Details. It predicted that "It should please in the action market, but won't win any laurels for Caine although his portrayal of the vicious anti-hero impresses". Judith Crist in New York magazine gave a glowing review, saying "Michael Caine is superb, suave and sexy" and describing the film as "a hard, mean and satisfying zinger of the old tough-tec school done in frank contemporary terms". In the early 2000s, £10 million was spent removing these conveyors and the concrete towers, and cleaning tons of coal waste from the beaches of East Durham. [38] As Ted Lewis had not specified where his novel was set, Hodges felt free to relocate the story[39] to a place he was familiar with, considering Grimsby, Lowestoft, Hull and North Shields[2] before deciding on Newcastle Upon Tyne. [83], A resurgence of critical and public interest in the film in the 1990s led to the British Film Institute releasing a new print of the film in 1999. [115] Michael Caine appears as Cliff Brumby in what Elvis Mitchell described as "a role that will increase regard for the original", speculating that "maybe that was his intention". Stereolab also covers Roy Budd's theme on their album Aluminum Tunes, although they call their version "Get Carter", as opposed to its proper title, "Main Theme (Carter Takes A Train)". You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Jack meets Margaret to talk about Frank, but the Fletchers' men are waiting and pursue him. But that's not the movie. [124][125] Wobble had long been a fan of the bassline of the track, saying in a 2004 interview with The Independent that "There are some bass lines that contain the whole mystery of creation within them". [85], Chibnall has established that the film was shown on LWT in 1976 and 1980 "in a bowdlerised version" (which edited out Britt Ekland's phone sex scene)[83] and once on Westward Television and on Granada in August 1981, but it was not shown nationally and in its entirety until a post-watershed BBC broadcast in 1986. With only six months left of his sentence, inmate Frank Leone is transferred from a minimum security prison to a maximum security prison by a vindictive warden. The theme tune features the sounds of the character's train journey from London to Newcastle. The film's music also enjoyed its own resurgence in popularity, as it tapped into a 1990s interest in vintage film soundtracks. The story is based upon the original where Carter (Stallone) who is an enforcer for a gangster returns home to his brother’s funeral. Someone hired goon Thorpey to make Jack return to Las Vegas. [108], Get Carter was a financial success, and according to Steve Chibnall its box office takings were "very respectable". Portishead's Adrian Utley explained that they found the music to Get Carter inspiring as "it was done quickly and cheaply with only a few instruments, and it had to be intensely creative to disguise its limitations". Jack abducts Margaret at gunpoint. Having avenged his dead brother and the sexually abused Doreen, Jack walks along the shoreline. Back in town, Jack is threatened by henchmen who want him to leave town, but he fights them off, capturing and interrogating one to find out who wants him gone. After searching many publishers for material to adapt into a film, Klinger purchased the rights to Ted Lewis' novel Jack's Return Home. As Chibnall writes .mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}, The immediate consequence was the loss of the insights into Carter's motivations provided by his memories of boyhood and his relationships with brother Frank and delinquent gang leader Albert Swift. [91] However, although by 2012 the number of votes cast had increased tenfold, the ratio of female to male voters had not changed greatly, falling slightly from 2002, dropping to nearly 5% (526 out of 9566 voters who gave their gender were women). In 2000 it was remade with Sylvester Stallone and included Caine. [95] This FAQ is empty. Jack lies dead on the shore with the waves beginning to lap up against him. Get Carter movie reviews & Metacritic score: Hit man Jack Carter (Stallone), a mob enforcer in New York, returns to his hometown of Los Angeles for his brother's funeral. ", "Movie Review Get Carter (2000) FILM REVIEW; Slimline Stallone, With a Bruising Touch and a Gentle Mutter", "Dead Man's Shoes at the Venice International Film Festival", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Get_Carter&oldid=1000898949, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from May 2012, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-LCCN identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Dorothy White as Margaret. View the profiles of people named Get Carter. [41], Locations along the east coast of England had been scouted by Hodges and Klinger in the spring of 1970, to find a landscape that suggested a "hard, deprived background". Caine apologised immediately. Returning to the car park Jack finds Brumby, beats him senseless and throws him over the side to his death. The technical complexity was compounded by the variation in light coming through the windows, and Osborne's whispered delivery[48] which made microphone placement difficult. [30] Klinger had seen Mike Hodges' television film Suspect (1969) and immediately decided he was the ideal candidate to direct his new project. [2], In 1969, producer Michael Klinger devised plans for a gangster film to capitalise on public interest in the British criminal underworld after the Kray Twins' convictions. [86], Warner Bros. reissued the film in a special edition on DVD in October 2000 in its original 1.85:1 aspect ratio. There are four simultaneous conversations, with a lot of plot exposition and the introduction of two important characters, Kinnear and Glenda. [42] Hodges described how wandering alone through the upper structure, he realised how the different levels could be used to reveal the hunter, Carter, and the hunted, Brumby, simultaneously but without either being aware of the other – adding to the suspense. by Burton Lane and Ralph Freed,[12] a song more associated with glamorous Hollywood films than the backrooms of Newcastle pubs. Suspecting foul play, and with vengeance on his mind, he investigates and interrogates, regaining a feel for the city … [100] US publication Box Office gave a cautiously approving review, describing the film as "nasty, violent and sexy all at once". Brumby showed Frank the film to incite him to call the police on Kinnear. Godfrey Quigley was cast as Eddie, a colleague of Frank Carter's. [104] However, Jay Cocks writing in Time was disparaging, calling the film "a doggedly nasty piece of business" and comparing it unfavourably to Point Blank. Michael Klinger was involved in promotion of the film in the UK, using the experience from his background as a distributor to conduct a strong advertising campaign. Disaster in a New York tunnel as explosions collapse both ends of it. He waited hours until the sun began setting to capture the overcast shadowy lighting seen in the film. He telephones Kinnear in the middle of a wild party, telling him he has the film and makes a deal for Kinnear to give him Eric in exchange for his silence. And one very seldom quality at the end: This movie is not to long. Get Carter! When the film credits were printed in the Radio Times and TV Times, Howard was also trimmed. [58] Films such as The Long Good Friday, Face and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels borrow from the Carter blueprint. [121] Shane Meadows' film Dead Man's Shoes has also drawn comparisons to Get Carter, being similarly a revenge gangster story set around a provincial English town. He offers Jack £5,000 to kill the crime boss, which he flatly refuses. Overcome with emotion, Jack becomes enraged and pushes Glenda's head under water as she is taking a bath. Sound editing and dubbing was done by Jim Atkinson, whom Hodges described as "so obsessive about the job". Wild Hammond and Drum Duo with James Mackie (ex 'Selecter' and 'Madness') on organ and John Elles on drums. One hero tries to help the people inside find their way to safety. Andrew Spicer has written that "he [Klinger] sensed its potential to imbue the British crime thriller with the realism and violence of its American counterparts". A lead detective being stalked by a serial killer is asked to check into a clinic treating law enforcement officials who can't face their jobs. [37] Hodges' original working title for the film was Carter's The Name. White had a successful career as a television actress and was particularly well known for, This page was last edited on 17 January 2021, at 07:48. A young hot shot driver is in the middle of a championship season and is coming apart at the seams. He returns for the funeral of his brother Richard "Richie" after a car crash during a storm, atypical of the careful house-father. He is rescued by Glenda who takes him in her sports car to meet Brumby at his new restaurant development at the top of a multi-storey car park. Jack encounters another old associate, Eric Paice (Ian Hendry), who refuses to tell Jack who is employing him as a chauffeur. [30] MGM agreed a reasonable but below-average budget of 750,000 (there is some dispute as to whether this figure refers to dollars or pounds)[2] for the production. [28] Hodges favoured the use of long focal length lenses (as he had used previously on Rumour) in many scenes to create a naturalistic documentary feel, especially in crowd scenes. [79][80] Michael Klinger complained in 1974 to president of UA Eric Pleskow about the lacklustre promotion of Carter, and tried to get him to relinquish the U.S. rights to the film so that Klinger could find a better distributor. [64] The Human League album Dare contains a track covering the Get Carter theme, although it was only a version of the sparse leitmotif that opens and closes the film as opposed to the full-blooded jazz piece that accompanies the train journey. Jack is attacked by the London gangsters and Eric, who has informed Fletcher of Jack and Anna's affair. [118] It was so badly received on its US release that Warner Bros. decided not to give it a UK theatrical release, anticipating the film would be savaged by British critics and fans. Teaser posters for the film appeared on the front of buses across London, featuring the tag-line "Caine is Carter".[2]. Get Carter (2000) Rent $2.99. Forcing Glenda into the boot of her car, Jack drives off to find Albert. A former CART champion is called in to give him guidance. [68] It was released in the UK in 1998 by the Cinephile label, a subsidiary of Castle Communications. Get Carter Year 2000 Genre Crime Action Drama Thriller Type Movies IDMB rating 5.2 (32207 votes) Netflix rating 5.2 Metacritics rating 24.0 Rotten Tomatoes rating 11.0% Directors Stephen Kay Actors Sylvester Stallone, Rachael Leigh Cook, Alan Cumming, Miranda Richardson, Michael Caine, John C. McGinley, Mickey Rourke, Rhona Mitra [76] However, movie poster expert Sim Branaghan liked its eccentricity, calling it was "that kind of quirkiness you wouldn't get these days". Directed by Stephen Kay. On IMDb Get Carter's average rating is 7.6 based on 12,329 user votes. The conveyor, a common sight on the East Durham coast, was known locally as 'The Flight'. Also, reviews are mixed concerning Stallone's acting". A Las Vegas mob enforcer travels back to his hometown to investigate his brother's mysterious death. Join Facebook to connect with Get Carter and others you may know. Title: Someone breaks into Richie's home, looking for a crucial CD. With Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland, John Osborne. [12], The film's premiere was held in Los Angeles on 3 February 1971, with a preview held in New York on 3 March. The movie has an extraordinary visual quality, the titles and the music are worth seeing and hearing this movie. Rent this movie. Chibnall says "There was no advertising to suggest a significant event had occurred. Get Carter is the 2000 remake of the 1971 Michael Caine crime film of the same name. Soderbergh said he envisioned The Limey as "Get Carter made by Alain Resnais". The film was released in the United States on October 6, 2000. The shoot was largely incident-free and progressed speedily, despite a one-day strike by the Association of Cinematograph, Television and Allied Technicians. On its opening week at ABC2 cinema at Shaftesbury Avenue, London, it broke the house record, taking £8,188. Brumby identifies Kinnear as being behind Frank's death, also explaining that Kinnear is trying to take over his business. [16] Chibnall says that Hodges regretted not rehearsing the scene more thoroughly. [6] In 2008 the film was placed at 225 on Empire's 500 Best Movies of All Time list, which was selected by over 10,000 Empire readers, 150 filmmakers and 50 film critics. 2000 R 1h 42m DVD. [52][53] Asked to comment on what he was aiming for in the look of the film, cinematographer Wolfgang Suschitzky said "The camera work on it... it was very influenced by Mike Hodges who has a very good eye for setups and he of course conferred with his operator and myself, but he influenced all of us, and much of the good look is due to him, I confess. At one point Klinger and Caine asked if Hodges might work in a "chase sequence", but he persuaded them that it would draw too many comparisons with Bullitt[2] (a chase sequence between Carter and the London gangsters is mentioned in the shooting script). The cleaning programme was known as 'Turning the Tide'. Steven Soderbergh's 1999 film The Limey is a homage to Carter and other British gangster films, and contains similar plot elements and themes of revenge, family and corruption. [48] The Landa case also is referenced at the start of the film with a shot of a newspaper bearing the headline "Gaming Wars". Based on Ted Lewis' 1970 novel Jack's Return Home, the film follows the eponymous Jack Carter (Caine), a London gangster who returns to his home town in north-east England to discover more about his brother Frank's supposedly accidental death. He found Carter's motivations were inconsistent, either being an avenging angel or an "authentic post-permissive anti-hero, revelling in the casual sadism". [39] The car park symbolises one of the film's more subtle themes, which is the destruction of an old cityscape and its rebuilding in line with modern Brutalism. [77] Promotional shots and poster artwork exist from the film showing Carter holding a pump action shotgun; in the finished film the only shotgun used by Carter is a double-barrelled shotgun, which Carter finds on top of his brother Frank's wardrobe. When his brother is killed in an accident, cold-blooded gun for hire Jack Carter (Sylvester Stallone) returns home to make peace with his past. He also noticed a substantial increase in women voting on the film in the eight months leading up to April 2002. [48], In shooting the scene in which Carter throws Brumby to his death from the multi-storey car park, Hodges used four shots: one of the pair struggling high up on the stairs; one from the lowest level of the stairwell where Caine actually threw Bryan Moseley over the side onto mattresses; one shot of a dummy falling; and one of the body of Brumby on top of a crushed car. Intertainment sued Franchise in December 2000 for fraudulently inflating the budgets for their movies, so that Intertainment ends up shouldering more than the 47% of the production costs they contractually agreed to cover for a huge slate of Franchise pics. He is given the name "Brumby". [64] To save time and money Budd did not use overdubs, simultaneously playing a real harpsichord, a Wurlitzer electric piano and a grand piano. [36] Steve Chibnall writes "It proved a perfect location, wreaking [sic] of authenticity and full of useful details such as the cowboys and indians wallpaper...the African shield and crossed spears on the wall of the crime lord's living room". [59][60] The chase scene was shot in reverse, with Hodges filming Eric's death scene first because of Hendry's poor condition, Hodges being worried that he would be too out of breath to play the death scene after running. Get Carter was financed by Franchise Pictures and the German based Intertainment. 5 of 9 people found this review helpful. [122][123] The behind-the-scenes featurettes accompanying the DVDs of Life on Mars repeatedly cite Get Carter. [43], The location for Cyril Kinnear's house, Dryderdale Hall, near Hamsterley, Bishop Auckland, provided a real-life connection with organised crime. [97], Steve Chibnall writes that "America was rather more used to hard-boiled storytelling" and that reviewers there were "more prepared than British criticism to treat Get Carter as a serious work",[98] Pauline Kael admiring its "calculated soullessness"[99] and wondering if it signalled a "new genre of virtuoso viciousness". Jack has sex with Glenda at her flat, where he finds and watches a pornographic film where Doreen is forced to have sex with Albert Swift. [2][35] One of the first locations which attracted Hodge's attention was the Trinity Square multi-storey car park, which dominated the centre of Gateshead. Kevin Brennan appears as Harry the card-player. 80. Hodges chose the beach for its bleak, dark atmosphere but when he returned to shoot the scene he found it bathed in bright sunshine, unsuitable for the sombre conclusion he was hoping for. Get Carter marked the film debut for both Hodges and supporting actor Alun Armstrong. Get Carter had to make do with ambivalence". Jack chases Eric along a beach. Hodges said that he and Trumper argued and disagreed constantly, but he still thought he was a "brilliant, brilliant editor" and was "very grateful to him for ...how much he contributed". [30] Hodges had also previously worked on current affairs programme World in Action, the arts programme Tempo and a 1968 children's television serial, The Tyrant King, and all these past experiences informed his approach to his film debut. [73] The film finally opened for general release across the UK on 10 March 1971 and in the US on 18 March, where it was rated 'X' for violence and female nudity, meaning it was for adults only. (2000). Tom Cox writes that many British film makers "have stolen from Hodges without matching the cold, realistic kick" of Carter. Producer Michael Klinger optioned the novel and made a deal with the ailing Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) to finance and release the film, making it the last project to be approved by the studio's Borehamwood division before its closure. Visiting Brumby's house Jack discovers the man knows nothing about him and, believing he has been set up, he leaves. Use the HTML below. [62], Klinger was a very hands-on producer and was present during shooting and in post-production. In a dystopian future, Joseph Dredd, the most famous Judge (a police officer with instant field judiciary powers), is convicted for a crime he did not commit and must face his murderous counterpart. $2.99 Rent HD. The movie is the fight from a bad guy against the bad guys to get justice for someone who didn't do anything wrong. Years ago, Jack Carter left his Seattle home to become a Las Vegas mob casino financial enforcer. The remake was poorly-received by critics in the US, and was not given a UK theatrical release. Action & adventure. [39], Carter's climactic pursuit of Eric used an amalgamation of two locations spaced 35 miles (56 km) apart: Blyth staithes and Blackhall Beach near Blackhall Colliery. Get Carter is one of them. As Jack leaves, Eric warns him against damaging relations between Kinnear and the Fletchers. Ben Aris, who plays one of the architects, is better known for British situation comedies. [35] The film was shot in "Metrocolor",[12] which was MGM's trade name for films processed at its Eastmancolor laboratory. [65][66] Budd described the experience as "uncomfortable, but it sounded pleasant". The key to the success of Get Carter is the way in which the movie immediately engages the audience and fosters a relationship with it based upon perception, which, in the first instance, is always the key to the bond between viewer and director. Talking to the widow, daughter Doreen, and enigmatic Geraldine, Jack suspects it was murder. [37] The film was voted the worst remake of all time in 2004 by users of British DVD rental website ScreenSelect (precursor of Lovefilm).[120]. [106], On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 84% based on 32 reviews. [47] Michael Klinger and the MGM publicity spokesman dismissed the use of the location as mere coincidence; however, Hodges was aware of the significance of the house and chose it deliberately. Bundles containing this item. This Stereolab version was subsequently used as a sample in the song "Got Carter" by 76. The poster also places Carter's shotgun in Eric's hands, and features a grappling man and woman who seem to belong to a different film. Jack knows Cliff Brumby (Bryan Mosley) as a businessman with controlling interests in local seaside amusement arcades. Get Carter By Owen Gleiberman Updated October 06, 2000 at 04:00 AM EDT [82] In South Africa the censor cut out Britt Ekland's phone sex scene, shortening her already brief role; her name was still left on the poster, leaving filmgoers to wonder why she was advertised as appearing. Get Carter was an iconic 1970s film with Michael Caine that was known for bringing realism to the crime genre. If you want to continue to explore the fascinating world of "WandaVision," we have you covered with some inspired recommendations. For years the version shown on British television was the redubbed American cut. [115] Mike Hodges said in 2003 he had still not seen the remake, but was informed by a friend that it was "unspeakable". [103] Variety also praised the film, saying it "not only maintains interest but conveys with rare artistry, restraint and clarity the many brutal, sordid and gamy plot turns". The series' set designers and property masters state that, while the audience and critics may liken the series to The Sweeney, Get Carter was their visual guide and the source of series' look. Was this review helpful to you? There was pressure from MGM to have more big-name American stars in the film, which was successfully resisted by Hodges. [7][38] Hodges thoroughly researched the local Newcastle crime scene, adapting the script to make use of settings and incorporating elements of his research into the story. HoloLens PC Mobile device Xbox 360 Trailer. Despite this, the release was given a five-star review in Empire, where it was described as "one of the best British films of the 70s". At this time Klinger's friend Robert Littman had been appointed head of MGM Europe and so Klinger took his proposal to him. [113], Another film based on Lewis' book, Hit Man, directed by George Armitage and starring Bernie Casey and Pam Grier,[1] was released in 1972, taking some plot details and treatments, such as a sniper shooting Carter on a rocky beach, from Hodges' film. ‎Mira tráileres, lee reseñas de críticos y otros usuarios y compra Get Carter (2000), dirigida por Stephen T. Kay, por $5.99. [75] Jonny Trunk of Trunk Records—a long-time aficionado of the film and its history—has observed that the floral pattern of Carter's jacket is taken from the distinctive pillow and matching sheet design from the bed in the scene where Britt Ekland writhes naked whilst on the phone to Jack. [111] In the accompanying poll conducted amongst Guardian readers, it was voted fifth. His son brought him a DVD of the film back from Hong Kong and he tried to watch it, but the region format was incompatible "so we put it in the dustbin". The next morning two of Jack's London colleagues – Con McCarthy and Peter the Dutchman (George Sewell and Tony Beckley) – arrive, sent by the Fletchers to take him back, but he escapes. The Pelaw Hussars, a local juvenile jazz band and majorette troupe, also appear and perform two numbers, When The Saints Go Marching In and Auld Lang Syne. In 2000 it was remade with Sylvester Stallone and included Caine. [93][94] Hodges said in 2002 "Carl and credits don't seem destined for each other". Hodges moved the camera and the boom closer to Osborne as the scene progressed. 7 of 10! [54] In the first week of shooting in Newcastle, the ACTT called the crew out on a one-day strike. On its general release in the North of England, Chibnall notes it had a "very strong first week", before an unseasonal heatwave damaged cinema attendance. Get Carter is therefore a much more socially conscious film than any of its modern counterparts. [7], Mike Hodges recruited a band of experienced character actors to play the small supporting roles. [78] The reissue premiered at the National Film Theatre[84] and went on general release on 11 June 1999, showing at the Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle. Get Carter. He then posts the pornographic film to the vice squad at Scotland Yard in London. Get Carter is a 1971 British crime film written and directed by Mike Hodges and starring Michael Caine, Ian Hendry,[3] Britt Ekland, John Osborne and Bryan Mosley. He's tough and ruthless, but very quiet and charged with a terrible irony". It also performed strongly when moved to the ABCs in Edgware and Fulham Road. The first remake was George Armitage's 1972 film HIT MAN. The theme was released as a 7" vinyl single by Pye Records in 1971, titled simply Carter and backed with "Plaything", another piece composed for the soundtrack. Years ago, Jack Carter left his Seattle home to become a Las Vegas mob casino financial enforcer. Asked in 2006, Putzu could not remember his artistic rationale for painting the floral jacket, but said he was painting a lot of flowers in designs at that time. Framed by their ruthless arch-nemesis, a mismatched LAPD crime-fighting duo has to put its differences aside to even the score with the evil kingpin who put them behind bars once and for all. He then calls the police to raid Kinnear's party. Michael Caine co-stars in this film as a … [30] Initial UK critical reception to the film was mixed; reviewers grudgingly appreciated the film's technical achievements but were dismayed by the complex plot, violence and amorality, in particular Carter's apparent lack of remorse at his actions. [49] Other locations in Newcastle and Gateshead, Northumberland and County Durham were also used. Reese and Finch's game of cat and mouse with Detective Carter becomes infinitely more complicated when The Machinedeclares that she is their newest POI. [102] Of Caine's performance he wrote, "The character created by Caine is particularly interesting. [90] He thought the general stance of British critics "was to admire the film's power and professionalism while condemning its amorality and excessive violence". [58] Caine only lost his temper once on set, during the very tense and emotional day filming in Glenda's flat, when the focus puller ruined his first take. Suspecting foul play, and with vengeance on his mind, he investigates and interrogates, regaining a feel for the city and its hardened-criminal element.[4]. Carter Season 2 Stepping through life in an optimistic mood, Harley Carter built a successful career in Hollywood. ‎Watch trailers, read customer and critic reviews, and buy Get Carter (1971) directed by Mike Hodges for $9.99. [109], At the time of its release, the only recognition the film received was a 1972 BAFTA Awards nomination for Ian Hendry as Best Supporting Actor. 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