BFI FLIPSIDE PRESENTS

PRIVILEGE

A film by Peter Watkins

THE FLIPSIDE: rescuing weird and wonderful British films from obscurity and presenting them in new high-quality editions.

Steven Shorter, the biggest pop star of his day, is loved by millions, his endorsement influencing the actions of the masses. But, in reality, he is a puppet whose popularity is carefully managed by government-backed handlers keen to keep the country's youth under control. Starring Manfred Mann lead singer Paul Jones and iconic Sixties supermodel Jean Shrimpton, Privilege is remastered in High Definition and made available in the UK for the first time since its original cinema release.

Special features:

•           All films remastered to High Definition
•           Original Privilege trailer
•           The Diary of an Unknown Soldier (Peter Watkins, 1959, 17 mins): a First World War soldier shares his innermost feelings as he prepares for combat
•           The Forgotten Faces (Peter Watkins, 1961, 18 mins): a gripping newsreel-style account of the 1956 peoples' uprising in Hungary
•           Illustrated booklet with essays by film historian Robert Murphy and Watkins specialist John Cook
•           Dolby Digital mono audio (320 kbps) 

UK | 1967 | colour | English, optional subtitles for the hearing-impaired | 99 minutes | DVD-9 | Original aspect ratio 1.85:1 (16x9 anamorphic)