Rent The Knack and How to Get It (1965)
3.0 of 5 from 90 ratings
1h 22min
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- Synopsis:
- Cool and sophisticated Tolen (Ray Brooks) has a monopoly on womanizing - with a long line of conquests to prove it - while the naive and awkward Colin (Michael Crawford) desperately wants a piece of it. But when Colin falls for an innocent country girl, it's not long before the self-assured Tolen moves in for the kill. Is all fair in love and war, or can Colin get the knack and beat Tolen at his own game?
- Actors:
- Rita Tushingham, Ray Brooks, Michael Crawford, Donal Donnelly, William Dexter, Charles Dyer, Margot Thomas, John Bluthal, Helen Lennox, Wensley Pithey, Edgar Wreford, Frank Sieman, Bruce Lacey, George Chisholm, Peter Copley, Timothy Bateson, Dandy Nichols, Bernard Barnsley, Lucy Bartlett, Jane Birkin
- Directors:
- Richard Lester
- Producers:
- Oscar Lewenstein
- Writers:
- Charles Wood, Ann Jellicoe
- Others:
- David Watkin
- Aka:
- The Knack... and How to Get It
- Studio:
- MGM Home Entertainment
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Romance
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- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 11/06/2018
- Run Time:
- 85 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (1) of The Knack and How to Get It
Swinging, Silly, and Slightly Smug - The Knack and How to Get It review by griggs
Richard Lester’s The Knack… And How to Get It might be the most 1960s film ever made — a freewheeling collage of libido, laddishness, and London bedsits. It’s part satire, part farce, part student revue, bursting with the confidence of a director who’s just discovered jump cuts and plans to use them all. At times it feels like Frank Spencer has wandered into a sketch from The Running, Jumping & Standing Still Film after a long night in Soho.
Lester, fresh from A Hard Day’s Night, directs with impish energy, and the film never pauses long enough to breathe. There’s wit and invention, but also a showy cleverness that wears thin. Michael Crawford’s accent veers in and out of RP like a car grinding its gears — distracting enough to break the spell. Still, there’s charm in the chaos.
The Knack… And How to Get It says little about love or sex, but perfectly captures the moment when British cinema thought being cheeky was the same as being modern.
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