movie poster for BOYS FROM THE BLACKSTUFF (PART 1)

Flicks ID

6595

Cert

15

Running time

172 mins

Country

Language

Format

VHS

BOYS FROM THE BLACKSTUFF (PART 1) (1989)

PHILIP SAVILLE

Plot

The first 3 episodes of Alan Bleasdale's hilarious yet hardhitting TV drama, set against the bleak backdrop of jobless 80s Liverpool caused a considerable controversy at the time of it's original screening and seemed to hit a chord with the viewers. Cries of "Giz a job" were chanted from the stands of Anfield football ground. Bleasdale's characters captured the emotional damage caused by living in a city with no work..