The Strike (1988)
Paul, a former miner, writes a hard-hitting screenplay about his own experiences of the 1984 miners' strike. However, the Hollywood production company that gets hold of his script turns it into a ludicrously sensationalist and anachronistic action film, starring Al Pacino as Arthur Scargill, and Meryl Streep as his wife.
- Date of release
- 1988-02-20
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 59m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Peter Richardson
Casting
- Peter Richardson — Al Pacino as Arthur Scargill
- Jennifer Saunders — Meryl Streep as Mrs Scargill
- Alexei Sayle — Paul
- Dawn French — Verity/Old Lady/Celebrity
- Nigel Planer — Bernard/Old Man/Camp Actor
- Robbie Coltrane — Goldie/Dutch/Celebrity
- Adrian Edmondson — Adrian/Slim/Policeman
- Keith Allen — Film Exec/Camp Actor 2/Celebrity
- Rik Mayall — Speaker/Hunchback
- Ronald Allen — Prime Minister
- Kat Mansoor — Tammy
- Derren Nesbitt — Chauffeur/McGregor
Interesting facts
The Strike is one of the short comedy films – written by Peter Richardson and Pete Richens, and directed by Richardson – which made up the long-running Channel 4 television series The Comic Strip Presents.... First aired in January 1988, it also received a limited theatrical release, and won the Golden Rose of Montreux for the same year.
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