Episode 498: Mick Travis Trilogy (1969-1982)

The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2020

⏱️ 190 minutes

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Summary

Jonathan Owen and Samm Deighan join Mike to look at three films by Lindsay Anderson that all star Malcolm McDowell as Michael “Mick” Travis. In If.... Mick is the leader of a student revolution. In O Lucky Man he’s a coffee salesman. And, in Britannia Hospital he’s an investigative reporter. We’ll be talking about how Mick changes through the three films along with their possible connections and contradictions.

David Wood, star of If.... and author of Filming If.... discusses his role in the groundbreaking British film.
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