If... (1968)

Directed by Lindsay Anderson. With Malcolm McDowell, David Wood, Richard Warwick, Christine Noonan. In this allegorical story, a revolution led by pupil Mick Travis takes place at an old established private school in England.

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Lindsay Anderson's If.... is a daringly anarchic vision of British society, set in a boarding school in late-sixties England. Before Kubrick made his mischief iconic in A Clockwork Orange, Malcolm McDowell made a hell of an impression as the insouciant Mick Travis, who, along with his school chums, trumps authority at every turn, finally emerging as a violent savior in the vicious games of one-upmanship played by both students and masters. Mixing color and black and white as audaciously as it mixes fantasy and reality, If.... remains one of cinema's most unforgettable rebel yells.(c) Criterion

Satire about a traditional English boys’ boarding school, where social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. But three Lower Sixth students, leader Mick Travis, Wallace and Johnny decide on a shocking course of action to redress the balance of privilege once and for all.

111 min - Drama - 2 August 1969 (Japan) In this allegorical story, a revolution led by pupil Mick Travis takes place at an old established private school in England. Director: Lindsay Anderson Writers: David Sherwin (screenplay), David Sherwin (original script: "Crusaders") Stars: Malcolm McDowell, David Wood, Richard Warwick