Studiocanal will release director Jack Clayton's boundary-pushing and multi-Oscar-winning British classic
Room at the Top on bluray, DVD and VOD on March 11th.
Based on the best-selling novel by John Braine,
Room at the Top is Clayton's debut feature and is one of
the earliest examples of the 'Kitchen Sink Drama' that helped pave the
way for the incoming 'British New Wave' of film-makers. Featuring the
first open reference to sex as well as the earliest depiction of
adultery in a British film, it was a controversial film for the era and
was initially refused a certificate by the censors before eventually
securing an "X" certificate.
Starring Laurence Harvey (Women of Twilight, The Silent Enemy), Simone Signoret (Les Diaboliques, Ship of Fools), Heather Sears (The Story of Esther Costello, The Phantom of the Opera) and Donald Wolfit (Lawrence of Arabia, Beckett), the film went on to become a major box-office success and opened the
floodgates for more adult orientated movies. The film also gained
widespread critical acclaim and was nominated for six Academy Awards,
winning two: Best Actress (Signoret) and Best Adapted Screenplay
(Paterson). At 2 minutes and 19 seconds, supporting actress
Hermione Baddeley's (Mary Poppins, Brighton Rock) performance is the shortest Oscar-nominated performance in movie
history.
In post-war industrial Yorkshire, Joe Lampton (Harvey) aims to seduce
the boss’s daughter as he attempts to climb the corporate ladder at
work. But when his background holds him back, Joe seeks comfort with the
unhappily married Alice (Signoret) beginning an affair that will have
devastating consequences.
We had two blurays of Room at the Top to give away to
lucky readers.
The winners are:
Paul Johnston, Dunfermline
Maya Russell, Wokingham