''That Summer!'' is a 1979 British

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Harley Cokeliss Harley Cokeliss (born Harley Louis Cokliss, February 11, 1945) is an American director, writer and producer of film and television. Early life Originally brought up in Chicago, he moved to Britain in 1966 to study at the London Film School ...

and starring

Ray Winstone Raymond Andrew Winstone (; born 19 February 1957) is an English television, stage, and film actor with a career spanning five decades. Having worked with many prominent directors, including Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, Winstone is known ...

, 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 in Alan Clarke's '' Scum'' alongside John Judd.

Plot

It is the story of a 21-year-old named Steve Brodie who goes to the

Devon Devon ( ; historically also known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel to the north, Somerset and Dorset to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Cornwall to the west ...

seaside resort of

Torquay Torquay ( ) is a seaside town in Devon, England, part of the unitary authority area of Torbay. It lies south of the county town of Exeter and east-north-east of Plymouth, on the north of Tor Bay, adjoining the neighbouring town of Paignt ...

after leaving

borstal A borstal is a type of youth detention centre. Such a detention centre is more commonly known as a borstal school in India, where they remain in use today. Until the late 20th century, borstals were present in the United Kingdom, several mem ...

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 from

Northern England Northern England, or the North of England, refers to the northern part of England and mainly corresponds to the Historic counties of England, historic counties of Cheshire, Cumberland, County Durham, Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, Westmo ...

. Steve works in a pub, Jimmy hires

skiff A skiff is any of a variety of essentially unrelated styles of small boats, usually propelled by sails or oars. Traditionally, these are coastal craft or river craft used for work, leisure, as a utility craft, and for fishing, and have a one-pers ...

s on the beach and the girls are employed as chambermaids 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.

Cast

– Steve Brodie * Tony London – Jimmy * Emily Moore – Carole * Julie Shipley – Angie * Andrew Byatt – Georgie * Jon Morrison – Tam * Ewan Stewart – Stu *

John Junkin John Francis Junkin (29 January 1930 – 7 March 2006) was an English actor and scriptwriter who had a long career in radio, television and film, specialising in comedy. Early life Born in Ealing, Middlesex, the son of a policeman, Junkin a ...

– Mr Swales * John Judd – Swimming coach * David Daker – Pub landlord *

Jo Rowbottom Josephine Rowbottom (born 1942) is a British character actress, best known for guest roles in numerous British TV series and as James Beck's wife in '' Romany Jones''. Film credits *'' Night of the Prowler'' (1962) - Elsie *'' The Bargee'' ( ...

– Pub landlady *

Stephanie Cole Patricia Stephanie Cole (born 5 October 1941) is an English stage, television, radio and film actor, known for high-profile roles in shows such as '' Tenko'' (1981–1985), ''Open All Hours'' (1982–1985), ''A Bit of a Do'' (1989), '' Waiting ...

– Mrs Mainwaring * Nicholas Donnelly – Detective * Nick Stringer – Policeman * Michael Crolla – Barman in Disco *

Colin Higgins Colin Higgins (28 July 1941 – 5 August 1988) was an Australian-American screenwriter, actor, director, and producer. He was best known for writing the screenplay for the 1971 film '' Harold and Maude'', and for directing the films '' Foul Play ...

– Probation officer *

Ben Howard Benjamin John Howard (born 24 April 1987) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and composer. His self-released debut extended play (EP) ''Games in the Dark'' (2008) was followed by two more EPs, '' These Waters'' (2009) and '' Old Pine'' ...

– Borstal officer * Michael J. Jackson – Hotel clerk * David Lloyd Meredith – Beach skiff man * David Pratt – Coach Driver

Award

Winstone received a

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nomination as Best Newcomer for his performance in the film and he met his wife-to-be Elaine when shooting it in Torquay.

Music

Songs by new wave groups including Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Ian Dury, The Undertones and the

Ramones The Ramones were an American punk rock band formed in the New York City neighborhood Forest Hills, Queens in 1974. Known for helping establish the punk movement in the United States and elsewhere, the Ramones are often recognized as one of th ...

can be heard in the background during beach and pub scenes and a soundtrack was released on

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. The soundtrack was produced as an LP with several punk/new wave bands. The album was available on unique yellow vinyl.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:That Summer!) 1979 films 1979 drama films British drama films Films directed by Harley Cokeliss Films set in Devon Swimming films 1970s English-language films 1970s British films