Title: | For Queen and Country | |
Director 1: | Martin Stellman | |
Country: | UK | |
Year: | 1988 | |
length: | 101 mins | |
Colour/b-w: | colour | |
Genre: | feature film | |
Screenwriter: | Martin Stellman, Trix Worrell | |
Cinematographer: | Richard Greatrex | |
Editor: | Stephen Singleton | |
Producer: | Tim Bevan, Sarah Radclyffe | |
Production company: | Atlantic Releasing Corporation/Working Title/Zenith | |
Cast: | Denzel Washington, Amanda Redman, George Baker, Bruce Payne | |
Location: | TABB | |
TABB No.: | 78 | |
Synopsis: | "For Queen and Country" uncovers the cynicism and despair beneath the surface of Thatcher's England. Reuben James, who returns to England after having served in the British Army for nine years, finds his home in a devastated state: hopelessness, poverty, violence, crime and racism dominate the life in South London. | |
Keyword 1: | masculinity | |
Keyword 2: | 1980s | |
Keyword 3: | isolation | |
Keyword 4: | society | |
Keyword 5: | city | |
Keyword 6: | army | |
Keyword 7: | war | |
Keyword 8: | Thatcher | |
Keyword 9: | violence | |
Keyword 10: | disillusionment | |
Keyword 11: | London |
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