That Summer! Explained

That Summer!
Director:Harley Cokeliss
Producer:Davina Belling
Starring:Ray Winstone
Tony London
Emily Moore
Julie Shipley
Music:Ray Russell
Distributor:Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors[1]
Runtime:94 minutes
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English

That Summer! is a 1979 British drama film directed by Harley Cokeliss and starring Ray Winstone, Tony London, Emily Moore and Julie Shipley. It was Ray Winstone's theatrical film debut, playing the character Steve Brodie. Both Ray Winstone and Tony London had previously appeared together in Alan Clarke's Scum alongside John Judd.

Plot

It is the story of a 21-year-old named Steve Brodie who goes to the Devon seaside resort of Torquay after leaving borstal where he is seen easily winning in a swimming race. He befriends the son of a butcher from London named Jimmy and they start dating two girls from Northern England. Steve works in a pub, Jimmy hires skiffs on the beach and the girls are employed as chambermaids at a hotel. Three loutish Scottish youths have some confrontations with Steve and then frame him for a robbery at a chemist shop. This leads to his arrest just before the start of a 'round the bay' swimming race in which he is due to compete against one of them.

Cast

Award

Winstone received a BAFTA nomination as Best Newcomer for his performance in the film and he met his wife-to-be Elaine when shooting it in Torquay.[2]

Music

Songs by new wave groups including Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Ian Dury, The Undertones and the Ramones can be heard in the background during beach and pub scenes and a soundtrack was released on Arista Records.[3] The soundtrack was produced as an LP with several punk bands. The album was available on unique yellow vinyl.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: That Summer (1979). BBFC. 14 April 2021.
  2. Web site: 2015-09-25 . Ray Winstone: The hard man - Profiles - People - The Independent . . 2023-06-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150925145926/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/ray-winstone-the-hard-man-477038.html . 25 September 2015 .
  3. Web site: That Summer! (soundtrack) - The Elvis Costello Wiki . 2023-06-23 . www.elviscostello.info.