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Originally Posted by Susan Foreman  From memory...
The film adaptation is similar to the (banned) television version, but it's more graphic in its execution. Story wise, they are both effectively identical, as is the dialogue although the expletives are more apparent in the film version
I seem to remember that the BBC version contained a homosexual relationship between Carlin (Ray Winston) and another inmate, but this was ignored in the film version
As to which version to watch, you are on your own! Some people prefer the original, some go with the theatrical |
Watched the original earlier on today, personally prefer the film version it slightly edges it for me, irrelevant to which version you prefer can understand the controversy over the film when it was made in the 70s , I couldn't quite take to Archer in TV version and thought was played better in film. Or maybe it might have been down to the actor I'm not sure why
Found film to be slightly more Brutal and some scenes longer and the committing suicide was more powerful and shocking in the film.
And TV version didn't have the films famous tagline .....up your ****ing Borstal
Both versions as equally as shocking in their own rights