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Pink Floyd The Wall (1982)

R  |   |  Animation, Drama, Musical  |  10 September 1982 (USA)
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A confined but troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.

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Christine Hargreaves ...
Pink's Mother
James Laurenson ...
J.A. Pinkerton (Pink's Father)
Eleanor David ...
Kevin McKeon ...
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David Bingham ...
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Alex McAvoy ...
Teacher
Ellis Dale ...
English Doctor
James Hazeldine ...
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Ray Mort ...
Playground Father
Margery Mason ...
Teacher's Wife (as Marjorie Mason)
Robert Bridges ...
American Doctor
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The movie tells the story of rock singer "Pink" who is sitting in his hotel room in Los Angeles, burnt out from the music business and only able to perform on stage with the help of drugs. Based on the 1979 double album "The Wall" by Pink Floyd, the film begins in Pink's youth where he is crushed by the love of his mother. Several years later, he is punished by the teachers in school because he is starting to write poems. He slowly begins to build a wall around himself to be protected from the world outside. The film shows all this in massive and epic pictures until the very end where he tears down the wall and breaks free. Written by Harald Mayr <marvin@bike.augusta.de>

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SEK 2,384,861 (Sweden)
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On the commentary track on the DVD, the last thing Roger Waters says in the commentary is "Isn't this where we came in" just slightly before the very end of the end credits. The album, unlike the film, is bookended by the selection "Outside the Wall" with the last few notes of that song played in the beginning of the first selection of the album, "In the Flesh?". What is interesting is that if you repeat the album on a loop (easier done these days with a mp3 version of the album played on a media player), the last three words heard in the album, which are "Isn't this where", are merged with the first three words heard in the album, which are "We came in" to form the sentence "Isn't this where we came in". See more »

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Money stuffed into theatre manager's jacket pocket during the overdose scene disappears/reappears a couple of times. See more »

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Pink: [singing] So ya, thought ya might like to, go to the show. To feel the warm thrill of confusing that space cadet glow. Tell me is something eluding you sunshine? Is this not what you expected to see? If you wanna find out what's behind these cold eyes, you'll just have to claw your way through this disguise!
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5:11 AM (The Moment of Clarity)
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the ultimate baked potato experience
6 March 1999 | by (Lisle, IL) – See all my reviews

Whether you're sober, buzzed, high, or fully baked this movie is enjoyable. Anyway you look at it. Some people will naturally say you can only watch it high for it to make sense. Ignore those pothead hippies. Don't get me wrong I love pot as much as the next guy but what they say is untrue. Maybe it's more enjoyable baked or drunk but what isn't? If you're under the age of 30 and over the age of 12 and haven't seen it feel free to join your generation anytime now. What you missing is a great movie about isolation, depression, and anger. And for those of you too baked for any amount of attention span put the movie on anyways cause the soundtrack rules. However if you ever run across a chance to see it at a theater, as a midnite matinee or just a run of old movies, pay any amount for admission it'll be worth it. For those of you who enjoy getting stoned and watching movies see Story Of Ricky. It's nearly as good as this. For those of you looking for insanity on video see Taxi Driver.


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