20 September 2014
Newsdesk
Famous for his uncompromising roles, Ray Winstone is the nation’s favourite “hard man" and a beloved British icon. To launch his autobiography, Young Winstone, Canongate have partnered with independent cinemas across the UK to show one-off screenings of two of his most celebrated films, alongside interviews with the man himself.
Winstone made his first break with Scum, directed by Alan Clark, a violent portrayal of the brutality of life inside a British borstal. The film tells the story of a young offender named Carlin and his rise to the top of the inmate’s pecking order. One of the most controversial British films of the early 1980s, Scum is now regarded as a classic of British cinema and this is a rare opportunity to see it on the big screen.
Sexy Beast was cited by Total Film as one of the top 15 films of all time and arguably Winstone's most acclaimed film to date. In it he plays "Gal" Dove, a happily married retired thief dragged back into London's underworld by a former associate psychopath Don Logan, played by Ben Kingsley who won an Oscar for best supporting role.
At these exclusive events, Ray will reflect on his early life and reveal how growing up in the working-class East End of London and a rebellious adolescence led him to become one of the most charismatic
actors of his generation.
Young Winstone is published by Canongate, priced £20
Monday 6th October 2014
Duke of York’s Picturehouse, Brighton
8.50pm Screening of Scum with Q&A. Chair Danny Leigh
Tuesday 7th October 2014
BFI Screen Epiphany, Southbank
6.10pm Screening of Saturday Night Sunday Morning (Ray’s Epiphany) with Q&A. Chair Jason Solomons
Wednesday 8th October 2014
Hackney Picturehouse
9pm Screening of Scum with Q&A. Chair Danny Leigh
Thursday 9th October 2014
Glasgow Film Theatre
7pm Screening of Sexy Beast with Q&A. Chair Alan Morrison
Sunday 12th October 2014
Watershed Bristol
2pm Screening of Sexy Beast with Q&A. Chair tbc
