Le Meilleur des mondes possible !

Original title: O Lucky Man!

1973
R
2h 58m

IMDb RATING

7.6/10

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Malcolm McDowell in Le Meilleur des mondes possible ! (1973)

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An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures that seem designed to challenge his naive idealism.An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures that seem designed to challenge his naive idealism.An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures that seem designed to challenge his naive idealism.

Director
- Lindsay Anderson
Writers
- David Sherwin
- Malcolm McDowell
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.6/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Lindsay Anderson
Writers
- David Sherwin
- Malcolm McDowell
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 2 BAFTA Awards
- 3 wins & 2 nominations total

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O Lucky Man!

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Trivia
There were approximately thirty takes of the scene where producer and director Lindsay Anderson slapped Malcolm McDowell across the face with a script.

Goofs
A sign says 200 miles to London where Travis is picked up. He has reached there by walking for a while from the military establishment where the explosion took place. The distance even from London to the border of Scotland is 398 Miles.

Quotes
Monty: Try not to die like a dog.

Alternate versions
The original US release was cut by twenty or more minutes, the entire sequence involving the suicidal woman, roughly from Mick's release from prison until he meets the charity tea-wagon lady was omitted. (This included one of Alan Price's songs)

Connections
Featured in Free Cinema (1986)

Soundtracks
O Lucky Man!
Written by Alan Price

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Featured review

10/10

The Test Of Time

It became my favorite film the day I saw it for the first time, 22 years ago! It still is. I saw it again on video a week ago and here it is, traveling through my brain as a familiar song with constant new messages. Malcolm McDowell and Lindsay Anderson had blown us away with "If..." a couple of years before. But if "If..." was the courting, marriage and honeymoon of two great artists, "O Lucky Man" is a confirmation of a great love story. I know there are a few other members of this menage, David Sherwin for instance or the amazing group of superb British character actors from Mona Washbourne to Helen Mirren but the incomparable presence of McDowell inhabiting Anderson's universe makes this "O Lucky Man" one of the happiest movie adventures of my movie going life. As you may have noticed, I haven't told you anything about the film, I just wanted to share my thoughts hoping to wet your appetite. If you haven't seen it, don't miss it.