working-class lifestyle. 

Employed as a lathe operator in a Midlands factory, Finney’s Arthur Seaton lives for the weekend, when he drinks and womanizes to excess. However, when he has an affair with a coworker’s wife, he finds himself facing decisions he never expected to have to make. 

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning was based on the first novel by British author Alan Sillitoe, who wrote the screenplay. He based the grim but compelling story line on his own experiences working in a factory and used the plot as a plea for the younger generation of Brits to break the bonds that restricted them to predictable and unfulfilling lives. An accomplished stage actor, Finney earned international acclaim for his powerful performance. 

 

"Don't let the bastards grind you down!"

 

 

 

Production notes and credits 

  • Studio: Continental Distributing 

  • Director: Karel Reisz 

  • Producer: Tony Richardson 

  • Writer: Allan Sillitoe 

  • Music: John Dankworth 

  • Running time: 89 minutes 

Cast 

  • Albert Finney (Arthur Seaton) 

  • Shirley Anne Field (Doreen) 

  • Rachel Roberts (Brenda) 

  • Hylda Baker (Aunt Ada) 

  • Norman Rossington (Bert) 

 

This and previous episodes can be found everywhere you download your podcasts

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Film Gold

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/film-gold/id1544641271 

 

Thanks for listening

Scott and Steven

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