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Synopsis: Babylon follows the story of David, a working class musician and black man in South East London. By day he works as a mechanic, at night David is a Mic controller at a local dance hall. The film centers around the racial divide of London in the 80's, the lack of opportunities available to black people and poverty. David loses his job, gets beaten up and charged by the police, forcing him to go on the run. Then breaking up with his girlfriend, all of his frustrations culminate in the stabbing of a racist neighbour.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Year:
1980
95 min
1,395 Views


Frankie, play the tune

for the sound man, yeah.

What you deal with, Fat Larry?

Man, hear them tune a good

two year now. That '70s tune.

- What you deal with?

- What you talk about?

This tune exclusive, man. Import

man, straight from J to me.

Fat Larry, somebody

must have skanked you

because, I tell you, I hear

them tune a good two year now.

What you talk about? Is only

"pre" I deal with, you know.

- Pre-release, man. - So

what? When that release?

Pre-war?

Hey, Frankie...

Oh, blood claat!

- Beefy!

- Beefy, you little blood claat.

- F***ing idiots.

- Beefy!

Beefy.

This tune you check for this

final, well, it can't help you now.

Shaka gonna beat you, Beefy. Shaka rule.

- Yeah?

- Shaka rule.

- Sunday, we'll see who rule! F*** off!

- What you say, Beefy?

Beefy, you're just big and soft.

Big and soft!

Anyway, take care, Beefy.

- Shaka rule!

- Just f*** off, right!

Right!

Bunch ofwanker.

Well now, sir, is a serious business

you dealing with now, you see.

This tune exclusive

to me, you understand?

Errol...

And this ganja here, exclusive to I.

Import, you know. Straight from Jamaica.

Cho, what happen, sound man?

This not back yard, you know.

Is a serious business, me I tell you!

Errol.

No man! Is where think you are?

Trenchtown? This is Brixton.

And it's 50 I want for

each ofthem tune! 50 each.

All right, all right. Hold on a minute.

I tell you what I'm gonna do. I'm

gonna do you a favour, sound man,

because I know you for a long time

and I want you to win this

competition Sunday with me tune.

That's a rude thing you

have on your neck, boy.

- What, this one here?

- Yes, man.

Lfyou throw that in with the others, you

can come and collect tune this evening.

You are a crook, I'll

tell you now, Fat Larry.

One big criminal.

- Brixton you call this?

- Brixton. Take it or leave it.

Dave, I want you for a minute.

Look, do this Blue Peugeot

for us, will you? Complete system.

What the f*** are you doing?

I'm cleaning my hands,

what does it look like?

I'm playing the piano?

But I've got a customer here, mush.

I'm having my lunch break, all right?

Look, come on, Dave, you

know what the system is.

Lfwe've got custom, we work

it. Take your breaks later.

And if Ronnie ain't here and the custom

keeps coming in, I'm lumbered, ain't I?

Stuck here till 6:00 without

a break for the same pay.

It's a terrific system that is.

Just do us a favour, just get

her off me back, all right?

You can take the rest of the

afternoon off as far as I'm concerned.

How come I've always got

to sort out your f***-ups?

They've had their lunch, haven't they?

I'll be back in an hour.

I'm going down the caff.

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Franco Rosso

Franco Rosso (29 August 1941 – 9 December 2016), was an Italian-born film producer and director based in England, whose films demonstrate "rare sympathy and understanding with minority groups in general, immigrant minority groups in particular." He is known for making films about Black British culture, and in particular for the 1980 cult film Babylon, about Black youth in south London, which was backed by the National Film Finance Corporation. more…

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