Babylon

Certificate: 15
Running Time: 90
Retail Price: £19.99
Release Date: 13/10/08
Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
One of the most highly regarded cult British films of the 1980s, Babylon comes to DVD for the first time ever in the UK this October courtesy of Icon Home Entertainment,boasting fully restored and remastered image and audio (personally overseen by Chris Menges) plus Audio Commentaries and Interviews - details tbc.

Directed by Franco Rosso (Dread Beat an' Blood), co-written (with Rosso) by Martin Stellman (Quadrophenia; Defence Of The Realm; For Queen And Country),photographed by two-time Oscar winner Chris Menges (The Mission; The Killing Fields)and starring celebrated reggae star and Aswad frontman Brinsley Forde (Here Come The Double Deckers), Karl Howman (Brush Strokes; Mulberry) and Trevor Laird (Doctor
Who; Quadrophenia), Babylon is a raw and incendiary film employing an effective mix of music and social commentary to recount the everyday experiences of a small group of working class black youths living in South London in the early 1980s.

Special Features:
Fully restored and remastered image and audio (personally overseen by Chris Menges) plus Audio Commentaries and Interviews.