Šarm i kako ga steći

The Knack …and How to Get It
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Režija	Richard Lester
Producent	Oscar Lewenstein
Scenario	Charles Wood
Uloge	Rita Tushingham Ray Brooks Michael Crawford Donal Donnelly
Muzika	John Barry
Fotografija	David Watkin
Montaža	Antony Gibbs
Studio	Woodfall Film Productions
Distribucija	United Artists Corporation
Datum(i) premijere	5. 1965 (1965-05TCannes)
Trajanje	85 min.
Zemlja	Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo
Jezik	engleski
Budžet	364.000 $ (preračunato)^[1]^[2]
Bruto prihod	2,5 mil. $ (SAD)^[1]

The Knack …and How to Get It, u bivšoj Jugoslaviji prikazivan pod naslovom Šarm i kako ga steći, je britanska crno-bijela filmska komedija snimljena 1965. u režiji Richarda Lestera. Temelji se na istoimenom komadu Ann Jellicoe. Protagonisti su trojica mladića koji dijele stan u Londonu - bubnjar Tolen (koga glumi Ray Brooks koji uživa veliki uspjeh kod žena; stidljivi i kod žena frustrirajuće neuspješni učitelj Colin (koga glumi Michael Crawford) te avangardni slikar Tom (koga glumi Donal Donelly). Radnja prikazuje komične pustolovine koje nastanu kada se, i sam tražeči stan, kod njih doseli Nancy (čiji lik tumači Rita Tushingham), djevojka iz provincije koja odmah postane predmetom Tolenovog i Colinovog suparništva.

Lester je The Knack... snimio neposredno nakon A Hard Day's Night, odnosno prije Help!, svoja dva filma posvećena rock-grupi The Beatles. Iako tematski nije sa njima neposredno vezan, The Knack... sa ta dva filma ima određenih stilskih sličnosti, kao što svojom radnjom i likovima daje prikaz u dramatične društvene promjene koje su pogodile tadašnju Britaniju, prije svega hedonistički svjetonazor i prakticiranje slobodne ljubavi kod mlađih generacija, odnosno kulturne i druge fenomene koji su kasnije postali poznati pod zajedničkim nazivom Swinging London. Lester je u filmu koristio dio tehnika posuđenih od Francuskog novog vala, ali i neke vlastite inovacije poput direktnog obraćanja likova publici, kao i korištenja grčkog zbora u obliku pripadnika starijih generacija koji komentiraju "nemoral" i "neodgovornost" svoje djece i unuka. U filmu se u malim ulogama pojavljuju glumice Jane Birkin, Charlotte Rampling i Jacqueline Bisset koje će sljedećih decenija steći svjetsku slavu.

The Knack... je premijerno prikazan na Kanskom festivalu gdje je osvojio Veliku nagradu (današnja Zlatna palma).

Uloge

Rita Tushingham ... Nancy Jones
Ray Brooks ... Tolen
Michael Crawford ... Colin
Donal Donnelly ... Tom
William Dexter ... Prodavač haljina
Charles Dyer ... Čovjek u foto-kabini
Margot Thomas ... Učiteljica
John Bluthal ... Ljutiti otac
Helen Lennox ... Djevojka u foto-kabini
Wensley Pithey ... Učitelj
Edgar Wreford ... Čovjek u telefonskoj govornici
Frank Sieman ... Geodet
Bruce Lacey ... Geodetov pomoćnik
George Chisholm ... Nosač prtljage
Peter Copley ... Vlasnik slike
Timothy Bateson ... Vlasnik smetlišta
Dandy Nichols ... Tomova stanodavka
Wanda Ventham ... Upravnica teretane
Julian Holloway ... Gardist
Ken Farrington ... Gardist

Izvori

↑ ^1,0 ^1,1 Michael Deeley, Blade Runners, Deer Hunters and Blowing the Bloody Doors Off: My Life in Cult Movies, Pegasus Books, 2009 p 31
↑ Tino Balio, United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry, University of Wisconsin Press, 1987 p. 245

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Filmovi koje je režirao Richard Lester

1960-e

The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1960)
It's Trad, Dad! (1962)
The Mouse on the Moon (1963)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
The Knack …and How to Get It (1965)
Help! (1965)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
How I Won the War (1967)
Petulia (1968)
The Bed-Sitting Room (1969)

1970-e

The Three Musketeers (1973)
Juggernaut (1974)
The Four Musketeers (1974)
Royal Flash (1975)
Robin and Marian (1976)
The Ritz (1976)
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979)
Cuba (1979)

1980s

Superman II (1980)
Superman III (1983)
Finders Keepers (1984)
The Return of the Musketeers (1989)

1990s

Get Back (1991)

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