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Scum is a 1979 British crime drama film directed by Alan Clarke, portraying the brutality of life inside a British borstal. The story was originally made for the BBC's Play for Today strand in 1977, however due to the violence depicted in the film, it was withdrawn from broadcast. Two years later, director Alan Clarke and scriptwriter Roy Minton remade it as a film, first shown on Channel 4 in 1983. By this time the borstal system had been reformatted and eventually allowed the original TV version to be aired.
The film tells the story of a young offender named Carlin as he arrives at the institution, and his rise through violence and self protection to the top of the inmates' pecking order, purely as a tool to survive. Beyond Carlin's individual storyline, it is also cast as an indictment of the borstal system's flaws with no attempt at rehabilitation. The warders and convicts alike are brutalised by the system. The film's controversy was derived from its graphic depiction of racism, extreme violence, rape, suicide, many fights and very strong language.
Actors: Aaron Quick Nelson (actor), Mary Leonard (actress), Tanya Christiansen (actress), Jody S. Dean (actor), Jody S. Dean (producer), Jody S. Dean (writer), Jody S. Dean (composer), Jody S. Dean (director), Morgan Middlebrook (actor), Kelly Novinski (actress), Stephanie Walk (actress), Victoria Blair (actress), Cora Williams (actress), Mollie Colbert (actress), Anthony Hall (actor),
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Plot: Milton Parker has made millions inventing and selling games. Upon his death, his relatives and domestic staff gather for the reading of the will. However, Old Mr. Parker is a game player to the last, and his will stipulates that a Scavenger Hunt will be held to determine the beneficiaries of his sizeable estate. The winning team gets all the money, the rest get nothing.
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