If.... 1969 Movie

In this allegorical story, a revolution led by pupil Mick Travis takes place at an old established private school in England. More details

Directors

Lindsay Anderson

Cast

Malcolm McDowell David Wood Richard Warwick Christine Noonan

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drama student rebellion boys' school hate tradition bully revolution social satire violence humiliation homosexuality boarding school friend student beating teacher bare breasts standing on a motorcycle three on a motorcycle teenage boy swahili mass stealing a motorcycle stained glass window sex sermon plastic bag over one's head obscene finger gesture military uniform education death from cancer cold shower anarchist black and white segues into color school shooting teacher student relationship female nudity gay romance male objectification shower room showering together shared shower nudity cmnm scene cmnm clothed male naked male barefoot male bare butt wrapped in a towel man wrapped in a towel taking a shower man with glasses man wearing glasses reference to rudyard kipling horniness puberty child friends who live together teen movie british new wave first part left wing politics brechtian film starts with a quote upskirt man in bathtub high bar slow motion scene wash basin war game waitress vietnam war vaulting underwear trust trapdoor towel toilet tiger thief theft teddy bear teasing surrogate family subjective camera studying stone stepfather stepson relationship statue stairway soldier soccer smoke singing singer shot in the head shaving shadow boxing scissors schoolmate school uniform school bell ritual rifle revolutionary restaurant reference to queen elizabeth ii reference to mel ferrer reference to mao tse tung reference to king george iii reference to charlie chaplin reference to charles degaulle reference to audrey hepburn recording record player reading pretending to be dead prayer plastic bag pipe smoking photograph paper panic pajamas painting nurse newspaper murder motorcycle salesman money mirror male female relationship military parade medical examination massacre marching magazine machine gun lawyer latin knife kiss juvenile delinquent jukebox jew reference to jesus christ husband wife relationship horse riding history class hindu headmaster head in a toilet hand cut haircut gym grenade geometry class general friendship food flute flirting flirtation flashlight fight father son relationship family relationships face slap explosion dying drowning drink drinking dormitory dog dining hall diary deuteronomy desertion death cut hand crumpet cooking confiscation confession coin operated heater class classmate cigarette smoking church choir chalice ceremony cease fire caning cancer california cafe bus bullet buddhist british soldier british flag british constitution boys' choir borstal book blood blood brother biting bishop binoculars bicycle bible betrayal bazooka bayonet bathtub bare chested male banjo balding bad breath anti semitism anger anarchy adolescence nihilism ellipsis in title homoeroticism surrealism shower school nurse military hazing fictional war one word title dead children military school gymnast gymnastics fatalism existentialism coming of age anti semitic slur 20th century politics youth title based on poem telescope motorcycle gun fire fencing chapter headings revolt corporal punishment shot in the forehead anti conformity cult film death of mother independent film song rugby mother son relationship love coca cola male frontal nudity male rear nudity male nudity remake black comedy homosexual

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