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* BelligerentSexualTension: Helena's response to Jimmy being a screaming {{Jerkass}} is to say "I've never seen such hatred in someone's eyes before. It's horrifying. Horrifying...yet oddly exciting." Sure enough, after Alison leaves, they become lovers.
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* BelligerentSexualTension: Helena's response to Jimmy being a screaming {{Jerkass}} is to say "I've never seen such hatred in someone's eyes before. It's horrifying. Horrifying... yet oddly exciting." Sure enough, after Alison leaves, they become lovers.
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->''"You see, I learnt at an early age what it was to be angry--angry and helpless. And I can never forget it. I knew more about--love... betrayal... and death, when I was ten years old than you will probably ever know all your life."''
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''Look Back in Anger'' is a 1959 film from England directed by Tony Richardson. It is an adaptation of Creator/JohnOsborne's play of the same title.
Jimmy Porter (Creator/RichardBurton) is a frustrated young man living in the Midlands town of Derby. Despite having a university degree, he has somehow found himself manning a candy store in an open-air market along with his buddy Cliff (Gary Raymond). Jimmy is embarrassed by this and is happier when he's at his night job, playing the trumpet in a jazz club.
Jimmy Porter (Creator/RichardBurton) is a frustrated young man living in the Midlands town of Derby. Despite having a university degree, he has somehow found himself manning a candy store in an open-air market along with his buddy Cliff (Gary Raymond). Jimmy is embarrassed by this and is happier when he's at his night job, playing the trumpet in a jazz club.
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''Look Back in Anger'' is a 1959 British drama film from England directed by Tony Richardson. It is an adaptation of Creator/JohnOsborne's play of the same title.
Jimmy Porter (Creator/RichardBurton) is a frustrated young man living in theMidlands industrial [[UsefulNotes/TheMidlands Midlands]] town of Derby. Despite having a university degree, he has somehow found himself manning a candy store in an open-air market along with his buddy Cliff (Gary Raymond). Jimmy is embarrassed by this and is happier when he's at his night job, playing the trumpet in a jazz club.
Jimmy Porter (Creator/RichardBurton) is a frustrated young man living in the
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Jimmy Porter (Creator/RichardBurton) is a frustrated young man in the Midlands town of Derby. Despite having a university degree, he's somehow found himself manning a candy store in an open-air market, with his buddy Cliff. Jimmy's embarrassed by this and is happier when he's at his night job, playing the trumpet in a jazz club.
A bigger problem is Jimmy's marriage to Alison. Alison is a posh upper-class girl who married working-class Jimmy despite vocal opposition from her parents. Alison doesn't complain about living in a cramped attic apartment without running water, but Jimmy seems to hate his wife for being of a higher social status than he is. He spends most of his time screaming at her.
A bigger problem is Jimmy's marriage to Alison. Alison is a posh upper-class girl who married working-class Jimmy despite vocal opposition from her parents. Alison doesn't complain about living in a cramped attic apartment without running water, but Jimmy seems to hate his wife for being of a higher social status than he is. He spends most of his time screaming at her.
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Jimmy Porter (Creator/RichardBurton) is a frustrated young man living in the Midlands town of Derby. Despite having a university degree, he's he has somehow found himself manning a candy store in an open-air market, market along with his buddy Cliff. Jimmy's Cliff (Gary Raymond). Jimmy is embarrassed by this and is happier when he's at his night job, playing the trumpet in a jazz club.
A bigger problem is Jimmy's marriage toAlison. Alison (Mary Ure). Alison is a posh upper-class upper-middle-class girl who married working-class Jimmy despite vocal opposition from her parents. Alison doesn't complain about living in a cramped attic apartment without running water, but Jimmy seems to hate his wife for being of a higher social status than he is. He spends most of his time screaming at her.
A bigger problem is Jimmy's marriage to
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* UptownGirl: Jimmy is of a much lower social status than his wife. This seems to bother him a lot more than it does her; in fact he seems to hate her for being with him, imaging in at all times that she looks down on him.
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* UptownGirl: Jimmy is of a much lower social status than his wife. This seems to bother him a lot more than it does her; in fact he seems to hate her for being with him, imaging in imagining at all times that she looks down on him.him.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Jimmy is angry and hostile and subjects his poor wife to a torrent of non-stop verbal abuse.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Jimmy is angry and hostile and subjects his poor wife to a torrent of non-stop verbal abuse. He's not without humanizing moments, like when he gives Alison a seemingly heartfelt apology after one of his tirades, but they're outweighed by his overall nastiness and despair.
* KickTheDog: Jimmy has a bunch, but arguably peaks when he wishes his wife would have a child and lose it, [[spoiler:the precise scenario which plays out in Act III]]
* KickTheDog: Jimmy has a bunch, but arguably peaks when he wishes his wife would have a child and lose it, [[spoiler:the precise scenario which plays out in Act III]]
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* AdaptationExpansion: The character of Mrs. Tanner, Jimmy's former landlady who helped stake him to the candy wagon, is TheGhost in the play. In the film she appears onscreen, as she and Jimmy go to visit her husband's grave, and later he goes to her deathbed after she has a stroke.
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* AdaptationExpansion: The character of Mrs. Tanner, Jimmy's former landlady who helped stake him to the candy wagon, is TheGhost in the play. In the film she appears onscreen, as she and Jimmy go to visit her husband's grave, and later he goes to her deathbed after she has a stroke. The subplot about Jimmy potentially losing his license to sell candy is also an addition.
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* DrowningOurRomanticSorrows: Helena and Alison drink together at the railroad station bar. After finding out that Alison lost the baby, Helena decides to bow out of the LoveTriangle and let Jimmy get back together with Alison.
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* LoveTriangle: Jimmy, his wife Alison who is verging on BrokenBird status thanks to how much he screams at her, and Helena, who dislikes Jimmy but finds herself attracted to him.
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''Look Back in Anger'' is a 1959 film from England directed by Tony Richardson. It is an adaptation of Creator/JohnOsbourne's play of the same title.
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''Look Back in Anger'' is a 1959 film from England directed by Tony Richardson. It is an adaptation of Creator/JohnOsbourne's Creator/JohnOsborne's play of the same title.
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-->"Those forgotten middle classes may have fallen on their...noses!"
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-->"Those forgotten middle classes may have fallen on their...noses!"noses!"
* UptownGirl: Jimmy is of a much lower social status than his wife. This seems to bother him a lot more than it does her; in fact he seems to hate her for being with him, imaging in at all times that she looks down on him.
* UptownGirl: Jimmy is of a much lower social status than his wife. This seems to bother him a lot more than it does her; in fact he seems to hate her for being with him, imaging in at all times that she looks down on him.
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* SpontaneousChoreography: Somehow, Cliff always knows every line of the songs that Jimmy is making up off the top of his head.
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Creator/DonaldPleasence appears in one of his first roles as Hurst, the market inspector.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Jimmy is angry and hostile and subjects his poor wife to a torrent of non-stop verbal abuse.
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''Look Back in Anger'' is a 1959 film from England directed by Tony Richardson. It is an adaptation of Creator/JohnOsbourne's play of the same title.
Jimmy Porter (Creator/RichardBurton) is a frustrated young man in the Midlands town of Derby. Despite having a university degree, he's somehow found himself manning a candy store in an open-air market, with his buddy Cliff. Jimmy's embarrassed by this and is happier when he's at his night job, playing the trumpet in a jazz club.
A bigger problem is Jimmy's marriage to Alison. Alison is a posh upper-class girl who married working-class Jimmy despite vocal opposition from her parents. Alison doesn't complain about living in a cramped attic apartment without running water, but Jimmy seems to hate his wife for being of a higher social status than he is. He spends most of his time screaming at her.
Into Jimmy and Alison's unhappy marriage comes Helena (Claire Bloom), an actress who is staying with the Porters while she stars in a play. Helena is shocked by how terribly Jimmy treats Alison, and urges her to leave him. But she's attracted to bad boy Jimmy herself.
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* AdaptationExpansion: The character of Mrs. Tanner, Jimmy's former landlady who helped stake him to the candy wagon, is TheGhost in the play. In the film she appears onscreen, as she and Jimmy go to visit her husband's grave, and later he goes to her deathbed after she has a stroke.
* AntiHero: Jimmy, the protagonist, is an angry man who hates his wife for having the effrontery to come from a rich family. He is always screaming at her and emotionally abusing her.
* BelligerentSexualTension: Helena's response to Jimmy being a screaming {{Jerkass}} is to say "I've never seen such hatred in someone's eyes before. It's horrifying. Horrifying...yet oddly exciting." Sure enough, after Alison leaves, they become lovers.
* {{Chiaroscuro}}: The first scene has Jimmy leaving the jazz club and wandering down the starkly lit streets of Derby. There is a very similar dramatically lit shot at the end, when Jimmy meets Alison at the railroad overpass.
* DueToTheDead: Mrs. Tanner goes to her husband's grave and leaves flowers.
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: A realistic example. A pregnant Alison asks her doctor, "Is it too late to do anything?" Because it's 1959 England the doctor refuses to help her.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: After being surprised by meeting Alison at the train station, Helena brings over a couple of drinks. She hands Alison one and says "I think this is what you need...what we both need."
* KitchenSinkDrama: Osbourne's original play was one of the first examples of the trope. The drama revolves around an angry young man discontent with his lot in life, and how he's venting his rage on his long-suffering wife.
* SlapSlapKiss: The BelligerentSexualTension between Jimmy and Helena culminates when he says "You evil-minded little virgin!", and she slaps him. Then they kiss, then they have sex.
* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: In the silly little song that Jimmy and Cliff sing.
-->"Those forgotten middle classes may have fallen on their...noses!"
Jimmy Porter (Creator/RichardBurton) is a frustrated young man in the Midlands town of Derby. Despite having a university degree, he's somehow found himself manning a candy store in an open-air market, with his buddy Cliff. Jimmy's embarrassed by this and is happier when he's at his night job, playing the trumpet in a jazz club.
A bigger problem is Jimmy's marriage to Alison. Alison is a posh upper-class girl who married working-class Jimmy despite vocal opposition from her parents. Alison doesn't complain about living in a cramped attic apartment without running water, but Jimmy seems to hate his wife for being of a higher social status than he is. He spends most of his time screaming at her.
Into Jimmy and Alison's unhappy marriage comes Helena (Claire Bloom), an actress who is staying with the Porters while she stars in a play. Helena is shocked by how terribly Jimmy treats Alison, and urges her to leave him. But she's attracted to bad boy Jimmy herself.
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* AdaptationExpansion: The character of Mrs. Tanner, Jimmy's former landlady who helped stake him to the candy wagon, is TheGhost in the play. In the film she appears onscreen, as she and Jimmy go to visit her husband's grave, and later he goes to her deathbed after she has a stroke.
* AntiHero: Jimmy, the protagonist, is an angry man who hates his wife for having the effrontery to come from a rich family. He is always screaming at her and emotionally abusing her.
* BelligerentSexualTension: Helena's response to Jimmy being a screaming {{Jerkass}} is to say "I've never seen such hatred in someone's eyes before. It's horrifying. Horrifying...yet oddly exciting." Sure enough, after Alison leaves, they become lovers.
* {{Chiaroscuro}}: The first scene has Jimmy leaving the jazz club and wandering down the starkly lit streets of Derby. There is a very similar dramatically lit shot at the end, when Jimmy meets Alison at the railroad overpass.
* DueToTheDead: Mrs. Tanner goes to her husband's grave and leaves flowers.
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: A realistic example. A pregnant Alison asks her doctor, "Is it too late to do anything?" Because it's 1959 England the doctor refuses to help her.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: After being surprised by meeting Alison at the train station, Helena brings over a couple of drinks. She hands Alison one and says "I think this is what you need...what we both need."
* KitchenSinkDrama: Osbourne's original play was one of the first examples of the trope. The drama revolves around an angry young man discontent with his lot in life, and how he's venting his rage on his long-suffering wife.
* SlapSlapKiss: The BelligerentSexualTension between Jimmy and Helena culminates when he says "You evil-minded little virgin!", and she slaps him. Then they kiss, then they have sex.
* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: In the silly little song that Jimmy and Cliff sing.
-->"Those forgotten middle classes may have fallen on their...noses!"
