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Punk Can Take It

Dec 30, 1979 · 19m
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Comedy
War
Documentary
Music

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Julien Temple's wartime documentary parody "Punk Can Take It" (1979) - a theatrically released promo for the UK Subs, complete with narration by BBC voice-over veteran John Snagge - paints a glorious picture of England in a punk rock "identity crisis". Punk morale was higher than ever before. Punks were fused together not by fear, but by a surging spirit of revenge, immortality, and the courage never to submit or yield. This proved that punk won't go away and that punks themselves are becoming younger and nastier everyday. They have no time for the precarious thrills of nostalgia nor for its trivial rules.

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CAST

Julia Binstead
Edward Tudor-Pole
Ed Tudor Pole
Helen Wellington-Lloyd
UK Subs
Themselves
John Snagge
Narrator (voice)
Directed by Julien Temple

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Kendon Films Ltd., Boyd's Company, GTO
Country
US, GB

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