Movie: Punk Can Take It

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Julia Binstead
Julia Binstead

Edward Tudor-Pole
Edward Tudor-Pole

Ed Tudor Pole

Helen Wellington-Lloyd
Helen Wellington-Lloyd

UK Subs
UK Subs

Themselves

John Snagge
John Snagge

Narrator (voice)

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    Julien Temple's wartime documentary parody "Punk Can Take It" (1979) - a theatrically released promo for the UK Subs, complete with narration by BBC voice-over veteran John Snagge - paints a glorious picture of England in a punk rock "identity crisis". Punk morale was higher than ever before. Punks were fused together not by fear, but by a surging spirit of revenge, immortality, and the courage never to submit or yield. This proved that punk won't go away and that punks themselves are becoming younger and nastier everyday. They have no time for the precarious thrills of nostalgia nor for its trivial rules.

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    1979-12-30

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