DVD?
Having seen this film a couple of times on TV I am very suprised there is no DVD out, a really gritty film with vivid location work.
shareThe film - a real gem with a host of great performances; a crackling script, which paints a vivid, insider's portrait of early sixties Soho; and plenty of great archive footage of the district - was shown at the BFI's National Film Theatre in London yesterday (Thursday 12 March 2009).
The screening was followed by an engrossing q&a with producer Frank Godwin - still sprightly and working on projects, despite being in his nineties! During the conversation it was stated that Optimum Releasing hold the UK DVD rights.
It's now shown at the NFT twice in twelve months, to one sell-out audience and one near full house (it was moved to the big auditorium NFT1 to accomodate everyone), and it's been very warmly received. So let's hope that this spurs Optimum on to release it soon.
In the meantime, if you're in London, it can be viewed for free in the Mediatheque at the BFI National Film Theatre on the South Bank and it's well worth seeing.
Optimum have now released The Small World of Sammy Lee, as part of a box set, called "The London Collection" also containing, Pool of London, The Yellow Balloon, Sparrows Can't Sing, The London Nobody Knows and Les Bicyclettes De Belsize.
share...paints a vivid, insider's portrait of early sixties Soho; and plenty of great archive footage of the district...Yes, it actually does act as documentary of those days gone by as it fairly realistically reflects the times.
Great to see the signs on the buildings, with some names not being around any more. I stopped the DVD on a couple of occasions to zoom in on the street names.
Great opening shot following the water spraying tanker.
A surprisingly entertaining (and fast moving) film with a good performance by Anthony Newley, who once was married to Joan Collins.
Well worth seeing. share