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, workingclass lifestyle. Watch the video for saturday night and sunday morning from phil collinss. Jul 25, 2019 saturday night and sunday morning is still often regarded as one of the most important british films of the early sixties, one that captured the mood of the times and displayed a new frankness toward sex on the screen certain theatres in england refused to exhibit the film when it was first released. Its impossible to believe that albert finney was ever that young, but he was 24 in this film robust and handsome. When i first heard these new songs, they struck me as darker sounding. Workingclass culture and work as portrayed in the texts. All of the old raleigh buildings seen in the film have now been replaced by modern housing, but the old buildings on the right still remain, although the two shops are now hous. Saturday night and sunday morning 1958 edition open library. Saturday nightsunday morning is a double album with saturday morning being disc 1. Saturday night and sunday morning soundtrack details home explore movies explore composers resource directory forums contact us about us search on.
Burnel, jet black and dave greenfield, with hugh cornwell not attending. Saturday night and sunday morning soundtrack details. Albert finney gives a breakout performance in saturday night and sunday morning which launched him into stardom. The gritty cinematography and coarse characterizations of saturday night and sunday morning are an exciting jolt, but the films central plot a hotheaded factory worker albert finney, in a. Watch saturday night and sunday morning online stream full.
The title is a reference to the gig happening on a saturday night and hugh announcing his departure the following day. A rebellious, hardliving factory worker juggles relationships with two women, one of whom is married to another man but pregnant with his child. Saturday night and sunday morning quotes by alan sillitoe. Saturday night and sunday morning na filmskoj bazi podataka tcm. Saturday night and sunday morning 1960 karel reisz duration. Working class drinkingman arthur albert finney joins pal bert norman rossington and his mum edna morris at the bar, soon meeting alluring doreen shirley anne field, in saturday night and sunday morning, 1961, directed by karel reisz. This recording was eventually released in 1993, as saturday night, sunday morning. The film entered general release on the abc cinema circuit from late january 1961 and was a boxoffice success, being the third most popular film in britain that year. 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. One of the key british new wave movies, it launched albert finney to stardom, as resentful factory worker, arthur seaton, and was made on location around nottingham in the midlands. Watch saturday night and sunday morning starring albert finney in this drama on directv.
Marty stuart and his fabulous superlatives saturday. Saturday night and sunday morning was reiszs feature film debut, and was groundbreaking in many ways. May 04, 2009 saturday morning 1961 grid usa from the tv iv. Watch the video for saturday night, sunday morning from thelma houstons the best of for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. But as for great britains angry young men i much prefer richard burton in look back in anger. Saturday night and sunday morning is one of the finest examples of cinema that emerged in britain from the late fifties and early sixties. It is about a young man named arthur seaton who works as a machinist in a factory.
Free pdf download please follow the directions below to set up the document camera. Saturday night and sunday morning by alan sillitoe tells the story of arthur seaton, a young british man who spends his days doing repetitive work in a bicycle factory in nottingham and dreaming. Saturday night and sunday morning movie clip not on back row. Saturday night and sunday morning lobby card for saturday night and sunday morning 1960, starring albert finney. Jasmine rush, meagan dilworth, keith mascoll, and cloteal l. Saturday night and sunday morning is a 1961 british drama. Thelma houston saturday night, sunday morning lyrics. Saturday night and sunday morning is reissued as part of the british new wave season at londons barbican centre on friday 11th october 2002.
Archived at webcite from this original url 20080508. Saturday night and sunday morning 1961 rotten tomatoes. Alan sillitoe saturday night and sunday morning pdf. Saturday night and sunday morning filming location. Saturday night and sunday morning 1958 edition open. Saturday night and sunday morning opening scene youtube. In a nottingham factory, arthur seaton works in a mindless haze, but his weekends are even more muddled due to his love affairs and his alcohol problem. They have just reached the junction with cycle road. Saturday night and sunday morning was preceded by film adaptations of look back in anger 1958 and john braines room at the top 1959 and followed by movie versions of stan barstows a kind of loving 1962, sillitoes the loneliness of the long distance runner 1962, and david storeys this sporting life 1963, among many others. Saturday night and sunday morning was based on the first novel by british author alan sillitoe, who wrote the screenplay. Jun 17, 2007 saturday night sunday morning trailer albert finney. Director of the department of english dean of the graduate school. Watch saturday night and sunday morning online stream. Marty stuart and his fabulous superlatives have created another awesome piece of music.
Never before had film audiences been expected to sit back and watch the unsavoury exploits of a northern factory worker, who drank himself silly and slept with two women without caring much about either of them. For sure there is a lot of despair on display here but there is also a glimmer of hope for happiness. Phil collins philip david charles collins lvo, born 30 january 1951 in chiswick, london is an english singersongwriter, drummer, keyboardist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for the english progressive rock group genesis and as well as being a grammy and academy awardwinning solo artist. Saturday night and sunday morning turner classic movies. A resentful factory worker has a fling with a married woman, but ultimately settles for dull conformity. Editions of saturday night and sunday morning by alan sillitoe. Saturday night and sunday morning movie clip not on. Halls more tightly focused, characterdriven saturday nightsunday morning, now at lyric stage company of boston, manages to stay afloat, though its a choppy voyage at times. Saturday night and sunday morning 1960 directed by karel.
The following year the same pattern was followed with the success of. Apr 09, 2014 first published in 1958, saturday night and sunday morning achieved instant critical acclaim and helped to establish alan sillitoe as one of the greatest british writers of his generation. Saturday night and sunday morning na rotten tomatoesu en british new wave essay on saturday night and sunday morning, at. Find the perfect saturday night sunday morning film stock photo.
Historic television grids for us networks saturday morning. Marty stuart and his fabulous superlatives saturday night. Saturday night and sunday morning 1960 directed by. But seriously for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. A remarkable and influential drama that captures the despair of working class life, saturday night and sunday morning is superbly enacted and one of the best ofbritains angry young men dramas of the 60s. The title on the front cover is saturday night sunday morning and it states that its a double album. Saturday night and sunday morning has a reputation as one of british cinemas finest achievements, a status very much dependent upon its accomplished mobilisation of qualities defined as realist by the majority of british film commentators. Saturday night and sunday morning visiting some of the. Also the art design of the album was influenced by the realist images of british working class neighborhoods and night life in saturday night and sunday morning. Saturday night and sunday morning by alan sillitoe tells the story of arthur seaton, a young british man who spends his days doing repetitive work in. At a time when angry young men railed against the injustices of life, arthur seaton was the only kitchen sink hero to accept that, while life was nasty, brutish and short, you had to make the. Saturday night and sunday morning 1960 trivia imdb. Workingclass culture and work as portrayed in the texts and.
In 1960, in a small black country town, i went to see this movie, with a male friend, at our local fleapit it was a revelation. Saturday night and sunday morning online 1961 movie yidio. Were fooled by first impressions theyre not always true you thought that i was made out of ice but i caught on fire with you i sparkled for a moment. Saturday night and sunday morning film movie plot and. Regarded by most critics as sillitoes best novel, saturday night and sunday morning has been frequently read as a proletarian version of kingsley amis lucky jim 1954, and sillitoe himself. While i was watching saturday night and sunday morning on mubi, i came to realise that there would probably be rather a lot of people from nations other than the uk watching this film and attempting to understand what the hell people were talking about here. Full text of saturday night amp sunday morning see other formats.
The title of their debut album whatever people say i am, thats what im not is a direct quote from the movie, and many of the songs were inspired by albert finneys character. Saturday night and sunday morning was superbly interpreted from sillitoes script by karel reisz and spoke to a generation of postwar people of all classes in a manner never addressed before. The opening credits of saturday night and sunday morning show the raleigh cycle workers going home along faraday road. Hylda baker celebrity profile check out the latest hylda baker photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. All of the old raleigh buildings seen in the film have now been replaced by modern housing, but the old buildings on the right still remain, although the two shops are now houses. Saturday night and sunday morning is the first novel by british author alan sillitoe and won the authors club first novel award it was adapted by sillitoe into a 1960 film starring albert finney, directed by karel reisz, and in 1964 was adapted by david brett as a play for the nottingham playhouse, with ian mckellen playing one of his first leading roles. Portions of it were even filmed in the old home where sillitoe once lived. The story is set in the workingclass city of nottingham. The other half of this double album, sunday morning was given away separately the next day in news of the. First published in 1958, saturday night and sunday morning achieved instant critical acclaim and helped to establish alan sillitoe as one of the greatest british writers of his generation. Saturday night cd given away with the sun newspaper. The film of the novel, starring albert finney, transformed british cinema and was much imitated. Saturday night and sunday morning 1960 trivia 25 add new british rock band the arctic monkeys were heavily influenced by this film. Saturday night sunday morning mail various artists.
Arthur is determined to escape the drudgery of the factory life that his parents, friends and. Waiting and wondering in lyric stages saturday night. Albert finney is arthur, a workingclass brit who lives for saturday night and sunday morning in this 1960 film also starring rachel roberts, hylda baker and shirley anne field. I found myself in a cinema that was a real setting for what appeared on the screen, for there albert finney was, not represented, was the working class bloke that sat in the picture house near to me. Horne in saturday nightsunday morning at lyric stage company of boston.
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