Up The Junction

I remember watching this film years ago. The story of a rich girl wanting to find out how the other half lived. She goes to a very poor area, gets a job in a factory, meets girls who worked there. Very good acting from a very young Maureen Lipman and Adrienne Posta. The rich girl finds a boyfriend, ably played by Dennis Waterman, he shows her the seedier part of living there. A great film, I enjoyed it very much

A mere 40 years or more had passed since I last saw this film. What I saw this time however, through slightly older eyes, was a classic of its time. If you like rock sollid British drama then I recommend highly you give this a view. It hails great performances from the two leading roles played by a young Dennis Waterman and the much under rated Suzy Kendall. It disects, analyses and concludes the differences between the higher and lower levels of social classes at the time of the late 1960s in so called 'Swinging London'. The lovely Adrienna Posta plays here role well too as the naive yet loyal friend who is all too often taken for a ride. I'm sure I caught a brief glimpse of a very young Susan George in the very minor role of factory girl. It is a thouroughly engaging drama and social statement of its time, many aspects of which are still true today. It doesn't to rely on effects, sets, or sex to sell itself, just pure dialogue. A great British drama, with a great British Cast...10 out of 10 for entertainment value. At the right price, get it if you can.

Holds up really well and interesting social history. Gives insight into 60s culture and sensibilities. I studied it for costume design but I also enjoyed the story and i was engaged with the characters. Interesting that Battersea is now considered an affluent area and that an estate agent in the film considers the upcoming possibilities, way before there were any!

This DVD was supplied still encased in its original wrapper - new condition. I was highly satisfied with the product as I had been searching for a copy of this film for several years since seeing it multiple times in different languages across the world. Depicting life in London's Clapham Junction during the late 1960's, it is a must see, but which is unlikely to be shown on UK TV due to political correctness and or subject matter. Very impressed with the product and the supplier. Thank You.

This film cannot be faulted. Shot on location, in 1960's Battersea, at a time when much of London was still bomb-damaged, it perfectly captures the feel of the time. The screenplay, acting and direction are all exemplary, and it's one of those films that stands up to repeated viewing.

Good film and very nostalgic. 60's London in all her glory; I remember it well. The film tackles many issues of the days when health & safety wasn't part of the current nanny state. Great for looking back in time and a good watch too, although I doubt it would appeal to the younger generation.

Amongst some of the best cultural films that have ever been made in the 1960s, 'Up The Junction' stands well and truly apart from the 'Mod-Rockers' scene. Although the story itself is about the grim reality of a promiscuous society in early sixties Industrial London, the secrecy and shame of illegal abortion; it is also a significant biographical account of changing attitudes, hopes and ambitions in a decade that underwent many social and political challenges.Youth culture is at the centre of this generous film, about social and class identity, how two parallel worlds meet and collide with spectacular conclusion. I imagined this documentary style - kitchen-sink reality piece to focus entirely on the widespread back-street abortion shops, yet not at all: It provided so much more information and guidance than I had anticipated as well as gave a very different perspective on even the Mod-Rocker lifestyle, often portrayed as two opposing gangs - Quadraphonia a classic example made in the same era that Up The Junction was cast. This film sees a union of the two gangs in their shared behaviours and attitudes, a recognition that although they are struggling for individual identity, also caught in the same deprived web, seeking a sense of belonging from each other in a united co-existence.The main body of characters are just starting out as actors themselves, makes this a credible experience. You cannot draw biased conclusions, which is a hallmark of a great kitchen-sink reality film.

Very much a curiosity piece these days, what with nearly every sentence starting "'Ere!" and many a "bleedin'" this and "bleedin'" that, plus the working classes are seen through very romantic rose tinted glasses. But there is a certain period charm to proceedings. Adrienne Posta steals the film, so it's a shame that she, and many others seen here, had careers that lasted only a few years more. Suzy Kendall was perhaps slightly miscast, too, as a twenty-one year old as, good as she is, she does look much older. All in all, though, cringeworthy pub singing scene aside, a superb and relatively rare full colour British film of the "kitchen sink" oeuvre.The description of the film needs changing, however. Blink and you will miss Susan George.