Spring And Port Wine (1970)
This is an astounding movie purely for its representation of Bolton life in the 60's and 70's. Add to this a star studded cast and straight forward storyline and you get a good honest British movie. This is one classic which should be released on dvd because of the great demand. If anyone from Fourfront or Cinema Club are reading this then please get in touch. I will gladly inform you of dozens of titles like this which need releasing because of their popularity.The storyline is quite simple in that it follows the lives of a typical Bolton family. The father, played by James Mason, is quite a stern chap who works hard, pays his wife her housekeeping money and expects his four children to be seated at the dinner table each evening. This fairly stable family routine falls apart when his daughter, played by Susan George, decides she no longer wants to eat herring. You have to watch it to truly appreciate the tension when the father tries to force his youngest son to swear on the bible that he didn't feed the herring to the cat. This is such a watchable film with a great 70's cast that you will recosgnise from many of the sitcoms of the era, like Rodney Bewes of Likely Lads fame, Hannah Gordon from Upstairs Downstairs, Frank Windsor of Z-Cars fame and Diane Coupland who went on to star in Bless This House with Sid James. The ending is quite moving as the family unit is reunited. A must see film.
posted by Chris @ 3:32 PM
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