This short is the second of three "buffer cartoons" produced by Format Films in between Warner Bros. ending its contract with previous Looney Tunes producers DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and re-establishing its own cartoon studio.
Before the start of our feature presentation, the staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour a warning from 70 years ago -
So remember, don't trust any flim flam man telling you the world is going to end unless you pay him.
We've picked another entry from the excellent reference book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider. Today's film is the 1971 crime drama, Get Carter, written and directed by Mike Hodges, and starring Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, John Osborne, Britt Ekland, and Bryan Mosley. The film had mixed reviews when released and seemed to languish in the drive-in circuit. The film eventually garnered a cult following, and was championed by directors such as Quentin Tarantino and Guy Ritchie. In one of his most memorable roles, Michael Caine's Jack Carter is one of the most cold-blooded and merciless characters ever encountered. More than 50 year on, it still remains one of the best British gangster films ever made. So push away from the table, get comfortable and join us in watching Get Carter.
Mike Hodges was surprised that a star of Michael Caine's stature would want to play Carter. Caine said "One of the reasons I wanted to make that picture was my background. In English movies, gangsters were either stupid or funny. I wanted to show that they're neither. Gangsters are not stupid, and they're certainly not very funny." He identified with Carter as a memory of his working class upbringing, having friends and family members who were involved in crime and felt Carter represented a path his life might have taken under different circumstances: "Carter is the dead-end product of my own environment, my childhood. I know him well. He is the ghost of Michael Caine."
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