LITTLE MALCOLM AND HIS STRUGGLE AGAINST THE EUNUCHS (1974)
STUART COOPER
Plot
Delusional revolutionary Malcolm leads his Party of Dynamic Erection - Wick, Irwin and Nipple in an enraged battle against an unseen nemesis in this chilling dark comedy. Financed by George Harrison and based on the celebrated stage play by David Halliwell, Little Malcolm was shot in wintry Oldham by cinematographer John Alcott (A Clockwork Orange). It won the Silver Bear at the 1974 Berlin Film Festival.Includes the short films: Put Yourself in My Place (Francine Winham, 1974, 25 minutes: Fraught gender relations trigger a startling role reversal in the polemical comedy starring Judy Geeson) & The Contraption (James Dearden, 1977, 7 minutes: In a final act of defeat or defiance, a man (Richard O'Brien) builds a sinister contraption).