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I’M ALL RIGHT JACK
U.K., 1959
Directed by John Boulting
Starring Ian Carmichael, Peter Sellers, Terry-Thomas, Dennis Price
Based on Alan Hackney’s 1958 novel Private Life
WINNER BAFTA – Best British Screenplay, Best British Actor (Peter Sellers), 1960
Approx. 105 min. DCP.
Previously sheltered upper-class twit Ian Carmichael lands a job at his uncle’s Missiles, Ltd., where he rubs shoulders with scheming boss Richard Attenborough, playing-it-safe personnel manager Terry-Thomas, and Sellers’ truculent shop steward Fred Kite. Sellers’ performance won him a British Academy Award, beating out Richard Burton, Peter Finch, and Laurence Olivier!
Presented with support from The Ada Katz Fund for Literature in Film
Reviews
“Fascinated by the ambiguities of virtue.”
– Michael Newton, The Guardian
“Sellers achieves a brilliant Dickensian caricature.”
– Michael Sragow, Criterion
“The great thing about the Boulting brothers’ strike comedy is it declares class-war on everyone, welcoming Britain’s oncoming consumer-age with a loud, caustic burp.”
– William Thomas, Empire Magazine
“The best of the Boultings' warm, vulgar, affectionate satires.”
– Time Out