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August 26, 2011
At the Movies: 'Brighton Rock' is a stylish, yet familiar noir
By CHRISTY LEMIRE
AP Movie Critic
AP Movie Critic
Graham Greene's crime novel “Brighton Rock” previously was made into a 1947 film famously starring Richard Attenborough with a script Greene himself co-wrote. A new version of “Brighton Rock” moves the setting from the late ‘30s to 1964 as the Mods and Rockers were battling it out on Britain's southeast shore.
| BRIGHTON ROCK |
 Director: Rowan Joffe Cast: Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough, Helen Mirren, John Hurt Running time: 111 minutes |
You half expect to hear songs from “Quadrophenia” pop up here and there but, alas, no such luck.
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