''Get Carter'' is a 1971 British crime film, directed by Mike Hodges and starring Michael Caine as Jack Carter, a veteran gangster who sets out to avenge the death of his brother. Hodges's first directorial job, the film was based on the 1969 novel ''Jack's Return Home'', and the screenplay was written by the author Ted Lewis and by Hodges. The film went from novel to finished film in just eight months, with location shooting in Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead lasting just forty days. The film was produced by Michael Klinger and released by MGM. As well as Caine, the film gave roles to the playwright John Osborne, Ian Hendry, Bryan Mosley, George Sewelland Geraldine Moffat among others, with cameos by the gorgeous, leather-skirted Dorothy White as the doomed Margaret, and Britt Ekland. The distinctive music in the film was composed by Roy Budd, a jazz and "easy listening" specialist, who worked well outside his previous boundaries for this film. The much admired theme tune features the sounds of Caine's train journey from London to Newcastle. All the music was played by Budd and two other jazz musicians -- Geoff Cline and Chris Careen. Initial critical reception was poor, especially in Britain -- "soulless and nastily erotic . . . virtuoso viciousness", "sado-masochistic fantasy", and "one would rather wash one's mouth out with soap than recommend it". A minor hit at the time, the film has become progressively rehabilitated via subsequent showings on television; with its harsh realism, quotable dialogue, and incidental detail, it is now considered among the best British gangster films ever made. In 2004 the magazine ''Total Film'' claimed it to be the greatest British movie in any genre. The story is simple: Jack Carter is a Northern gangster based in London. As the film opens he travels to Newcastle, his childhood home, to attend the funeral of his brother, Frank Carter. Although Frank was supposedly killed in a car crash, Jack quickly comes to suspect foul play; his subsequent revenge is unrelenting and brutal, played out against a bleak industrial backdrop of docks, slag heaps and car parks. ''Get Carter'' was remake in a 2000 film of the same title, with Sylvester Stallone playing the main part; Michael Caine had a significant cameo. The newer version was poorly received as a pointless travesty of the original. ==Notable quotes (1971 version)== * Carter: ''A pint of bitter'' (snaps fingers as barman walks away) ''in a thin glass.'' * Carter to Eric: ''You know, I'd almost forgotten what your eyes looked like. Still the same. Pissholes in the snow.'' * Eric to Carter: ''So, what're you doing then? On your holidays?'' Carter: ''No, I'm visiting relatives.'' Eric: ''Oh, that's nice.'' Carter: ''It would be... if they were still living.'' * Cyril Kinnear: ''You don't give a man like Jack a drink in those piddly little glasses. Give him the bloody bottle.'' * Carter to Brumby: ''You're a big man, but you're out of shape. With me it's a full time job. Now behave yourself.'' ==See also== *''Get Carter (2000 movie)'', the year 2000 remake. ==External links== * *[http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/pipexdsl/o/aouq09/getcarter/home.htm ''Get Carter'' Location Tour] 1971 films British films Crime films
The material below was to be the plot, but I think I'm getting the events out of order, so I'm leaving this for the moment until I watch the film again. Spoiler
Carter cuts a bloody path through the Newcastle. In London he works for Gerald Fletcher (Terence Rigby) and is having an affair with his wife Anna (Britt Ekland). After arriving and setting himself up with a room in a small terraced house he begins to re-establish links with his family and past associates. He meets up with his neice, the mousey Doreen (Petra Markham), attends the funeral and chats threateningly with Margaret (Dorothy White) Frank's girl. He meets up with Eric Paice (Ian Hendry) at a racetrack, his intended target Albert Swift (Glynn Edwards) making a rapid retreat as he sees Carter. After a desultory conversation with Paice he follows him as he chauffers local criminal big-shot Cyril Kinnear (John Osborne) to his impressive home. Carter forces his way into Kinnear's home where he is met with polite courtesy from Kinnear and a general air of incomprehension. However on his return to his lodgings he is approached by Thorpe (Bernard Hepton) and some heavies and told to leave, Carter beats up the heavies and chases and grabs Thorpe. Bryan Mosley - Cliff Brumby, arcades - businessman, car-park in Gateshead Tony Beckley - Peter, red jag man George Sewell - Con McCarty, red jag man Geraldine Moffat - Glenda, Brumby's girl, Sunbeam Alpine, into river Rosemarie Dunham - Edna, Alun Armstrong - Keith, barman Albert Swift, shifty, in film, stabbed at bookies
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''Get Carter'' is a 1971 British crime film, directed by Mike Hodges and starring Michael Caine as Jack Carter, a veteran gangster who sets out to avenge the death of his brother. Hodges's first directorial job, the film was based on the 1969 novel ''Jack's Return Home'', and the screenplay was written by the author Ted Lewis and by Hodges. The film went from novel to finished film in just eight months, with location shooting in Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead lasting just forty days. The film was produced by Michael Klinger and released by MGM. As well as Caine, the film gave roles to the playwright John Osborne, Ian Hendry, Bryan Mosley, George Sewelland Geraldine Moffat among others, with cameos by the gorgeous, leather-skirted Dorothy White as the doomed Margaret, and Britt Ekland. The distinctive music in the film was composed by Roy Budd, a jazz and "easy listening" specialist, who worked well outside his previous boundaries for this film. The much admired theme tune features the sounds of Caine's train journey from London to Newcastle. All the music was played by Budd and two other jazz musicians -- Geoff Cline and Chris Careen. Initial critical reception was poor, especially in Britain -- "soulless and nastily erotic . . . virtuoso viciousness", "sado-masochistic fantasy", and "one would rather wash one's mouth out with soap than recommend it". A minor hit at the time, the film has become progressively rehabilitated via subsequent showings on television; with its harsh realism, quotable dialogue, and incidental detail, it is now considered among the best British gangster films ever made. In 2004 the magazine ''Total Film'' claimed it to be the greatest British movie in any genre. The story is simple: Jack Carter is a Northern gangster based in London. As the film opens he travels to Newcastle, his childhood home, to attend the funeral of his brother, Frank Carter. Although Frank was supposedly killed in a car crash, Jack quickly comes to suspect foul play; his subsequent revenge is unrelenting and brutal, played out against a bleak industrial backdrop of docks, slag heaps and car parks. ''Get Carter'' was remake in a 2000 film of the same title, with Sylvester Stallone playing the main part; Michael Caine had a significant cameo. The newer version was poorly received as a pointless travesty of the original. ==Notable quotes (1971 version)== * Carter: ''A pint of bitter'' (snaps fingers as barman walks away) ''in a thin glass.'' * Carter to Eric: ''You know, I'd almost forgotten what your eyes looked like. Still the same. Pissholes in the snow.'' * Eric to Carter: ''So, what're you doing then? On your holidays?'' Carter: ''No, I'm visiting relatives.'' Eric: ''Oh, that's nice.'' Carter: ''It would be... if they were still living.'' * Cyril Kinnear: ''You don't give a man like Jack a drink in those piddly little glasses. Give him the bloody bottle.'' * Carter to Brumby: ''You're a big man, but you're out of shape. With me it's a full time job. Now behave yourself.'' ==See also== *''Get Carter (2000 movie)'', the year 2000 remake. ==External links== * *[http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/pipexdsl/o/aouq09/getcarter/home.htm ''Get Carter'' Location Tour] 1971 films British films Crime films
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The material below was to be the plot, but I think I'm getting the events out of order, so I'm leaving this for the moment until I watch the film again. Spoiler
Carter cuts a bloody path through the Newcastle. In London he works for Gerald Fletcher (Terence Rigby) and is having an affair with his wife Anna (Britt Ekland). After arriving and setting himself up with a room in a small terraced house he begins to re-establish links with his family and past associates. He meets up with his neice, the mousey Doreen (Petra Markham), attends the funeral and chats threateningly with Margaret (Dorothy White) Frank's girl. He meets up with Eric Paice (Ian Hendry) at a racetrack, his intended target Albert Swift (Glynn Edwards) making a rapid retreat as he sees Carter. After a desultory conversation with Paice he follows him as he chauffers local criminal big-shot Cyril Kinnear (John Osborne) to his impressive home. Carter forces his way into Kinnear's home where he is met with polite courtesy from Kinnear and a general air of incomprehension. However on his return to his lodgings he is approached by Thorpe (Bernard Hepton) and some heavies and told to leave, Carter beats up the heavies and chases and grabs Thorpe. Bryan Mosley - Cliff Brumby, arcades - businessman, car-park in Gateshead Tony Beckley - Peter, red jag man George Sewell - Con McCarty, red jag man Geraldine Moffat - Glenda, Brumby's girl, Sunbeam Alpine, into river Rosemarie Dunham - Edna, Alun Armstrong - Keith, barman Albert Swift, shifty, in film, stabbed at bookies
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