King Real and the Hoodlums
- Synopsis
- A musical grotesquerie based on the legend of King Lear. King Real lives in a nuclear submobile in which outrageous and horrific scenes of black comedy build up. A power struggle between the King and his daughters escalates until holocaust is triggered. The film was shot among the docklands of Barrow-in-Furness and involved over 200 unemployed local people.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film; Video; Film. 16mm. col. 54 min. Videocassette. VHS. col. 54 min.
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1983
- Year of production
- 1983
- Availability
- Out of Distribution
- Notes
- Concord Media distributed the film for several years but no longer have a copy (1/2016).
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Untrained actors
Credits
- Director
- John Fox; Paul Haywood
- Writer
- Adrian Mitchell
Distribution Formats
- Type
- Film
- Format
- 16mm
Production Company
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