A tribute to actor Derek Martin and the day the Kray twins came to Brum... 'Cockney Guv'ner'.

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Wait til you get to part 4 with #PhilipBloomfield, later of #TheKrays

Had the feeling I was too critical of the film #TheKrays (especially after I saw the mediocre 2015 movie #Legend). So I re-watched The Krays tonight, and properly loved it - because NOW I recognize that ONE film can never hope to satisfactorily encompass every important aspect of their lives. Ⓐ

The film #TheKrays spends a lot of its time focused on the gangster twins’ family lives - and pays almost no attention to what made them into gangsters. And the twin that in real-life was unstable, homosexual, schizophrenic, and a psychopath - in the film isn’t schizophrenic, and is quite stable. Ⓐ

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A tribute to actor Derek Martin and the day the Kray twins came to Brum... 'Cockney Guv'ner'.

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Unfortunately, #TheFallOfTheKrays tried to shoehorn #FrancesShea’s suicide into the film (in real-life it was because of TOO MUCH attention from her husband, but in the film it’s because of TOO LITTLE attention). Only a sensitive film like #PeterMedak’s #TheKrays can properly depict that tragedy. Ⓐ

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Puerto Rican punk icon, Johnny Rosado, from The Krays: You Bastards! #punk #punkpuertorico #puertorico #thekrays #reels #reelsinstagram #reelspunkUSA

The Krays (1990) 10-word movie review:

The Kray brothers be cray-cray, and they’re really mean too. ~L #10wordmoviereviews #thekrays #garykemp #martinkemp #billiewhitelaw #tombell #susanfleetwood

#TheKrays is a film with very little violence - but the violence it DOES have is upsetting. I refer to when one dude was bawling his eyes out (as a sword was driven through his hand), and when another dude was cowering/wailing when he realized he was about to be killed. Major props to the actors. Ⓐ

This fact-based movie follows the life of the twin crime-lords in London's '60s underworld.

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In closing, I used to love the film #TheKrays. And I still think it’s really good! But I love it no more. I hate to say it - but the film is more boring than it should’ve been. If the film had been more focused on other aspects of the gangster twins’ lives - there’d never be a dull moment. Ⓐ

Re-watched #TheKrays - and I think this is the first time I saw it uncut. I first saw it about thirty years ago, when one of my uncles sent us a VHS recording of it (that originally aired on #PBS, so the film’s brief violence/gore was cut). Though I know #Showcase (later) showed it uncut... Ⓐ

Jimmy LAMBRIANOU speaks for the first time #thekrays #kraytwins #london #gangsters #truecrime #truestory #freddieforeman #reggiekray #ronnykray #charliekray #davecourtney #foryou #foryoupage #fyp

35 years ago today. #thekrays #1990 #TicketStubFlashback #odeon #cardiff

Great film on tonight 👊🏼
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