's
Hatchet Harry, P.H. Moriarty as Mr Hunt, The Bill's PC Dave Quinnan,
Andrew Paul as Betts and an uncredited cameo for Red Dwarf's cat, Danny John-Jules.
Ray Winstone felt the film's caterers had a lot to answer for...
The transfer is a fullscreen one and doesn't have the best picture on view but is fairly
artifact-free and certainly watchable, only really suffering a few scratches on the print
that you'd associate with a film that's over 20 years old. The average bitrate is 4.90Mb/s,
often hovering around 6Mb/s.
The sound is in mono only, just as recorded but comes across perfectly adequately.
Extras :
Chapters and Trailer :
15 chapters, which covers most of the main scenes but a few more wouldn't go amiss.
The original theatrical trailer is included.
Languages and Subtitles :
Dolby Digital 1.0 (Mono) in English, with subtitles for the same.
And there's more...:
A 16-minute segment of Interviews with co-producer Clive Parsons and writer
Roy Minton, along with clips of the film, provide some insight into the film, including
divulging the way Ray Winstone *didn't* end up using a sock full of billiard balls.
Also, the enclosed booklet provides some production notes, a synopsis and cast biographies,
plus some notes on the late director Alan Clarke, who passed away
in 1990 from cancer.
Menu :
A simple and static menu with a shot of Ray Winstone looking angry and options
to start the film, select a scene, watch the trailer, choose subtitles
or watch the interviews.
...and everyone else was in agreement.
Overall, Scum is an exceptional and shocking film, which deserves to be seen by
everyone, but is it worth twenty quid when the video can be bought for around a fiver?
Rent it first and if it's not available, take a look at Alan Clarke's other Borstal nightmare
vision starring Tim Roth, Made In Britain.
As of April 2009, Blu-rays and DVDs reviewed by the editor are watched on a Panasonic TH-37PX80B
37" Plasma TV with a Sony BDP-1500 Blu-ray player and played through a Yamaha DSP-AX820 amplifier.
PC games reviewed by the editor are on:
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