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Rita, Sue and Bob too (1986)
The Full Monty (1997)Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
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We will attempt to compare :-
difference between different decades
Social realism genre & WC characters
Contrasting genres & social realist theme
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Director- Alan Clarke
Producer Sandy Lieberson
Music- Michael Kamen
Cast- Siobhan Finnegan (Rita)
Michelle Holmes (Sue)
George Castigan (Bob)
Lesley Sharp (Michelle)
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Production Companies
British Screen Productions
Channel 4 Films
Umbrella Films
Filming Locations
Baildon, Bradford, Haworth, Halifax and
Buttershaw
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1980 Dallas story who shot JR? Conclusion draws
in more viewers than any other TV show
John Lennon is Assassinated
Ronald Reegan is Elected
CNN launched as 1st all news network
Smallpox considered eradicated
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1982 Michael Jacksons Thriller sells 20 million
copies
Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off a bat
1984 Ghandi is Assassinated
Aids virus is discovered
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1985 The hole in the ozone layer discovered in
1977 is now disputed
1986 Nuclear disaster Chernobyl
Fox network starts in America
1987 World population reaches 5 billion
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1988 CDs now out sell vinyl
Fall of the Berlin wall
1989 Worldwide ban of ivory
Time andWarner combine to become TimeWarner Incorporated
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IMDB.com
Inthe80s.com
Wikipedia.com
Screenonline.org.uk
http://www.film4.com/reviews/1986/rita-sue-
and-bob-too http://www.bookrags.com/wiki/Rita,_Sue_an
d_Bob_Too
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Shows the key difference between working
class and middle class
Touches on Alcoholism, Racism and
Domestic Violence Racism- when Bobs MC neighbour sees an
Asian in his neighbourhood and calls the
police
Looks at the social realist view of society
Released at the time of the AIDS epidemic
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Original Tagline Thatchers Britain with itsknickers down
Had a big effect at the time, London undergroundrefused to show
the posters, however now it isnt
a big deal as this sort of drama is shown oneveryday soap
operas.
The film was released at the same time asBradford was trying to
improve its image and was
blamed for why this didnt happen. Many have the Buttershaw
residents despised the
film for portraying a bad image of the area, butnow see it as
their claim to fame.
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Two 15-year old girls from a rundown councilestate in Bradford
babysit for a relativelyaffluent couple living in a large private
housein a more desirable part of the city. They
start having an affair with the married man,Bob, who seduces
them in his car on themoors outside Bradford.When Bob developsa
preference for Rita, the two girls fall out.
Sue then falls for Aslam - a Pakistanicolleague from a taxi firm
that she works for.
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