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Let Him Have It [DVD] [1991]
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Language | English |
Runtime | 1 hour and 43 minutes |
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Two teenagers are surprised by police during a break-in. One epileptic with the mental age of 11 and IQ of 66 is arrested, the other, a gun-toting hood refuses to give up his weapon. Shouting Let Him Have It! to his friend, he fires, wounding one officer and killing another. Both boys face the death penalty. Did the boy mean shoot him or give him the gun?
On 28 January, 1953, Derek Bentley was hanged for murder at Wandsworth Prison.The verdict and the sentence passed upon the young Derek Bentley ( Christopher Eccleston) proved to be as controversial as the crime. Both the verdict and the sentence were subsequently quashed, triggering much debate about Capital Punishment. The words on Bentley s gravestone say:Derek William Bentley A victim of British justice?
This is the story of the case that shocked the nation!
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- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Package Dimensions : 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 2.82 Ounces
- Item model number : 5034741382014
- Media Format : PAL
- Run time : 1 hour and 43 minutes
- Release date : August 9, 2010
- Studio : 4Digital Media
- ASIN : B003NEQ70C
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #216,845 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
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Based on a true story, and set in 1950s England, Let Him Have It tells of Derek Bentley, a young man with learning disabilities, who falls in with the wrong crowd and becomes involved in more and more serious crimes. One night, he is out with a friend who points a loaded gun at a police officer. As the officer tries to defuse the situation, by persuading them to surrender, Derek suddenly cries out. "Let him have it, Chris!" The question of what he actually meant by these words (was it to follow directions and hand over the weapon, or to fire at the officer, shooting him and therefore allowing their escape?) leads to riveting courtroom and jailhouse scenes of Derek's arrest, trial, and sentence.
Christopher Eccleston is outstanding as Derek. Although I have seen him in other roles since, this may be his finest hour. Equally noteworthy are Clare Holman as his loving, supportive, determined sister Iris, and Tom Courtenay as Derek's father. In one of the most memorable scenes, Mr. Bentley stands in the road, mute, motionless, awaiting the arrival of the postman with the letter that will reveal Derek's fate. Although he appears to be alone, he is not...everyone who has watched to this point, and come to know and love and care about this family, will be right there alongside him.
As "quiet" as Let Him Have It may appear to be, it uses its voice to the utmost, to present a strong and compelling case against capital punishment. Please take the time to see it, think about it, talk about it, and recommend it to someone else. This is a 110 minute hidden gem of a FILM.
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People often think as Bentley being a victim but he knew what he was doing and he wanted to do wrong. Both Bentley and Chris thought of themselves as big time gangsters in the Al Copne mold.
He got was coming to him sorry if people don't feel the same
People often think as Bentley being a victim but he knew what he was doing and he wanted to do wrong. Both Bentley and Chris thought of themselves as big time gangsters in the Al Copne mold.
He got was coming to him sorry if people don't feel the same
But I was very disappointed to find that this version is not playable in Europe, and is only viewable in America, so I could not play in in Europe where I live. So I wasted my money.
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<The Cangeling> is a horror movie about a haunted house, <The Krays> is a mafia movie, <Romeo Is Bleeding> is about a woman's betrayal. A very brutal sexual movie.
All the films that he made are so well done and very much pleasure to look and absoultely have to own in dvd. Sadly that they were not released in bluray yet.
Now this film is the best among them I guess.
The editing, the using of music, the acting, the lighting, the camera framing, they are just all top class.
Surpriginly the director of photography was done by Oliver Stapleton who did a lot, I mean a lot of Hollywood boxoffice hit movies later and he did none of the art films later. He knows how to please the regular audiences.
The story to be said is about this guy Derek Bentley who had a trauma when he was a boy when there was a war and he was survived. He was burried inside the rocks and bearly people found him and he happend to live that way. But he from time to time looses his mind and his body is all shaking like he is about to die or something.
One day he and his closest frind Cris meet this bunch of robbers and happens to got guns. But short after, they got captured by cops and go to prison.
Being left alone, they decide to rob a place by their own.
This was just a kid's stuff at the beginning but it ends with a horrible tregidy.
Having gun and all, during sneaking inside the store, a girl witness them and tells her father, the father calls the cops .
Surrounded by cops, accidentally Cris shot one cop and he dies instantly.
The thing was Derek didn't do anything but tells his frind one word that is 'Let him have it.'
Later even he cannot explain what that means that happens to be in the court that it is something that provoked his friend to shoot the cop.
You see that Derek was 19 and he got the death sentence and his friend was 16 and got the life prisonment.
His family did everything to proove that he is innocent but failed to do so.
He was hanged to death at the end.
But rediculously his friend after 10 something years later got out from the prison.
The parents even after the son's death did everything to prove the son's innocence.
The story is not all new but as I told you, the music is kind of off beat but very convincing using piano, violine and harp. It can never be released as a CD but great for the mood of the movie I can tell.
The framing and the lighting were just so artistic that you will be totally sucked into it. It was sometimes like film noir like. But in color.
The great thing about this director is he is making each movies as if it is his last work. I can see everytime I see his movies. It's just pure perfection.
There is this long court scene at the end of the movie and it was not boring at all. I think it was because of the good acting and intensive music and the moody lights, framing.
When the day the son is about to die, there is this moment the father is not sleeping, the exterior of the house with the streetlights still on, that was for some reason very much sad and moody. And when it turns into morning, we can feel that it's time for the son to be hanged.
I again felt how great director Peter Medak is and if I have a chance I really want to show all of his work.
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Though Bentley had learning difficulties, he was far from the sweet, misguided lad represented in the film. He wax a delinquent and had form.
But Christopher Eccleston was directed to play the naive kid. I seem to remember he disagreed with that portrayal.
Yet, if you forget his actual personality, Eccleston does a fabulous job.
This film, like Elvis Costello’s song, (‘let him dangle’ - the same story without reference to Bentley’s state of mind), come to the same thing, they expose miscarriages of justice, and make a clear statement against the death penalty.
I am glad to have found the DVD again.