In conception the film remains highly original, and it does deliver enough of the goods to sail effortlessly away with the title of Britain's first official punk movie.
Jubilee
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United Kingdom · 1978
1h 46m
Director Derek Jarman
Starring Jenny Runacre, Nell Campbell, Toyah Willcox, Jordan
Genre Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music
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Queen Elizabeth I is transported through time from 1578 to 1978. There, she finds a very different Britain from her own—a depressing landscape of moral degradation and violent anarchy. Add to that sex, drugs, and punk rock and you have Jubilee.
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The ideas are good enough for you to allow for some risible performances.
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An anarchic and hilariously bleak critique of Britain's punk movement, featuring many of the icons of the movement itself. Toyah Willcox is a standout as a violent and quick tempered woman aptly named Mad, and Adam Ant sings a great song called Plastic Surgery that I wish was available on Apple Music.