BFI Flipside releases All The Right Noises (1969) on DVD and Blu-ray
A second release from the second batch of BFI Flipside titles due on August 24th 2009 - Gerry O'Hara's All the Right Noises from 1969.
Originally promoted with the provocative tagline ‘Is 15½ too young for a girl? Is one wife enough for one man?’, this time-capsule of a film tells the story of a young married man who has an affair with a teenage girl, and sits as part of a peculiarly 1960s British wave of films exploring this sensitive subject (others included Term of Trial, Age of Consent, and Three Into Two Won't Go).
Starring Olivia Hussey and Tom Bell (The L-Shaped Room), this wonderful slice of British cultural history is one of only a handful of feature films directed by Gerry O'Hara, better known for his assistant director work with such cinema giants as Tony Richardson, Carol Reed and Otto Preminger. Oh yes - some special features are also thrown in too.
Special features:
Bernard Braden Now and Then interview with Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting (1967)
The Spy's Wife (1972): a rare and little-seen short film by O'Hara starring Tom Bell and Ann Lynn
Illustrated booklet with newly commissioned contributions from film historian Robert Murphy, Gerry O’Hara, and The Spy’s Wife producer Julian Holloway.
Again, you can pre-order now or wait for our review.
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