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Dirty Weekend

  • 1993
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
753
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Lia Williams in Dirty Weekend (1993)
This is the story of Bella, who woke up one morning and realized she'd had enough. All it took was one rather nasty man to transform her from a meek and mild secretary into a murderous femme fatale.
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This is the story of Bella, who woke up one morning and realized she'd had enough. All it took was one rather nasty man to transform her from a meek and mild secretary into a murderous femme... Read allThis is the story of Bella, who woke up one morning and realized she'd had enough. All it took was one rather nasty man to transform her from a meek and mild secretary into a murderous femme fatale.This is the story of Bella, who woke up one morning and realized she'd had enough. All it took was one rather nasty man to transform her from a meek and mild secretary into a murderous femme fatale.

  • Director
    • Michael Winner
  • Writers
    • Helen Zahavi
    • Michael Winner
  • Stars
    • Lia Williams
    • Rufus Sewell
    • Michael Cule
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.3/10
    753
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Michael Winner
    • Writers
      • Helen Zahavi
      • Michael Winner
    • Stars
      • Lia Williams
      • Rufus Sewell
      • Michael Cule
    • 26User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Lia Williams
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    • Bella
    Rufus Sewell
    Rufus Sewell
    • Tim
    Michael Cule
    • Norman
    David McCallum
    David McCallum
    • Reggie
    Christopher Ryan
    Christopher Ryan
    • Small One
    Sean Pertwee
    Sean Pertwee
    • Quiet One
    Nicholas Hewetson
    • Bitter One
    Christopher Adamson
    Christopher Adamson
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    Jack Galloway
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    Matthew Marsh
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    Ian Richardson
    Ian Richardson
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    Shaughan Seymour
    • Charles
    Mark Burns
    Mark Burns
    • Brown
    David Schaal
    David Schaal
    • Stan
    Matthew Long
    Matthew Long
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    Norman Mitchell
    Norman Mitchell
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    R.J. Bell
    R.J. Bell
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      • Michael Winner
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    8Thorsten-Krings

    Great film

    Dirty weekend is a very well made film- as you would expect from Michael Winner. To sum it up, it is basically a feminist version of Death Wish about a woman who gets pushed around, experiences her own powerlessness and one day decides she's had enough. Needless to say that she then spends a weekend with a gun meeting a lot of creeps. Some of ther performances are great. David McCallum as psyohopathic dentist alone is worth watching the film. As always Winner plays effectively with audience by getting us to actually want her to pull the trigger. Of course, it is all black/and white in terms of morals and the likelihood of meeting such an assortment of scumbags in one weekend is not really that big. But all in all the film is well made. What impressed me most was the very effective use of music in the film. I found it remarkable that the French film "Baise Moi" allegedly a feminist masterpiece is a shameless rip off of Dirty Weekend, lifting complete scenbes from Winner's film.
    paddyshack

    I write this to warn others

    I only saw this as I was writing a review for a college magazine at the time and thought it would be easier to write about a bad movie than a good one. I didn't realise just how easy it wou ld be. I saw it on a wet afternoon in a mutliplex, and 4 of the 6 people in the cinema walked out. I wish I was one. Awful in every possible respect, if Edison had known that this would happen to his great invention he would have hid the patent. Not out of curiosity, masochism or desperation should you give this a look.
    6alliescakes

    Not What You're Expecting

    I saw this movie years ago, when it first came out in the theater. My boyfriend at the time thought it would be a sexually charged thriller as the title suggests, a "Basic Instinct" of sorts. Boy was he in for a surprise! This woman has been hit on, molested and generally pushed around be every creepy guy she comes in contact with, including her dentist. Finally, she has enough of all these idiot men she comes in contact with and starts brutally killing them off. I did enjoy watching this, but part of the reason may have been watching my boyfriend squirm throughout the entire film. I think this film will definitely send a message out loud and clear--Guys, behave yourselves, or else!
    8p-hynes

    Great film

    There is a bad and good side to this film. Bad because of the detail i.e the lingering expressionless looks of Bella gets a bit over done and you're not sure what these mean in relation to the film sometimes. All the 'nasty' male characters she encounters are too obviously the entire(minority) arseholes of the male population...which in turn makes what happens the good side of the film.

    Good because of the age old formula of the victim getting revenge on the bad guys is female . Even though it's all a little bit silly & OTT it's worth a watch if even just for the nasty bits. Is Bella tipped over the edge or just coolly enjoying her sadistic pursuits now? You decide...
    10DoctorWhoUK

    A fun but sick film

    I first saw this film at the cinema and found it quite funny in a sick sort of way. What I liked about it was the British feel to it. The story is a Death Wish type clone (Death Wish also directed by Mr Winner)it has some memorable characters in and also some memorable places from Brighton. If your after a bit of fun and don't mind some sick scenes you may like this. Also this film was banned from video release for a few years back in the mid 90's. There are some scenes cut out from the cinema release, but that does not affect the film in any way. Oh I also liked the soundtrack which suited the film very well. Even by today's standard this film has a dark and moody feel to it and may even find it's very own cult status one day.

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    • Trivia
      The gun shop used in the film was a real shop based in Park Street, St. Albans in Hertfordshire and is still going strong today.
    • Goofs
      At the country pub when Bella is talking to Mr Brown before he drives away: Bella's shadow on the car shows that the lighting is from the left but in the next shot as Mr Brown drives away the natural shadows are in the opposite direction.
    • Quotes

      Reggie: [Reggie force's Bella's head towards his crotch] I hope your hungry, cos it's time for dindins! Open wide.

    • Alternate versions
      Although the cinema version was uncut the 1995 video release was cut by 1 min 22 secs by the BBFC to reduce blows from a hammer murder, a man being suffocated with a plastic bag, and suggested shots of oral sex and Bella vomiting during the car park rape scene. The 2006 DVD release features the same cut print.
    • Connections
      Featured in Film '72: Episode #23.2 (1993)
    • Soundtracks
      Bella
      Written by Don Black and David Fanshawe

      Sung by Tony Burrows

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    • Release date
      • October 29, 1993 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Kirli Tatil
    • Filming locations
      • Park Street Lane, Park Street, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK(gun shop sequence)
    • Production companies
      • Michael Winner Ltd.
      • Scimitar Films
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    • Budget
      • £10,789,456 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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