That Summer!
1979 British drama film
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::summary 1979 British drama film ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | That Summer! |
| image | That Summer!.jpg |
| caption | Film poster |
| director | Harley Cokeliss |
| producer | Davina Belling |
| writer | Tony Attard |
| Jane Preger | |
| starring | Ray Winstone |
| Tony London | |
| Emily Moore | |
| Julie Shipley | |
| music | Ray Russell |
| distributor | Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors |
| released | |
| runtime | 94 minutes |
| country | United Kingdom |
| language | English |
| :: |
| name = That Summer! | image = That Summer!.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Harley Cokeliss | producer = Davina Belling | writer = Tony Attard Jane Preger | starring = Ray Winstone Tony London Emily Moore Julie Shipley | music = Ray Russell | distributor = Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors | released = | runtime = 94 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = English | budget = That Summer! is a 1979 British drama film directed by Harley Cokeliss and starring Ray Winstone, Tony London, Emily Moore and Julie Shipley. It was Ray Winstone's theatrical film debut, playing the character Steve Brodie. Both Ray Winstone and Tony London had previously appeared together in Alan Clarke's Scum alongside John Judd.
Plot
It is the story of a 21-year-old named Steve Brodie who goes to the Devon seaside resort of Torquay after leaving borstal where he is seen easily winning in a swimming race. He befriends the son of a butcher from London named Jimmy and they start dating two girls from Northern England. Steve works in a pub, Jimmy hires skiffs on the beach and the girls are employed as chambermaids at a hotel. Three loutish Scottish youths have some confrontations with Steve and then frame him for a robbery at a chemist shop. This leads to his arrest just before the start of a 'round the bay' swimming race in which he is due to compete against one of them.
Cast
- Ray Winstone – Steve Brodie
- Tony London – Jimmy
- Emily Moore – Carole
- Julie Shipley – Angie
- Andrew Byatt – Georgie
- Jon Morrison – Tam
- Ewan Stewart – Stu
- John Junkin – Mr Swales
- John Judd – Swimming coach
- David Daker – Pub landlord
- Jo Rowbottom – Pub landlady
- Stephanie Cole – Mrs Mainwaring
- Nicholas Donnelly – Detective
- Nick Stringer – Policeman
- Michael Crolla – Barman in Disco
- Colin Higgins – Probation officer
- Ben Howard – Borstal officer
- Michael J. Jackson – Hotel clerk
- David Lloyd Meredith – Beach skiff man
- David Pratt – Coach Driver
Award
Winstone received a BAFTA nomination as Best Newcomer for his performance in the film and he met his wife-to-be Elaine when shooting it in Torquay.
Music
Songs by new wave groups including Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Ian Dury, The Undertones and the Ramones can be heard in the background during beach and pub scenes and a soundtrack was released on Arista Records. The soundtrack was produced as an LP with several punk/new wave bands. The album was available on unique yellow vinyl.
References
References
- "That Summer (1979)". [[BBFC]].
- (2015-09-25). "Ray Winstone: The hard man - Profiles - People - The Independent".
- "That Summer! (soundtrack) - The Elvis Costello Wiki".
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