What is the film if about?
What is the film if about?
Teenage rebel Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell) returns to his upper-crust English public school, caught between the sadistic older boys known as the Whips and the first-year students, known as Scum, who are forced to do their bidding. The petty thefts and anti-social behavior of Travis and his two henchmen, Johnny (David Wood) and Wallace (Richard Warwick), soon attract the attention of both the Whips and the school’s out-of-touch administration, and lead to an unexpected showdown.
if…./Film synopsis
Why is some of if in black and white?
Contrary to the story that says some scenes of the film are in black-and-white instead of color because the production company was running short of money and saved money by having some scenes processed in monochrome, according to interviews with Malcolm McDowell, Lindsay Anderson and the cameraman, they first shot the …
Is there a movie called if?
if…. is a 1968 British drama film produced and directed by Lindsay Anderson, and starring Malcolm McDowell as Mick Travis, and also starring Richard Warwick, Christine Noonan, David Wood, and Robert Swann….
| if…. | |
|---|---|
| Story by | David Sherwin John Howlett |
| Produced by | Lindsay Anderson Michael Medwin |
Where did they film if?
Cheltenham College
It was filmed at Cheltenham College. + Malcolm McDowell played the lead role of rebel schoolboy Mick Travis. + The film was also nominated for two BAFTA awards in 1969 – for best screenplay (David Sherwin) and best direction (Lindsay Anderson).
When did movies become Technicolor?
Technicolor, originally also a two-color process capable of only a limited range of hues, was commercialized in 1922 and soon became the most widely used of the several two-color processes available in the 1920s.
Who wrote the movie if?
David Sherwin
if…./Screenplay
Why was if filmed in Colour and black and white?
How long is the film if?
1h 51m
if…./Running time
