O Lucky Man!
First screened in May 2013
Director: Lindsay Anderson. Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, Ralph Richardson, Rachel Roberts, Arthur Lowe, Graham Crowden, Dandy Nichols, Peter Jeffrey, Mona Washbourne, Mary McLeod, Philip Stone, Wallace Eaton, Warren Clarke, Geoffrey Palmer, Bill Owen, Michael Medwin, Vivian Pickles. Screenplay: David Sherwin.


Twitter Capsule: Anderson softens and stretches Godard's Week End for 3 hours. Listless, zippy, grandiose by turns. Where's the beef?

VOR:   Sheer, elephantine scope invites attention even as it dulls the artistry; in no time at all, I barely remember it. Intriguingly ponderous as British self-study.



Photo © 1973 Warner Bros. Pictures/Memorial Enterprises

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B–


Golden Globe Nominations and Winners:
Best Original Score: Alan Price

Other Awards:
British Academy Awards (BAFTAs): Best Supporting Actor (Lowe); Best Original Score

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