Made in Britain

Director Alan Clarke's influential television drama Made in Britain marked the screen debut of actor Tim Roth. Roth plays Trevor, a skinhead with a swastika tattoo on his forehead who lashes out verbally and sometimes physically at everything that surrounds him. Cinematographer Chris Menges (who ...more

A grim, unsparing look at disaffected youth in Thatcher's England, Alan Clarke's Made in Britain features a brilliantly feral screen debut by actor Tim Roth (Reservoir Dogs). Like Mike Leigh and Ken Loach, Clarke got his start as a director working in television, and he shares their interest in exposing the nasty underbelly of British life. Unlike those directors, Clarke was never able to turn his powerful and influential television work into a successful film career. Clarke's work holds up ...more