DVD365.net | News Article | The Firm: Director's Cut (1989)

Summary

Released by BFI on DVD and Blu-ray on 23rd May 2016, The Firm is the unflinching drama from Alan Clarke, the controversial director of Scum, exploring the violent world of football hooligan Bex Bissell.

Cast

Gary Oldman, Lesley Manville, Phil Davis, Steve McFadden

Director

Alan Clarke

Producer

David M. Thompson

Distributor

BFI

Run time

1 hour 6 minutes

Release date

23/05/2016

Hash Tag

#TheFirm

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Released by BFI on DVD and Blu-ray on 23rd May 2016, The Firm, the unflinching drama from the controversial director of Scum, explores the violent world of football hooligan Bex Bissell (played in a bravura performance, by Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), as he wages bloody war against rival gangs to decide who will lead a national 'firm' into Europe to do battle on an international playing field.

Originally censored prior to its broadcast, The Firm has now been transferred in High Definition for the very first time, and is presented in two different versions, including a Director's Cut which finally restores previously unseen material.

Extensive extras include a newly recorded audio commentary with Gary Oldman, the High Definition premiere of director Alan Clarke's celebrated Elephant, and a new documentary about the making of Elephant and The Firm.

The Complete Alan Clarke at the BBC is also available on DVD and Blu-ray box sets from the BFI.

Special Features

All films newly remastered in High Definition
The Firm: (Director's Cut): painstakingly reconstructed from Clarke's personal workprint
Optional audio commentary with Gary Oldman
The Firm: (Broadcast version)
Optional audio commentary with actors Lesley Manville, Phil Davis, author David Rolinson and the BFI's Dick Fiddy
Elephant (1989): Alan Clarke's sparse, shocking drama about The Troubles
Optional audio commentary with Danny Boyle and critic Mark Kermode
Alan Clarke interview (1989): the director discusses Elephant and The Firm
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light (2016, 36 mins): new documentary about the making of Elephant and The Firm

Please note - Disc special features are subject to change, may differ from format to format and/or may differ from region to region.

Gary Oldman

The Hitman's Bodyguard, Darkest Hour, The Hitman's Bodyguard, Bram Stoker's Dracula: 25th Anniversary, The Space Between Us, Man Down, Sid And Nancy, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Child 44, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Robocop, Leon: 20th Anniversary Steelbook Edition, JFK : Director's Cut, The Dark Knight Rises, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Kung Fu Panda 2, The Fifth Element, A Christmas Carol, The Book Of Eli, Planet 51, The Backwoods, Bram Stoker's Dracula: Deluxe Edition, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, The Fifth Element, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Leon, Leon : The Directors Cut, Hunter Killer, Leon: Director's Cut, The Courier, The Fifth Element, Romeo is Bleeding, True Romance: Limited Edition, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Bram Stoker's Dracula: 30th Anniversary, Hannibal

Lesley Manville

Phantom Thread, Harlots, River, High Hopes, The Cazalets, Maleficent, Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond, Ashes, Another Year, Topsy-Turvy, Harlots: Series 2, Mum: Series 3, World On Fire, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, The Go-Between, Save Me Too, Misbehaviour, Harlots: Series 3, Let Him Go, Mrs Harris Goes to Paris, World on Fire: Series 2

Phil Davis

High Hopes, Case Histories: Series 2, Fast Girls, The Hot Potato, Outside Bet, Whitechapel: Series 3, Hacks, Brighton Rock, Mad Dogs, Whitechapel: Series 2, Collision, Brighton, Vera Drake

Alan Clarke

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