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Privilege is a 1967 British comedy-drama music science fiction film directed by Peter Watkins and produced by John Heyman. Johnny Speight wrote the story, and Norman Bogner wrote the script. Some of it was filmed on location in Birmingham, England, partly at Birmingham City F.C. 's St Andrew's stadium and at Birmingham Town Hall . Plot.
Jun 9, 2017 · The Heyman-produced “Privilege” (1967), directed by Peter Watkins, imagined a future Britain in which the masses were controlled through their manipulated adoration of a tortured pop star.
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In 1966, following the collapse of a film which I hoped to develop with Albert Finney’s production company, on the 1916 Easter uprising in Dublin, I was approached by John Heyman, a British artists’ agent, to make a film based on an original screenplay by Johnny Speight, which dealt with the influence of Steven Shorter, a pop star in the 1960s.
Directed by. Peter Watkins. In the opening scene of Peter Watkins "Privilege," a pop singer is handcuffed, stuffed in a bag and carried to the stage, where two uniformed guards dump him out.
Director: Peter Watkins. Production Company: John Heyman/Peter Watkins Production, World Film Services, Memorial Enterprises. Stars: Paul Jones, Jean Shrimpton. Location (s): London, Warwickshire. Region (s): London O-Q, Midlands. Storyline: Paul Jones stars as a futuristic mod pop star whose music and image is used to control a rebellious youth.
The original script by John Speight was commissioned by producer John Heyman in the wake of the pop music movie explosion exemplified by A Hard Day's Night, and then worked into a more satirical vein by American novelist Norman Bognor to, in the words of Speight, "expose the rotten world of pop."
