Scum
Ray Winstone stars in one of the most violent, explosive and controversial British films of all time. After assaulting a warder, young offender Carlin (Ray Winstone) is transferred to a tough British borstal where the staff decide to break him - with savage and relentless violence. At the same time, the existing `Daddy` on Carlin s prison wing, Banks (John Blundell, the thug who controls all the other inmates, sees the newcomer as a threat and singles him out for more vicious beatings to smash him down. Now Carlin knows that there is only one way to survive. He must fight back, destroy Banks and become the new Daddy on the wing. Based on an original TV play that was banned by the BBC for its graphic violence and sexual content, Scum remains as shocking and powerful today as the day it was first released. Scum has been fully restored and graded at 2K from the original negatives by Pinewood Studios and includes the original audio mix and newly created 5.1 surround mix.
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- Audio commentary with Actor Ray Winstone and critic Nigel Floyd
- "Skin - Borstal" ITV documentary about Borstal in the early 1980's, part 1 and part 2
- Archive interview with Mary Whitehouse about the TV broadcast of Scum
- Interview with producers Clive Parsons and Davina Belling
- Interview with exec producer Don Boyd
- Interview with writer Roy Minton
- Cast Memories
- X rated and U rated trailers