{"product_id":"scum-le","title":"SCUM - LE","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product_description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Alan Clarke, 1979)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRelease date: 24 June 2019 (OOP date: 29 March 2023)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eLimited Edition Blu-ray\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eAfter the banning of their original 1977 BBC TV version, director Alan Clarke (\u003cem\u003eThe Firm\u003c\/em\u003e) and writer Roy Minton (\u003cem\u003eFunny Farm\u003c\/em\u003e) set out to remake their drama for the big screen to ensure that their vision got the audience it deserved. The resulting film, released here in a special Blu-ray edition to mark its 40th anniversary, was an even more vitriolic portrait of a corrupt and violent institution which stunned cinema audiences and caused outrage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eUncompromising in its depiction of everyday violence, retribution, suicide and sexual assault, \u003cem\u003eScum \u003c\/em\u003eremains a cornerstone of the British realist cinema movement, and a savage and still shocking indictment of institutionalised violence and abuse.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: 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