Get Carter - The Greatest British Film of All Time

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  • Get Carter - The Greatest British Film of All Time
    Mini documentary on Get Carter
    Director Mike Hodges’ Get Carter has grown in stature since its original release in 1971 and has been called the greatest ever British film. Starring Michael Caine in one of his finest roles as the morally ambiguous Jack Carter, it is undoubtedly a stone-cold and unforgettable classic.
    Thank you for watching.
    WARNING - CONTAINS SPOILERS

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  • @steveoshow4832
    @steveoshow4832 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Good round up of a great British film, possibly the finest of its genre.
    I first saw Get Carter at the cinema on its release in 1971 at the age of seventeen and even then realising I had watched a classic, can clearly remember the deafening silence of the audience as the credits rolled, an almost ghostly hush.
    As I’ve caught up with this fine movie through the years, it continues to reveal. The hit man at the end with the J gold ring was actually in the same train carriage as Carter at the beginning of the movie. Thus perhaps Carters demise was already planned by his London bosses knowing what he was truely capable of, a fact that the Northern crime syndicate had absolutely no idea what kind of hell was about to unleash on them as Carter took his revenge and his set of skills away from the darkness and into the light.
    Hopefully the likes of Netflix can get Get Carter and spread the word and find an ever bigger audience.

  • @dom24363
    @dom24363 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Geraldine Moffat, the girl in the Sunbeam, is the mother of Sam and Dan Houser, founders of Rockstar Games, creators of Grand Theft Auto.

  • @pigknickers2975
    @pigknickers2975 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Just the opening kills me, the train, the music, Caine. OMG. Brings tears to my eyes how good it is.

  • @lessilkowski1974
    @lessilkowski1974 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Excellent little video on an absolute classic. A couple of years ago I went on a locations tour of Newcastle. Well recommended to any fellow Carter fan. Thank you!

    • @lewisduckers4614
      @lewisduckers4614 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hi I want to exactly this, the pub opposite the station and the bridges. Did you find anywhere else?

    • @lessilkowski1974
      @lessilkowski1974 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yes, I went to the house where Carter lodged,to the shopping centre which now stands on the site of the multi-storey carpark (both in Gateehead) rhe bridges, down below the Tyne Bridge where Cartercwas picked up in the sports car, and the Long Stairs.

    • @taffyterrier
      @taffyterrier 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@lewisduckers4614 The pub opposite the station was demolished in 1971 - the year after ‘Get Carter’ was filmed.

  • @hugodrax71
    @hugodrax71 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Best British film ever - Get Carter and The Wicker Man. I can't separate them.

  • @KutWrite
    @KutWrite 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Still love this film, in all its grittiness and Carter's moral and mental dissolution.
    It's hard to imagine Carter surviving long, even if he wasn't killed in the film (or as Glenda says it, "Fillum"). His boss would've had him hunted and brought in... sort of like the end of "The Hit," another of my favorite British gangster fillums.

  • @jamesgreen9480
    @jamesgreen9480 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Love the total swing in tone after he sees the porno. Goes from a cheeky chappy lovable gangster to a cold blooded killer on a warpath.

  • @garrison6863
    @garrison6863 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Michael Caine was simply excellent in this picture, one of his very best performances. I could not imagine anyone doing a better job than he did on this.

  • @billyhodges7194
    @billyhodges7194 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It is a classic, and not just because of our shared surname. But i would like to add to the mix Withnail &I , sexy beast, performance, If...., dead man's shoes , the Ipcress file , all brilliant films

  • @angusdrey8930
    @angusdrey8930 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It was an excellent film, spoilt only by Caine's total inability to speak in other than a cockney accent despite his 'home town' being in Geordieland.

  • @Macm73
    @Macm73 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    All time favourite film. Next time you watch it lookout for the second old fella taking a sup of beer in bar scene at the beginning , he has five fingers instead of four.

  • @thomasoflaherty3520
    @thomasoflaherty3520 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You'd have to add The Long Good Friday and Sexy Beast to that declaration.

  • @richardmarshall4322
    @richardmarshall4322 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Best gangster film ever. Understated, gritty, truly English. Great actors. Superb.

  • @sleeperyjeemtoybox
    @sleeperyjeemtoybox ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Enjoyed that thanks, got the poster edition on my wall along side its spiritual successor The Limey, do think its one of Stamps better roles (if a little theatrical).

  • @terrym3837
    @terrym3837 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    One of the few films where none of the characters had any redeeming features, a great film.
    But after watching it I felt I’d been washed in acid

  • @nolslifegren
    @nolslifegren 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Nah ... Withnail - always Withnail and im from Newcastle 😎

  • @atilllathehun1212
    @atilllathehun1212 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    There are many claims to 'greatest British film ever' but honestly can anything beat Get Carter..........

    • @mrhob6355
      @mrhob6355 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      It's the best portrayal of a criminal in a crime world ... Tho I love the Italian job for different reasons .

  • @fergaoneill5323
    @fergaoneill5323 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    World master class acting from Michael caine

  • @gibgeorge72
    @gibgeorge72 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The music had much to do with the success, background was also very good, if a little confusing for ourselves who know the area.

  • @KevinDean-ri9eq
    @KevinDean-ri9eq 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Truly a great film

  • @alantebbs
    @alantebbs 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    remember seeing the spoil tubs when i used to go hangliding on the coast cliffs at blackhall

  • @rabbithattheatre
    @rabbithattheatre 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think the thin glass comment in the bar with the clicking of the fingers shows that Carter in a funny way thinks he's better then everyone yet he laughs just like everyone when the singer gets into a fight with another lady. He is ultimately the same as the other Gangsters...even if he thinks he has morality .

  • @fergaoneill5323
    @fergaoneill5323 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I read the book jack's return home it was class

  • @jmdi2703
    @jmdi2703 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is just 70's grindhouse movie. How is this greatest British film ever? 😅

    • @andrewelliott4436
      @andrewelliott4436 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Because nothing better has come along since.

  • @clintbronson5
    @clintbronson5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh! You’ve been watching television

  • @TVMatriX-1001
    @TVMatriX-1001 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Pure gold from the beginning to the end: every detail does reach the maximum aestethic and aestatic level: camera, cast, direction, script, locations, cars and of course music (the real starring actress) are the non plus ultra: never levelled, it cant be levelled

  • @andrewyoung5126
    @andrewyoung5126 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I love the touch at the start of the film on the train which you don't notice on first viewing. His fate was already sealed.

    • @fasthracing
      @fasthracing 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How so?

    • @simonhandy962
      @simonhandy962 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@fasthracing Farewell my Lovely.....

    • @fasthracing
      @fasthracing 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Guess thats a line at the start?@@simonhandy962

    • @dom24363
      @dom24363 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@fasthracing The other bloke in the carriage

    • @Macm73
      @Macm73 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@fasthracingthe man opposite in the train carriage is the hit man who kills him

  • @TVMatriX-1001
    @TVMatriX-1001 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Aestethic is the key in everything: this film is aestethic since beginning to the end: britain is aestethic, every camera picture is perfect, not to mention the music

  • @billgordon6489
    @billgordon6489 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    As good as it gets 👍🏻

  • @danabrahams7892
    @danabrahams7892 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    no Performance is...

  • @rachelcarre9468
    @rachelcarre9468 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I only came across your video by chance, I’m going to rewatch the whole film now! Thanks

  • @fergaoneill5323
    @fergaoneill5323 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Michael Caine one of the best actors in the world

  • @bryanpalmer9660
    @bryanpalmer9660 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good doc on a classic movie which itself was made on a low budget by a director making his debut on a film with an excellent cast,first saw this 💎 30+. yrs ago and it is one of my all-time favorite movies👍 Auckland New Zealand 2023

  • @jimmypopt.v.3037
    @jimmypopt.v.3037 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    YES. It is.

  • @shabbos-goy9407
    @shabbos-goy9407 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm sorry but I prefer The Long Good Friday.
    Maurice Micklewhite is good but Hoskins usurps this piece of fine work.

  • @haydoncooper3744
    @haydoncooper3744 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    A superb film never tire of watching it.

  • @johnswimcat
    @johnswimcat 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This has been my favourite film of all time for decades. Absolutely brilliant, superbly stylish but down to earth and believable. A gangster film and a true art film.

  • @powerballminep67
    @powerballminep67 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The first two notes of the theme are recognizable as that of a UK overland train horn tone; clearly the inspiration. Still used to this day on the railways. I hear it quite often, living near the tracks. In my mind, the classic tune automatically follows on.

  • @BenRelle
    @BenRelle 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great film. Worst fight choreography on record - seen more realistic pantomimes.

  • @rosskstar
    @rosskstar 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Kind of a dark Bronx Tale ~efforts to make criminals sympathetic

  • @TheGordon558
    @TheGordon558 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank You

  • @anaccount8474
    @anaccount8474 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The end of the novel is somewhat ambiguous, it's not clear if Carter survives or not. He''s not the relentless one man killing machine either, he's portrayed in the novel as a lot less competent and more vulnerable. For example in the novel Brumby realises what Carter is about to do and gets away.

  • @markfarnon6742
    @markfarnon6742 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ha, not sure about the greatest, definitely one of them though.

  • @PasqualeDeRosa-n1v
    @PasqualeDeRosa-n1v 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Love the movie but can never understand why Carter has no trace of a North East accent.

  • @michaelmcginley7930
    @michaelmcginley7930 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fantastic narration

  • @bigron7009
    @bigron7009 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Yes...100% The Best British film ever made

  • @da90sReAlvloc
    @da90sReAlvloc ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well until now anyway with a new breed of criminal oot

  • @jonfallis305
    @jonfallis305 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    the past is another country, great film

  • @alanduff4984
    @alanduff4984 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Your a big man but your out of condition.i do this for a living best line in a movie ever

  • @tatata1543
    @tatata1543 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Lawrence of Arabia says Hi!

  • @SIRDKA
    @SIRDKA 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great review of one my top 5 films of all time.👍

  • @Andrew-r4h
    @Andrew-r4h หลายเดือนก่อน

    Piss holes in snow

  • @bonghunezhou5051
    @bonghunezhou5051 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ...also Casino Royale (2006), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) among the greatest British films...📽

  • @TheVidkid67
    @TheVidkid67 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I used to live in the West end of Newcastle in the mid-late 80's when it was like the Bronx. Barely a week would go by without a murder in one of the high-rise blocks in Cruddas Park. I was glad to get back to Washington.

    • @royfontaine5526
      @royfontaine5526 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Now it’s like Bangladesh.

    • @TheVidkid67
      @TheVidkid67 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@royfontaine5526 So I've heard. Even the city center is like 'spot the white man' as I went to see Gary Numan in May.

    • @royfontaine5526
      @royfontaine5526 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TheVidkid67 I love the north east, spent five years in Newcastle and have been connected with it all my life. There’s no way I could move back there now though 😢

    • @TheVidkid67
      @TheVidkid67 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@royfontaine5526 Even Washington now is turning into something different.

  • @fergaoneill5323
    @fergaoneill5323 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Class theme music

  • @kierank1982
    @kierank1982 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great vid but he does die at the end of the book as well. "Then there was nothing at all" or something like that.

  • @fasthracing
    @fasthracing 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great film very atmospheric but I found the lot quite difficult to follow.

  • @hugovandermeer1566
    @hugovandermeer1566 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No it isn't, but...'The Long Good Friday' is.

  • @chrisperry7963
    @chrisperry7963 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great essay on an absolutely classic film, though I always liked 'The Long Good Friday' just a bit more, when it comes to British crime films...

  • @DK-yq5nx
    @DK-yq5nx 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Agreed, but the end is miscalculated.

  • @igorabasjidze1194
    @igorabasjidze1194 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great job. Subscribed

  • @markbolton9739
    @markbolton9739 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great film top shelf cain is excellent

  • @davidboyce8683
    @davidboyce8683 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    An absolute nugget this movie is .

  • @Tom-wd5bs
    @Tom-wd5bs 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Top film

  • @fergaoneill5323
    @fergaoneill5323 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Classic film

  • @HappyHighwayman
    @HappyHighwayman 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Britt Ekland gets top billing and she's in 2 scenes and barely speakers

    • @pigknickers2975
      @pigknickers2975 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah well, agents and contracts, star name.

    • @royfontaine5526
      @royfontaine5526 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@pigknickers2975and boobies.

  • @Retroscoop
    @Retroscoop 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    IPRCESS file is 10 times better and more entertaining. This is Caine doing a cockney version of Charles Bronson. It's a classic alright, but let's keep things into proportion, shall we ? And I agree with following statement: "In 1999, the British Film Institute voted The Third Man the greatest British film of all time."

  • @edzombie78
    @edzombie78 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'd put long good Friday before this but both brilliant

  • @arthurgranville5306
    @arthurgranville5306 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    many a happy days playing on that beach from a child to a teenager, coming home dirty and hungry. the conveyer was called the aerial flight. some kids rode in it then jumped out before the drop was too high. Dont know if anyone was hurt or killed.

  • @barrymak8061
    @barrymak8061 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Let's just say it out loud.....Michael Caine is Britain's greatest movie actor. There are a few that come close, but he's the BEST..
    .one more thing, if he had been offered the role of James Bond, he would have made it HIS OWN

  • @user-tj3cf7se6h
    @user-tj3cf7se6h ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes . Possibly ... in its own right . 😮