Look Back in Anger (1959 film)

Look Back in Anger
Look Back in Anger
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Tony Richardson
Written by	Nigel Kneale
Based on	Look Back in Anger; by John Osborne
Produced by	Harry Saltzman; Gordon Scott
Starring	Richard Burton; Claire Bloom; Mary Ure; Edith Evans
Cinematography	Oswald Morris
Edited by	Richard Best
Music by	Chris Barber
Production; companies	Woodfall Film Productions; ABPC
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	15 September 1959;
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£250,000
Box office	$1.1 million (est. US/ Canada rentals)

Look Back in Anger is a 1959 British kitchen sink drama film starring Richard Burton, Claire Bloom and Mary Ure and directed by Tony Richardson. The film is based on John Osborne's play about a love triangle involving an intelligent but disaffected working-class young man (Jimmy Porter), his upper-middle-class, impassive wife (Alison) and her haughty best friend (Helena Charles). Cliff, an amiable Welsh lodger, attempts to keep the peace. The character of Ma Tanner, only referred to in the play, is brought to life in the film by Edith Evans as a dramatic device to emphasise the class difference between Jimmy and Alison. The film and play are classic examples of the British cultural movement known as kitchen sink realism.

^ "Overview". TCM. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
^ Alexander Walker, Hollywood, England, Stein and Day, 1974 p59
^ "1959: Probable Domestic Take", Variety, 6 January 1960 p 34

[1] "Overview". TCM. Retrieved 23 April 2016.

[2] Alexander Walker, Hollywood, England, Stein and Day, 1974 p59

[3] "1959: Probable Domestic Take", Variety, 6 January 1960 p 34

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