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T. Dan Smith: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Utopia (1987)

ALL 01/01/1987 (en) Documentary, Thriller 85 Min
  • Release
    01/01/1987
  • Production
    Amber Films
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  • Original title
    T. Dan Smith: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Utopia
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Utopia.

Overview

An experimental mix of thriller and documentary exploring the scandal centred on the one-time Newcastle Council Leader, aka The Mouth of the Tyne, who was sentenced to six years imprisonment in 1974 for corruption. A dynamic and visionary politician, Smith collaborated closely as Amber unpicked the story of a leftwing group of ex-war resisters who took control of the city council in 1960, the socialist and civic ambitions and the betrayals; the claims of MI5 involvement, of ministerial cover-ups and the unseen role of the Privy Council. With Smith appearing as himself and filmmakers Murray Martin and Steve Trafford as two journalists, the film interrogates the interviews and archive footage, weaving them together with a fictional scandal unfolding on the streets around them…

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T. Dan Smith: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Utopia (1987) 85 Min

ALL 01/01/1987 (en)
Documentary, Thriller
  • Release 01/01/1987
  • Production
    Amber Films
  • Original title T. Dan Smith: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Utopia
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Utopia.

Overview

An experimental mix of thriller and documentary exploring the scandal centred on the one-time Newcastle Council Leader, aka The Mouth of the Tyne, who was sentenced to six years imprisonment in 1974 for corruption. A dynamic and visionary politician, Smith collaborated closely as Amber unpicked the story of a leftwing group of ex-war resisters who took control of the city council in 1960, the socialist and civic ambitions and the betrayals; the claims of MI5 involvement, of ministerial cover-ups and the unseen role of the Privy Council. With Smith appearing as himself and filmmakers Murray Martin and Steve Trafford as two journalists, the film interrogates the interviews and archive footage, weaving them together with a fictional scandal unfolding on the streets around them…

  1. Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Elaine Drainville, Dave Eadington, Richard Grassick, Ellin Hare, Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, Martin Murray, Jane Neatrour, Lorna Powell, Peter Roberts, Judith Tomlinson, Steve Trafford, Ray Stubbs

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