{"id":3223,"date":"2007-05-19T04:27:25","date_gmt":"2007-05-19T11:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3223"},"modified":"2021-01-16T13:17:50","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T20:17:50","slug":"unman-wittering-and-zigo-1971","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3223","title":{"rendered":"Unman, Wittering, and Zigo (1971)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;My form &#8212; lower 5B &#8212; say they murdered Mr. Pelham.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Unman-Wittering-and-Zigo-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Unman-Wittering-and-Zigo-Poster-115x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"115\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Unman-Wittering-and-Zigo-Poster-115x300.jpg 115w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Unman-Wittering-and-Zigo-Poster-49x128.jpg 49w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 115px) 100vw, 115px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen a new teacher (David Hemmings) at a British public school is told by his students that they killed his predecessor, he cannot get his headmaster (Douglas Wilmer) to take him seriously; soon he is intimidated into letting the boys run his classroom.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Boarding School<\/li>\n<li>Bullies<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;No One Believes Me!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Play Adaptation<\/li>\n<li>Psychological Horror<\/li>\n<li>Teachers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis quietly frightening tale of mass intimidation represents every instructor&#8217;s worst nightmare: although the idealistic Hemmings wants nothing more than to be a teacher, he quickly finds himself bullied by his own students, who possess an eerie sense of entitlement. Perhaps most disturbing is the fact that the boys &#8212; who, for the most part, are presented <em>en masse<\/em> rather than as individuals &#8212; remain deferential on the surface (they never neglect to call Hemmings &#8220;sir&#8221;), yet confidently maintain the upper hand, never doubting that they will get their way. While some have argued that the story &#8212; based on Giles Cooper&#8217;s radio play-turned-television drama &#8212; is unsatisfying due to its lack of definitive resolution, I think it holds interest throughout, and remains intriguing viewing. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>David Hemmings as the tormented new teacher<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Unman-Wittering-Hemming.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Unman-Wittering-Hemming.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Unman-Wittering-Hemming.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Unman-Wittering-Hemming-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Unman-Wittering-Hemming-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Unman-Wittering-Hemming-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A creepy tale of psychological intimidation<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Unman-Wittering-Intimidation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Unman-Wittering-Intimidation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Unman-Wittering-Intimidation.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Unman-Wittering-Intimidation-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Unman-Wittering-Intimidation-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Unman-Wittering-Intimidation-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The frightening scene in which Hemmings&#8217; wife (nicely played by Carolyn Seymour) is nearly gang-raped by the boys<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Unman-Wittering-Rape.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Unman-Wittering-Rape.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Unman-Wittering-Rape.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Unman-Wittering-Rape-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Unman-Wittering-Rape-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Unman-Wittering-Rape-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s recommended. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0067907\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1971\/06\/14\/archives\/screen-unman-wittering-and-zigo.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;My form &#8212; lower 5B &#8212; say they murdered Mr. Pelham.&#8221; Synopsis: When a new teacher (David Hemmings) at a British public school is told by his students that they killed his predecessor, he cannot get his headmaster (Douglas Wilmer) to take him seriously; soon he is intimidated into letting the boys run his classroom. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Boarding School Bullies &#8220;No One Believes Me!&#8221; Play Adaptation Psychological Horror Teachers Review: This quietly frightening tale of mass intimidation&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3223\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3223"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63727,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3223\/revisions\/63727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}