Rude boy contains a just play the clash option that lets audiences skip directly to electrifying live performances by the seminal punk band. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the clash film rude boy, ap. Pioneering punk rockers the clash, once dubbed the only band that matters, is at the center of this quasidocumentary. With dave armstrong, barry baker, terry barry, reg bazell. Rude boy, david mingay jack hazan, 1980 joe strummer in a. The star of the film, however, is not the band, but ray gange, its titular rude boy. The clash rude boy the movie 2003, special edition with. They were really horriblefilmmaker jack hazan on the clash and. The clash were an english rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of british punk rock. Rude boy is a part documentary part rockumentary film, featuring legendary british punk band the clash. Jan 26, 2007 police and thieves in the streets oh yeah.
The film consists of a fictional narrative interspersed with footage of the band performing at a rock against racism concert in londons victoria park ray gange is a young fan of the band who is also friends with their lead singer, joe. The clashs rude boy is a misguided, exciting and overall decent attempt at capturing the band the clash at the height of their crossover from punk pioneers if there could legitimately be called such a thing to full blown rock stars in the uk. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the clash film rude boy, ap childs talks to actor ray gange about the making of the movie, his rise from shop worker to actor. It was rereleased on dvd the uk in 2003 by fremantle media with a host of special features including interviews with rude boy ray gange, the clashs road manager johnny green and film makers jack hazan and david mingay. Rude boy, david mingay jack hazan, 1980 joe strummer in a pub. We meet duke reid and his legendary trojan sound system and explore the social and cultural conditions that give rise to the birth of the rude boy, the emergence of soundsystem culture and the rise of the distinctive jamaican sound ska. Recorded during the bands early rise in 19781979, rude boy features the most frenetic live footage of the clash ever recorded. Add to watchlist a rockumentary about the legendary punk rock band the clash. Mar 24, 2019 this is the 25 track expanded version of the rude boy film soundtrack which has demos,live songs,instrumentals etc etc oh yeah and some interviews as well. The clash at the rock against racism concert, victoria park, hackney, 1978. The clash rude boy the movie 2003, special edition, dvd. Rude boy is a 1980 british film directed by jack hazan and david mingay and filmed in 1978. But it fails just as spectacularly at crafting a realitybending punkrock medium cool out of the raw material of the. Filmed as a fictional documentary, rude boy the movie follows punk ray gange as he quits his job in a west end sex shop to become a roadie for the most exciting band in the country the clash.
It featured the band, portraying themselves, and a selection of great live performances. For a while the band made efforts to get rude boy edited down into a concert film. Nov 14, 2016 this feature is not available right now. The film, part fiction, part rockumentary, tells the story of ray gange, a young clash fan who leaves his deadend job in a sleazy soho sex shop to become a roadie for the band. Julius, a young man who has his eyes set on becoming a famous deejay like bob marley, is desperate for a chance to go to l. I bootlegged the movie rude boy using two clanking and primitive vhs toploaders connected by a. Rude boy is a 1980 british film directed by jack hazan and david mingay and filmed in 1978 and early 1979. The film also includes extensive footage of the clash at a rock against racism concert at victoria park, on their on parole. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled.
Closest to the band were roadies johnny green and the baker, who had played sizeable roles in the film rude boy after an antinazi league march from trafalgar square on 30th april, 1978, the clash played to 80,000 fans. Capturing the clash during their clash on patrol and sort it out uk tours of 19781979. Rudy gonzalez a mexicanamerican teenager does not find selfesteem at home, so he goes to the streets of 1984 to find it. Great service and a superfast delivery thankyou so much. In aggiunta alle una trama eccitante ed una grande storia, the clash. A film that explores the power of music to break down cultural barriers and change lives and the eventual birth of a modern multicultural society all told through the prism of one the most iconic record labels in history, trojan records. Released 1980, rude boy stars raygange, the clash, johnnygreen, barrybaker the r movie has a runtime of about 2 hr min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which put together. Along with punk rock, they experimented with reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap and rockabilly. Julius agrees to become a drug mule for jamaican crime lord crown and his henchman gargon in exchange for a passport and. Ray gange interview ap childs, march 22nd, 2010 09. It is a great rockumentary part documentary, part concert film if you like the clash, a group which is still being emulated by artists today. The film begins in the 1950s, as jamaica is slowly transitioning to its eventual independence in 1962. A young british punk and roadie for the clash navigates life. Your mileage may vary with that last statement, but theres no arguing that with rude boy, hazan and mingay provide an.
Clash rude boy 1980 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Rude boy is a semidocumentary, part character study, part rockumentary, featuring a british punk band, the clash. The script includes the story of a fictional fan juxtaposed with actual public events of the day, including political demonstrations and clash concerts. The clash rude boy on blu ray finally and a brilliant movie fantastic sound and picture quality my old vhs is heading for the bin, this is quite simply the only way to really enjoy rude boy.
The clash rude boy the movie 2003, special edition. Filmed as a fictional documentary, rude boy the movie follows punk ray ray grange as he quits his job in a west end sex shop to become a roadie for the most exciting live band in the country the clash. That very special feature implicitly acknowledges that rude boy succeeds smashingly as a concert film. Rude boy codirectors david mingay and jack hazan somewhat bewilderingly document the clash through the bleary, bloodshot eyes of roadie ray gange, a harddrinking, apolitical workingclass fuckup who gradually staggers into the gutter as the band rises to international stardom. They were really horriblefilmmaker jack hazan on the clash and the making of rude boy. Hell w10 joe strummers short movie 1983 49 minutes of. Scaring the nation with their guns and ammunition police and thieves in the street oh yeah. Rude boy contienente caratteri uniche che il film a prescindere da altri nello stesso genere. Part fiction, part rockumentary, rude boy tells the story of a roadie working for the only band that matters. When people talk about the 1980 film rude boy nowadays, they call it the clash movie. For most of their recording career, the clash consisted of joe strummer lead vocals, rhythm guitar, mick jones lead guitar, vocals, and paul simonon bass, backing vocals, occasional lead vocals. Joe strummer and rude boy star ray gange enjoy a swift half and a spot of dialectical materialism. With omar montanez, tara pearce, sean cruz, josh pudleiner.
This pseudodocumentary follows ray gange, a slacker from west london who works at one of the many sex shops in soho. The film consists of a fictional narrative interspersed with footage of the band performing at a rock against racism concert in. They were really horriblefilmmaker jack hazan on the. The script includes the story of a fictional fan juxtposed with actual public events of the day, including political demonstrations and clash concerts. Julius agrees to become a drug mule for jamaican crime lord crown and his henchman gargon in exchange for a passport and visa.
He is friendly with joe strummer, the frontman of the legendary punk band the. They were really horriblefilmmaker jack hazan on the clash. The clash rude boy on blu ray finally and a brilliant movie fantastic sound and picture quality my old vhs is heading for the bin, this is quite simply the only way to. Rude boy is a 1980 british film directed by jack hazan and david mingay and filmed in 1978 and early 1979 the film, part fiction, part rockumentary, tells the story of ray gange, a young clash fan who leaves his deadend job in a sleazy soho sex shop to become a roadie for the band. With lanease adams, nahtasha budhi, jimmy cliff, john ras kidus cornelius.
884 642 467 892 105 578 1177 205 667 1344 1212 935 1568 1187 648 798 972 999 1290 1276 687 939 1470 78 958 737 947 622 466 1496 308 1271 1156 521 1294 1455 665