| That Summer! | |
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| Directed by | Harley Cokeliss |
| Written by | Tony Attard Jane Preger |
| Produced by | Davina Belling |
| Starring | Ray Winstone Tony London Emily Moore Julie Shipley |
| Music by | Ray Russell |
| Distributed by | Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors[1] |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
That Summer! is a 1979 Britishdrama film directed byHarley Cokeliss and starringRay 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 inAlan Clarke'sScum alongside John Judd.
It is the story of a 21-year-old named Steve Brodie who goes to theDevon seaside resort ofTorquay after leavingborstal 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 fromNorthern England. Steve works in a pub, Jimmy hiresskiffs on the beach and the girls are employed aschambermaids 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.
Winstone received aBAFTA nomination as Best Newcomer for his performance in the film and he met his wife-to-be Elaine when shooting it in Torquay.[2]
Songs bynew wave groups including Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Ian Dury, The Undertones and theRamones can be heard in the background during beach and pub scenes and a soundtrack was released onArista Records.[3] The soundtrack was produced as an LP with several punk/new wave bands. The album was available on unique yellow vinyl.