The Strike (1988)

Comedy TV Movie

The Strike is a film from The Comic Strip Presents that received a limited theatrical release, and won the Golden Rose of Montreux for the same year. The film concerns Paul (Alexei Sayle), a Welsh former miner and aspiring screenwriter, who writes a hard-hitting filmscript about his own experiences of the 1984 Miners' Strike. However, the Hollywood production company that gets hold of his script turns it into a ludicrously sensationalist and anachronistic action film, starring Al Pacino (played by Richardson) as Arthur Scargill, and Meryl Streep (Jennifer Saunders) as his wife.

Updated Dec 29 2018

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1988-02-20

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Cast

Alexei Sayle

Paul

Robbie Coltrane

Inspector Hutton

Dawn French

Verity/Old Lady/Celebrity

Jennifer Saunders

Meryl Streep as Mrs Scargill

Rik Mayall

Speaker/Hunchback

Keith Allen

Film Exec/Camp Actor 2/Celebrity

Ronald Allen

Prime Minister

Peter Richardson

Al Pacino as Arthur Scargill

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The Strike (1988)

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