Get Carter. Jack knows Cliff Brumby (Bryan Mosley) as a businessman with controlling interests in local seaside amusement arcades. He returns for the funeral of his brother Richard "Richie" after a car crash during a storm, atypical of the careful house-father. (I think there is just about two or three movies about Jesus, and nobody cares about the remakes). [82] In South Africa the censor cut out Britt Ekland's phone sex scene, shortening her already brief role; her name was still left on the poster, leaving filmgoers to wonder why she was advertised as appearing. [64] To save time and money Budd did not use overdubs, simultaneously playing a real harpsichord, a Wurlitzer electric piano and a grand piano. [74] It was later reclassified as 'R', meaning children under the age of 17 had to be accompanied by an adult. American critics were generally more enthusiastic, but the film was poorly promoted in the US by United Artists and languished on the drive-in circuit, while MGM focused its resources on producing a blaxploitation-themed adaptation of the novel, Hit Man. Get Carter was a film which explored this freedom. Roger Ebert was less reserved in his praise, writing that "the movie has a sure touch". [89], Describing the initial critical response to the film, Steve Chibnall wrote "Initial critical vilification or indifference establishes the conditions in which a cult can flourish. Among those trying to "get Carter" is Con (John C. McGinley), another enforcer from Las Vegas.GET CARTER is the second remake of the bleak and gritty 1971 British thriller of the same title. But that's not the movie. [76] However, movie poster expert Sim Branaghan liked its eccentricity, calling it was "that kind of quirkiness you wouldn't get these days". Someone hired goon Thorpey to make Jack return to Las Vegas. At the funeral Jack meets his teenage niece Doreen (Petra Markham) and Frank's evasive mistress Margaret (Dorothy White); it is later implied that Doreen is Jack's daughter. Steven Soderbergh's 1999 film The Limey is a homage to Carter and other British gangster films, and contains similar plot elements and themes of revenge, family and corruption. He then posts the pornographic film to the vice squad at Scotland Yard in London. Jah Wobble produced a dub cover version of the theme tune in 2009. [32] In financial trouble and shutting down its British operations, MGM was in the process of closing its British studios at Borehamwood[33] and was looking to make smaller-budget films to turn a profit. Hodges said he was influenced in his writing by the works of Raymond Chandler and Hollywood B-movies such as Kiss Me Deadly, because they showed "how to use the crime story as an autopsy on society's ills". Basking in the glory he enjoyed every passing day, but the glory is fleeting, so becoming a member of a scandal, Harley had to go back to your little town. Back in town, Jack is threatened by henchmen who want him to leave town, but he fights them off, capturing and interrogating one to find out who wants him gone. The Finnish rock band Laika & the Cosmonauts cover the film's theme on their 1995 album The Amazing Colossal Band. Nearly 30 years after GET CARTER and its American cousin HIT MAN there was another version of the movie and/or its source novel, Jack’s Return Home by Ted Lewis. [88] It is available from the Warner Archive Collection as a Made on Demand (MOD) DVD-R or a download, with the same extras as the 2000 release, although with only two trailers and this time in 16:9 ratio. He then calls the police to raid Kinnear's party. Years ago, Jack Carter left his Seattle home to become a Las Vegas mob casino financial enforcer. The technical complexity was compounded by the variation in light coming through the windows, and Osborne's whispered delivery[48] which made microphone placement difficult. [83], A resurgence of critical and public interest in the film in the 1990s led to the British Film Institute releasing a new print of the film in 1999. Talking to the widow, daughter Doreen, and enigmatic Geraldine, Jack suspects it was murder. [119] Elvis Mitchell in The New York Times wrote "it's so minimally plotted that not only does it lack subtext or context, but it also may be the world's first movie without even a text". [28], In the late 1960s, a relaxation in film censorship produced an increase in dark, uncompromising films, with many directors pushing the boundaries of acceptability. Get Carter had to make do with ambivalence". Brumby showed Frank the film to incite him to call the police on Kinnear. Richard Weaver in Films and Filming praised the realism of the film, describing it as "crime at its most blatant",[93][96] while George Melly writing in The Observer confessed to vicarious enjoyment of it, but admitted it was "like a bottle of neat gin swallowed before breakfast. ‎Mira tráileres, lee reseñas de críticos y otros usuarios y compra Get Carter (2000), dirigida por Stephen T. Kay, por $5.99. And one very seldom quality at the end: This movie is not to long. Suspecting foul play, and with vengeance on his mind, he investigates and interrogates, regaining a feel for the city and its hardened-criminal element.[4]. [35] The film was shot in "Metrocolor",[12] which was MGM's trade name for films processed at its Eastmancolor laboratory. I view it as a mediocre movie, one that relies on a formulaic storyline, and poor performances from those involved. [92] In 1999, Get Carter was ranked 16th on the BFI Top 100 British films of the 20th century; five years later, a survey of British film critics in Total Film magazine chose it as the greatest British film of all time. Suspecting foul play, and with vengeance on his mind, he investigates and interrogates, regaining a feel for the city … [75] Chibnall describes the flower power imagery as "what seems like a desperate and misguided attempt to suggest the hipness of a genre which had largely fallen out of favour". He returns for the funeral of his brother Richard "Richie" after a car crash during a storm, atypical of the careful house-father. [105] The film appeared on several US critics' lists of best films of the year. Add to Wishlist. Disaster in a New York tunnel as explosions collapse both ends of it. Cliff Brumby, whose club Richie ran, is financially linked to porn and prostitution baron Cyrus Paice, who claims to be just a front-man for ITC tycoon Jeremy Kinnear. Hodges said that he and Trumper argued and disagreed constantly, but he still thought he was a "brilliant, brilliant editor" and was "very grateful to him for ...how much he contributed". On IMDb Get Carter's average rating is 7.6 based on 12,329 user votes. $5.99 Buy HD. Get Carter (2000) 2000 102 minutes. In 2012, the theme was included on the Soul Jazz Records compilation British TV, Film and Library Composers. Use the HTML below. It out-performed Up Pompeii, which was showing in the larger ABC1. [73] The film finally opened for general release across the UK on 10 March 1971 and in the US on 18 March, where it was rated 'X' for violence and female nudity, meaning it was for adults only. [103] Variety also praised the film, saying it "not only maintains interest but conveys with rare artistry, restraint and clarity the many brutal, sordid and gamy plot turns". Get Carter [64] The Human League album Dare contains a track covering the Get Carter theme, although it was only a version of the sparse leitmotif that opens and closes the film as opposed to the full-blooded jazz piece that accompanies the train journey. He also noticed a substantial increase in women voting on the film in the eight months leading up to April 2002. [38] He also dispensed with flashbacks to Carter's youth featured in the novel which explored his relationship with his brother Frank, streamlining the plot to a linear narrative spanning a single weekend. Hodges and Caine, the latter of whom served as a co-producer, had ambitions to produce a more gritty and realistic portrayal of violence and criminal behaviour than had previously been seen in British films, with Caine incorporating his knowledge of real criminal acquaintances into his characterisation of Carter. A former CART champion is called in to give him guidance. A young hot shot driver is in the middle of a championship season and is coming apart at the seams. He forces Eric to drink a full bottle of whisky as Eric had done to Frank, then beats him to death with his shotgun. Despite this, the release was given a five-star review in Empire, where it was described as "one of the best British films of the 70s". [62], Klinger was a very hands-on producer and was present during shooting and in post-production. Hodges chose the beach for its bleak, dark atmosphere but when he returned to shoot the scene he found it bathed in bright sunshine, unsuitable for the sombre conclusion he was hoping for. Web. Professional hit-man Robert Rath wants to fulfill a few more contracts before retiring but unscrupulous ambitious newcomer hit-man Miguel Bain keeps killing Rath's targets. Get Carter suffered in its promotion due to MGM's financial problems and the declining British film industry of the period, which relied increasingly on US investment. [59][60] The chase scene was shot in reverse, with Hodges filming Eric's death scene first because of Hendry's poor condition, Hodges being worried that he would be too out of breath to play the death scene after running. [39] The car park symbolises one of the film's more subtle themes, which is the destruction of an old cityscape and its rebuilding in line with modern Brutalism. After searching many publishers for material to adapt into a film, Klinger purchased the rights to Ted Lewis' novel Jack's Return Home. Jack has sex with Glenda at her flat, where he finds and watches a pornographic film where Doreen is forced to have sex with Albert Swift. [28] Hodges favoured the use of long focal length lenses (as he had used previously on Rumour) in many scenes to create a naturalistic documentary feel, especially in crowd scenes. The Times Digital Archive. As with Hit Man, the film credited Ted Lewis' Jack's Return Home as its source, not Hodges' film, and again it contains scenes which are directly borrowed from the original, such as the opening train ride. Soderbergh said he envisioned The Limey as "Get Carter made by Alain Resnais". The Pelaw Hussars, a local juvenile jazz band and majorette troupe, also appear and perform two numbers, When The Saints Go Marching In and Auld Lang Syne. Jack tracks Albert down at a betting shop. In the ensuing shootout, Jack shoots Peter dead. Rated R for violence, language, some sexuality and drug content, Stephen Dorff & Darren Mann in Mma Film 'Embattled' Official Trailer, Producer-Writer David McKenna Inks With APA, Rachael Leigh Cook on Producing Her Own Netflix Rom-Com, 21 Years After ‘She’s All That’, Favorite Movies that were released in 2000. Michael Caine co-stars in this film as a … [6] Get Carter was remade in 2000 by Warner Bros. under the same title, with Sylvester Stallone portraying Jack Carter and Caine in a supporting role. Title: The team then spliced the beginning segment onto a high-quality print of the film. I can't believe the critics this movie gets here. Chibnall writes that "Interestingly, although [the film's] downbeat and unsentimental tone is now thought to express the mood of its times, the mass cinema audience preferred Love Story (Arthur Hiller 1970), which remained the most popular film in Britain throughout Get Carter's run". [52][53] Asked to comment on what he was aiming for in the look of the film, cinematographer Wolfgang Suschitzky said "The camera work on it... it was very influenced by Mike Hodges who has a very good eye for setups and he of course conferred with his operator and myself, but he influenced all of us, and much of the good look is due to him, I confess. [58] Films such as The Long Good Friday, Face and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels borrow from the Carter blueprint. Returning to the car park Jack finds Brumby, beats him senseless and throws him over the side to his death. 5 of 9 people found this review helpful. [36] He did not, however, employ a traditional noir technique of using a voiceover to expose the character's inner feelings. View the profiles of people named Get Carter. Original copies of the record are much sought after by collectors and sell for around £100. And even if you have seen the 1971 original, not everyone can remember all the details - at least I couldn't. Based on Ted Lewis' 1970 novel Jack's Return Home, the film follows the eponymous Jack Carter (Caine), a London gangster who returns to his home town in north-east Englandto discover more about his brother Frank's supposedly accidental death. [98] It was the sixth-most popular "general release" movie at the British box office in 1971. [101] The reviewer also opined that "Tighter editing would help considerably". A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far-reaching plans. [41], Locations along the east coast of England had been scouted by Hodges and Klinger in the spring of 1970, to find a landscape that suggested a "hard, deprived background". [35], Klinger contacted Hodges on 27 January 1970 with a copy of Jack's Return Home and contracted him[36] to direct and adapt the screenplay, paying him a flat fee of £7,000 for his services. Hodges moved the camera and the boom closer to Osborne as the scene progressed. Klinger was invited to view a first print of Peter Walker's Man of Violence (1969) and was unimpressed, telling the director "I'm going to make a gangster film, but it's going to cost a lot more than this and it's going to be better". Get Carter (2000) Rent $2.99. When the film credits were printed in the Radio Times and TV Times, Howard was also trimmed. He suggested Hodges use John Trumper as editor. [114], Warner Bros., which holds the rights to the pre-1986 MGM library, produced a remake of Get Carter in 2000 under the same title, with Sylvester Stallone as Jack Carter. Having avenged his dead brother and the sexually abused Doreen, Jack walks along the shoreline. [48], In shooting the scene in which Carter throws Brumby to his death from the multi-storey car park, Hodges used four shots: one of the pair struggling high up on the stairs; one from the lowest level of the stairwell where Caine actually threw Bryan Moseley over the side onto mattresses; one shot of a dummy falling; and one of the body of Brumby on top of a crushed car. [7][38] Hodges thoroughly researched the local Newcastle crime scene, adapting the script to make use of settings and incorporating elements of his research into the story. Get Carter was an iconic 1970s film with Michael Caine that was known for bringing realism to the crime genre. Tom Cox writes that many British film makers "have stolen from Hodges without matching the cold, realistic kick" of Carter. The series' set designers and property masters state that, while the audience and critics may liken the series to The Sweeney, Get Carter was their visual guide and the source of series' look. With Sylvester Stallone, Rachael Leigh Cook, Miranda Richardson, Rhona Mitra. [49] Other locations in Newcastle and Gateshead, Northumberland and County Durham were also used. [43], The location for Cyril Kinnear's house, Dryderdale Hall, near Hamsterley, Bishop Auckland, provided a real-life connection with organised crime. Although it was not made available on home media until 1993, Get Carter maintained a cult following, and endorsements from directors such as Quentin Tarantino and Guy Ritchie led to the film earning critical reappraisal. 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