Get Carter

(1971)

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GIBB BROTHERS MAKE U.S. DEBUT ON DANCING SHOW BARRY and ROBIN GIBB obviously love TV dancing shows - they followed their Halloween night (31Oct09) BEE GEES reunion on Britain's STRICTLY COME DANCING with a shock U.S. comeback on Tuesday's (17Nov09)... ... Full Article

What: Mike Hodges's "Get Carter" (1971) Educational Value: British gangster culture at its best: sharp clothes, flashy cars, realistic violence. Synopsis: Michael Caine stars as the gangster Jack Carter, an unsympathetic antihero who travels from London to his hometown of... ... Full Article

By Judith Eisler (Everett Collection) What: Mike Hodges's "Get Carter" (1971) Educational Value: British gangster culture at its best: sharp clothes, flashy cars, realistic violence. ... Full Article

A giant Sixties multi-storey car park has become an unlikely battle ground for a supermarket giant which plans to demolish it and film fans who revere the site which featured in the cult gangster film, Get Carter. The Trinity car ... Full Article

More than 30 years after his influential debut film, "Get Carter," a steely, ruthless revenge thriller set in the brutal British underworld, director Mike Hodges returns to the scene of the crime, thematically speaking. Clive Owen steps into the shoes ... Full Article

This is a good idea. For six weeks in 19 cities, including Chicago and Evanston, new independent and foreign films will be showcased in two-week runs. ... Full Article

Michael Caine plays Jack Carter, a hired gun who is out to avenge the death of his brother, Payback style, by beating up and killing off the guys who ordered his brother's killing. ... Full Article

Opening to coincide with the BFIs re-release of Get Carter, Croupier is British director Mike Hodges first feature for nearly 10 years. Written by Paul Mayersberg (The Man Who Fell to Earth), this atmospheric and enigmatic gambling thriller centres on... ... Full Article