Boy and Bicycle
Before They Were Famous
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Drama, Short Films, UR
Ridley Scott’s first film – featuring his younger brother, the late Tony Scott, as a schoolboy playing truant for the day to meander around Hartlepool on his bicycle – is a far cry from the director’s Hollywood blockbusters, a lyrical and highly personal evocation of the early sixties North East.
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Do Not Adjust Your Set volume 1
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Do Not Adjust Your Set volume 2
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