Bronson was made in collaboration with the notorious inmate, whose real name is Michael Peterson. Promoted as "A Clockwork Orange for the 21st century", the film is an unsparing depiction of Bronson's brutal attacks on prison warders, hostage-taking and fights with fellow inmates. He has spent 29 of the past 35 years in solitary confinement and is now in a specially constructed cage deep inside Wakefield maximum security prison.
Storyline Edit. In , a hot-headed 19 year old named Michael Peterson decided he wanted to make a name for himself and so, with a homemade sawn-off shotgun and a head full of dreams he attempted to rob a post office. Swiftly apprehended and originally sentenced to seven years in jail, Peterson has subsequently been behind bars for 34 years, 30 of which have been spent in solitary confinement.
During that time, Michael Petersen, the boy, faded away and 'Charles Bronson,' his superstar alter ego, took center stage. Inside the mind of Bronson - a scathing indictment of celebrity culture.
The Man. The Myth. The Celebrity. Action Biography Crime Drama. Rated R for violent and disturbing content, graphic nudity, sexuality and language. Did you know Edit. Trivia Charles Bronson was not allowed to see the film, but said that if his mother liked it, that would be enough for him. According to Refn, his mother loved it. In Bronson was finally allowed to see the film and called it "theatrical, creative and brilliant".
He had not yet changed his name to Charles Bronson. User reviews Review. Top review. Can you really produce a biopic about the theatrical brutality of Britain's most dangerous prisoner and not incite comparisons to Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange? Kubrick's film, based on the novel by Anthony Burgess, has a Dickensian plot that doubles back on characters and scenarios established in the first act, leaving nothing unchanged by the end of the third.
It's a comparison under which "Bronson" unfavorably suffers: well directed, impeccably performed, but completely devoid of structure. I don't mean to undersell the above compliments, however. Bronson was the 11th of 15 children born to his parents, a Lithuanian-American mother and a Lithuanian immigrant father. He became known for playing "tough guy" characters in such violent thrillers as The Mechanic and Death Wish Bronson was married to British actress Jill Ireland from until her death in After suffering from Alzheimer's disease and battling pneumonia, Bronson died on August 30, , at the age of We strive for accuracy and fairness.
Even under heavy sedation at a prison for the criminally insane, he manages to murder a fellow inmate. Guards — and in one excruciating scene a prison art teacher — are regularly taken hostage.
At one point, the exasperated decision is made to simply set Bronson free.
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