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Synopsis: Flamboyant entertainer Ian Dury, backed by the Blockheads, takes to the stage, explaining to his audience how, as a child, he contracted polio from a swimming pool and attended a special needs school where he was bullied, particularly by orderly Hargreaves, a fact which shaped his tough and frequently iconoclastic approach to life, culminating in his controversial contribution to the Year of the Disabled. From his early days with Kilburn and the High Roads, playing seedy pubs with no dressing rooms Ian moves onto chart success with the Blockheads, collaborating with musician Chaz Jankel. His private life is complicated as, separated from the tolerant Betty with whom he remains friends but refuses to divorce for many years, he lives with the much younger Denise along with his adored son Baxter, who will himself become a performer. Ian dies in 2000, having packed an enormous amount of living into a comparatively short life.
Director(s): Mat Whitecross
Production: Lipsync Productions
  Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
57
Rotten Tomatoes:
76%
TV-MA
Year:
2010
115 min
Website
322 Views


a keys player.

-That's not very polite, is it?

It's like being back at school.

-Are you a groupie?

-No, musician.

-What do you play?

-Oi.

Sorry about that. Where you

think you're going, you little monkey?

That was out of order back there.

It's the drink, you know, so. ..

It's like bad breath for the mind.

Someone said that you play keyboards.

Yeah. I play a little piano and guitar.

Oh, wow. Well, we don't have

any little ones, only the big sort.

-What's your name?

-Chaz.

-Chaz.

-Chaz Jankel.

Chaz Jankel? Very avant-garde.

Tell you what. Why don't you

come over tomorrow, hey?

After all, you know what they say.

"The more interesting a man,

the greyer his trousers."

But they also say, "You're never alone

with schizophrenia."

So what the f*** do they know?

But it's true,

we are alI on our own, aren't we?

Oh, no, you're not!

- Oh, yes, l am!

- Oh, no, you're not!

The young prince was.

He was gonna die.

Death was his bedfellow.

Some whispered,

"Oh, it might be better after all.

"l mean, what sort of quality of life?"

A cripple? A raspberry ripple?

But in the morning, he was still there!

You see, it's not the size

of the dog in the fight,

but the size of the fight in the dog!

Magnificent!

TroubIe is, there's no cure for it.

Just like love.

There's no cure for that, neither.

Oi! Oi! Daddy's home!

Your dad's here.

And now, then, let's see

what the old clot has got.

For you, Jemima darling.. .

Boing!

And for you, my son. .. For your

birthday. Better late than never.

So powerful no man could stop him.

Rubbish.

Don't make me angry.

You won't like it when I'm angry!

Dr Banner, you're changing!

But with pain comes power!

Hulk is strong!

. ..he doesn't need you turning

up out of the blue bringing gifts.

He needs a father!

He's got a father. I'm his father.

He needs a father who's around!

I'm around!

I mean, well, I come around.

I was here when he was born, wasn't I?

Just downstairs, I mean,

not a lot of fathers can say that!

Found a couple that survived.

There's only two left.

He's been missing school.

And stealing.

Well, that's all right.

All boys do that.

It's a boy thing, isn't it?

A packet of fags, dirty magazine.

In fact, it's good.

A sign of intelligence.

Shows a sensitivity about the world.

-And he's being bullied.

-By who?

I told him not to retaliate.

You don't wanna do that. He wants to

give 'em a bloody good smacking.

Yeah, well, that's why he needs to

come and stay with you for a while.

No, no, no.

He needs you at the moment.

Look, I'm on the verge of something,

things are happening.

I've been offered some work

at the Academy.

Good.

One of us needs to earn and I can't do

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