The rebel random movies or clickable quiz can you pick the correct facts on the rebel. Like many british comedies of the era, the rebel has great fun at expense of modern art and bohemian artistes. See the full list of the rebel cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Network distributing ltd film tv home entertainment. Tony hancock, the funniest of the television comedians, has made the dangerous. Rate 5 stars rate 4 stars rate 3 stars rate 2 stars rate 1 star. The rebel was classic ancock, although initially not particularly well received, probably because of the art world and social mores it satirised. The rebel is a 1961 comedy film starring tony hancock hancocks half hour.
In the rebel released in the us as call me genius, hancock plays a middleclass. For a hancock classic and 99 other funny jokes by famous. In their interview ray galton and alan simpson told us they had a three picture deal with tony hancock. Starring the british comedian tony hancock, it was written by ray galton and alan simpson. Other girls give enza a hard time because of her virginity. Without them it would have been a studio bound movie that can seem a bit flat at times. Cicely romanis was born in 1930 in marylebone, london, england as cicely j e romanis. This is a tough place to live because of the tough nuns and their strict rules. Guaranteed 100% original vintage movie posters picture palace movie posters is the website for original, vintage, collectible movie posters. It was a natural step for tony hancock in attempting to become successful in the medium of cinema. Call me genius movie trailer 1961 aka the rebel plot synopsis. With the hancock s half hour tv and radio shows now behind him tony hancock was looking to the future.
Elements and inspirations from the recent portrait of tony hancock. Written by regular collaborators ray galton and alan simpson, the film has all the touches that made hancock. The shapeism collection big fat arts bfa online pop art. Working with scripts from ray galton and alan simpson, hancock s half hour lasted for seven years and over a hundred episodes in its radio form, and, from 1956, ran concurrently with an equally successful bbc television series with the same name. With tony hancock, george sanders, paul massie, margit saad. The rebel 1961 robert day synopsis, characteristics. He appeared at the windmill theatre, london in 1948. We guarantee to only deal in the very best original, most desirable rare film posters from 19201980 with an emphasis on great art and design of 1940s1960s and have a special interest in hammer horror.
The rebel 1961 trailer hd call me genius tony hancock. He said that the rebel was the greatest film ever made about modern art. One would think that the punch and judy man, a lowkey film in a recognisably realist setting, where in effect hancock plays himself or rather his onscreen persona would have been the first, and written by galton and simpson, with the rebel, following on, would have aimed far more at the international. The rebel 1961 anthony hancock gives up his office job to become an abstract artist. A stodgy clerk decides to end his seemingly eternal ennui, quit his job and head for london to become a bohemiantype artist in this british comedy. For british audiences, the rebel would be the first time theyd seen tony hancock in full, glorious technicolour. The show starred hancock as anthony aloysius st john hancock, living in the shabby 23 railway cuttings in east cheam. One would think that the punch and judy man, a lowkey film in a recognisably realist setting, where in effect hancock plays himself or rather his onscreen persona would have been the first, and written by galton and simpson, with the rebel, following on, would have aimed far more at the international market and been looking. The rebel also known as call me genius is a 1961 film starring the late, great tony hancock. I remember standing in an art gallery many years ago, baffled by a sculpture of a beaver eating a fridge, and its good to know that im not alone in questioning certain aspects of the art world. The first the rebel, was a huge success, the scriptwriters submitted an idea for a second which was rejected by hancock as he wanted somthing with a more international theme.
Hancock plays a disaffected london office clerk who gives up his office job to pursue fulltime his vocation as an artist. Call me genius movie 1961 the rebel video dailymotion. Tony hancock celebrity profile check out the latest tony hancock photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. I refuse to believe, in a style akin to tony hancock refusing to believe his art is not masterful, that the rebel is not the funniest film ever made. A london clerk tony hancock quits his dull office job and goes to paris to be an.
The rebel is a 1961 comedy film starring tony hancock hancock s half hour. Full use of parisian locations give added depth to the overall feel of the film. The trios shared tv and radio work allows his established persona to inform the film, so there are some classic comic scenes and lines. Hancock plays a downtrodden london office clerk who gives up his job to pursue his dream of being an artist. S trangely, the two films are in some respect the wrong way round. After getting in trouble for shoplifting, 16yearold enza and her sister are sent away to reform school. Tony hancock on top form in a scathing parody of modern art and pretension. The rebel is a 1961 satirical comedy film about the clash between bourgeois and bohemian cultures. With an enthusiasm far exceeding any artistic talent, he sets to work on his masterpiece aphrodite at the waterhole, moving to paris where he expects his genius will be appreciated. It was renamed for the much desired american market as call me genius. Hancock proceeds to con the art world into thinking he is a genius. Hancock is a gifted physical performer which is used to very good effect here.
Whats this horrible thing its a selfportrait who of. The film was made by associated british picture corporation and distributed by warnerpathe abpcs distribution arm. He has a lot of enthusiasm, but little talent, and critics. Tony hancock was born in birmingham, england, the son of john and lillian hancock.
A london clerk tony hancock quits his dull office job and goes to paris to be an artist on the left bank. The carol burnett show official recommended for you. He is persuaded to go to the mayors gala evening but its all too much for him. Me genius 1961 tony hancock and irene handl in call me genius 1961 tony hancock. And though it was very much the same anthony aloysius hancock character up there on the big screen, this was a hancock finally freed from the poky confines of a threewalled bbc studio, with locations stretching from the streets and railways stations of. Anthony hancock gives up his office job to become an abstract artist.
The year of the films release 1961, saw hancock at the peak of his popularity in britain. Alas, by the end of the 1960s, tony hancock was dead by his own hand, a victim of alcohol and acute depression. The rebel, tony hancock action painting sequence duration. Call me genius is a 1961 satirical comedy film about the clash between bourgeois and bohemian cultures. Thanks to the superb scripts written for him by ray galton and alan simpson, comedian tony hancock is one of britains biggest stars. The last eight or so years of tony hancock s life were the subject of a bbc screen one television film, called hancock 1991, starring alfred molina. With tony hancock, sylvia syms, ronald fraser, barbara murray. Tony hancock quits his dull office job and goes to paris to be an artist on the left bank. Zany british comedian tony hancock was briefly a major draw in the 1960s, with several popular tv series, sellout personal appearances, and a string of theatrical films to his credit. The rebel is both hilarious and intelligent, a real tonic. The original trailer in high definition of the rebel directed by robert day and starring tony hancock, george sanders, paul massie and margit.
Hancock takes full advantage of every humorous possibility, with suave george sanders acting as his dignified foil. Dark comedy about a seaside punch and judy man driven to distraction by his social climbing wife and his hatred for the snobbery of local government. Tony hancock s first star vehicle is no masterpiece, but it is a fascinating misfire. The rebel with tony hancock released in 1961, the rebel stars tony hancock in a beautifully observed social comedy. He was educated at durlston court, swanage, and bradfield college, reading. In the rebel released in the us as call me genius, hancock plays a middleclass businessman who decides to chuck it all and become a painter. Tony hancock does some dentistry on aphrodite at the waterhole from the rebel 1961. The pail from the carol burnett show full sketch duration. Starring the british comedian tony hancock, it was written by ray galton and. Tony hancocks bigscreen debut stars him as a talentless but ambitious. There are a couple of sequences, with the action painting scene in particular, that show off his. Most people in the artworld have at some point found themselves discussing ray galton and alan simpsons 1960 movie the rebel, directed by robert day and starring tony hancock as anthony hancock, an office worker trapped in the soulless daily grind of the suburban commuter. Comedian tony hancock died on june 24 1968 aged 44. The punch and judy man, 1963 british classic comedy.