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The Ruling Class is a 1972 British black comedy film. It is an adaptation of Peter Barnes' satirical 1968 stage play The Ruling Class, which tells the story of a paranoid schizophrenic British nobleman (played by Peter O'Toole) who inherits a peerage.
Sep 15, 1972 · A film adaptation of Peter Barnes' play about a mad earl who claims to be Jesus Christ and his scheming relatives. Starring Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe and others, directed by Peter Medak.
In Marxist philosophy, the ruling class are the class who own the means of production in a given society and apply their cultural hegemony to determine and establish the dominant ideology ( ideas, culture, mores, norms, traditions) of the society. They are also called the bourgeoisie.
The Ruling Class is a raucous and stinging satire, an indictment of Britain's aristocracy, filled with outrageous set pieces, irreverent song and dance numbers,...
A comedy about a British aristocrat who believes he is Jesus Christ and inherits his title after his father's suicide. The movie has a cult following, but Ebert finds it too long and dark, and prefers the original version.
A cult classic comedy about a madman who inherits the title of 14th Earl of Gurney and becomes Jack the Ripper. Starring Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, and directed by Peter Medak, this film is a satire of Britain's class system and insanity.
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