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17th June 2009

"BRONSON" has won THE TOP AWARD at the 56th Sydney Film Festival, beating three local films for A$60,000 ($49,000), the largest cash prize in Australian film. The president of the festival jury, director Rolf de Heer, said:

"Bronson" best demonstrated "the competition's criteria of emotional power and resonance, audacity, cutting edge, courage and going beyond the usual treatment of its subject matter."

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

PEACEFUL PROTEST

A peaceful static protest has been arranged to show support for Charlie on Wednesday 10th June 2009 from 12 Midday until 3pm in Richmond Terrace, Westminster, London, SW1A 2AA [MAP].

Please bring posters, banners, placards and t-shirts to highlight your support for Charlie and raise public awareness. His human rights are constantly breached. He has served his time, hasn't committed any violent offence for 10 years and they still torture him and deny any chance of progression for him. Please rally your friends and family and come and show your support. Thank You.

Sundance Review: Bronson
Posted Jan 22nd 2009 5:02PM by Scott Weinberg

Raw, blistering, harsh and compelling in the way that only a really good "prison film" can be, Nicolas Wining Refn's Bronson is a rather rough experience. Fortunately it's also very smart, dark, intelligent and disturbing, supported by a force-of-nature lead performance and a screenplay that focuses more on the "character study" angle and less on the "wow, prison sure is disgusting" perspective.

Based (apparently very closely) on actual events, Bronson is about a British thug named Michael Peterson, a rough, gruff, and muscle-bound troublemaker who somehow earned the title of Britian's most violent prisoner. Incarcerated for a stupid (but non-violent) post office robbery, Peterson adopts the moniker of American film star Charles Bronson and begins a long and rather unpleasant life behind bars. Although he's more of a angry man than an outright evil one, poor Bronson has a serious problem keeping his temper in check. Stuck in a cell with little to do besides build muscles and pace around nervously, Bronson snatches every opportunity to dole out some raw-knuckled fisticuffs whenever the "screws" invade his cell.

One of the more compelling ironies is that, despite his prediliction for bare-fisted violence, Bronson is actually a very smart and sensitive man. The argument could be made that prison life transformed an aimless and frustrated man into a career criminal of the most notorious kind. Aside from a few short-lived releases (and a nasty stint in an icky asylum), Bronson has spent decades behind bars -- despite the fact that his only real crimes were a few rough robberies and a whole lot of prison cell brawling. Whether or not this man deserved to spend two decades in solitary confinement is one of the more interesting arguments to be found in Bronson -- and of course there's an assumption that maybe prison life made the man a lot "nastier" than he would have been otherwise.

But after decades of isolation, anger, and general misery, Bronson discovers an outlet for his emotional handicaps: Art and poetry. Danish filmmaker Nick Refn walks an tightrope between allowing us to despise the often-animalistic Bronson and compelling us to see the more vulnerable side of a man who has known little but bloody knuckles and brutality. There's also a subtle-but-strong implication that ... maybe Bronson wouldn't have been such an angry guy if he'd had some sort of artistic outlets earlier in life. Or maybe the guy just LIKES beating the snot out of people. Like the best character studies, Bronson doesn't chastise or deify its subject. We get to see the ugly, the funny, the disturbing, and the charming sides of Charlie Bronson, and we're left to decide how we feel about the guy.

Which brings us to the lead performance by one Tom Hardy. Quite frankly this is one of the roughest, rawest, and most powerfully commanding performances I've seen in a long time. Seen previously in films like Black Hawk Down, Star Trek: Nemesis, Marie Antoinette, and RocknRolla, Mr. Hardy delivers a stunning performance that reminds you why the phrase "force of nature" is often used in film reviews. Reminiscent of Eric Bana's powerful work in the slightly similar Chopper, Hardy provides a character that is nothing short of drop-dead fascinating. Plus, his director throws in lots of great stuff for the actor, including a series of framing segments in which Hardy is allowed to perform for a judgmental audience. The man is simply amazing. Raw, vulnerable, sympathetic AND villainous, Hardy turns Bronson into one of the most fascinating anti-heroes in recent memory.

But a challenging character story and a stunning lead performance are only two parts of the equation. Luckily, Mr. Refn (director of the well-received Pusher trilogy) keeps things more than interesting enough in the visual department. Although much of the film takes place in deep, dank, dark cells, chambers, and hallways, Refn keeps mixing things up with colors, shadows, and lots of creative little tricks. Many good prison movies get you knee-deep into the feeling of incarceration -- but this movie goes a step further by putting you into an actual prisoner. Best of all, Bronson doesn't spin its wheels or bother with unnecessary blather. This is a tight-fisted, bare-knuckled, and consistently challenging story about a man who's really very fascinating -- but damn, you really wouldn't want to stand in the same room with him.

In some ways Bronson feels a lot like the prison flicks you know, love, and squirm through ... but once in a while it transcends the genre and turns into something quite wonderfully ... weird. And I'll say it one more time: Tom Hardy's performance ... wow.

28th December 2008

The Star on Sunday - 28th December 2008
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The movie BRONSON starring Tom Hardy as Charles Bronson is getting closer and closer to its official release date a website has been set up for public preview please click the title below let's hope that Charles is a free man by the release date so he can top it all off by being at the premier in person, we are sure that this will be the Blockbuster film of 2009

THE BRONSON MOVIE OFFICIAL SITE

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HOW CHARLIE LOOKS NOW 2008

Apex Publishing Ltd have signed copies of Charles Bronson's book 'Loonyology'. There are 1,000 signed, numbered copies which are a limited edition; most of the books have a unique message from Charles Bronson himself which is extremely rare (samples pictured below). The book is now available for pre-order as the book will be out on 6 June 2008, costing £18.99 in hardback.After the 1st thousand are gone the book will have a few changes in it. get and buy it now.

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http://www.apexpublishing.co.uk/PubDetails.asp?Num=146

BANNER OVER THE M1

Now This is Loyalty to a good Cause.
This Banner appeared over a bridge on the M1 just past Junction 38
north bound on 28th March 2008. we have no idea
who was behind this but, you get our Respect for your Kind efforts
lets hope that other "loyal" supporters over the UK follow your example
and do the same, with Banners and paint stencils etc.
we salute the people behind this banner as it helps make more
and more people become aware of the free Bronson Campaign.
we can not back you if you are thinking of doing the same,
but you know that Max respect will come from us for your loyalty to
Charles. Just do the same as these Guys did and just send us in your
Photo and it will be placed on the website. Thank You to our
Friends in the Yorkshire area for the guts to stand up and be counted.
MAX RESPECT.


NEW PAINTING BY NINA CAMPLIN