Rent The Firm (1989)
3.6 of 5 from 81 ratings
1h 7min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Gary Oldman is Bex Bissell, a respectable estate agent who loves his wife, loves his son and loves his violence. Bex is the leader of a gang of football supporters known as the Inter-City Crew; his firm. He plans to unite rival firms and lead them all to the European Championship in Germany, a chance to take on the locals. But that's a position he's going to have to fight for.
- Actors:
- Gary Oldman, Lesley Manville, Philip Davis, Andrew Wilde, Charles Lawson, William Vanderpuye, Jay Simpson, Patrick Murray, Robbie Gee, Terry Sue-Patt, Nick Dunning, Nicholas Hewetson, Steve McFadden, Steve Sweeney, Hepburn Graham, Dan Hildebrand, Kevin Allen, Roderick Smith, Martin Barrass, Stephen Petcher
- Directors:
- Alan Clarke
- Producers:
- David M. Thompson
- Writers:
- Al Ashton
- Studio:
- Prism Leisure
- Genres:
- British Films, Drama, Sports & Sport Films
- Countries:
- UK
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 02/02/2004
- Run Time:
- 67 minutes
- Languages:
- English
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- Colour
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 23/05/2016
- Run Time:
- 68 minutes
- Languages:
- English
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- The Firm: Director's Cut (68 mins): painstakingly reconstructed from Clarke's personal workprint Optional audio commentary with Gary Oldman
- The Firm: Broadcast version (67 mins)
- Optional audio commentary with actors Lesley Manville, Phil Davis, author David Rolinson and the BFI's Dick Fiddy
- Elephant (Clarke, 1989, 39 mins): Alan Clarke's sparse, shocking drama about The Troubles Optional audio commentary with producer Danny Boyle and critic Mark Kermode
- Alan Clarke interview (1989, 10 mins): the director discusses Elephant and 'The Firm'
- Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light (2016, 36 mins): new documentary about the making of Clarke's last films
