Brighton Rock DVD (2011) Helen Mirren, Joffe (DIR) cert 15 Title: Brighton Rock Leading Actor: Helen Mirren Region: Region 2 Duration: 89 mins Format: DVD / Normal Type: DVD No. of Discs: 1 disc(s) Studio / Publisher: Elevation Sales UK Release Date: 20 Jun 2011 Edition: Normal Rowan Joffe writes and directs this adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel. Updating the story from its original 1930s setting to the mid-1960s world of mods and rockers, the film stars Sam Riley as Pinkie Brown, a teenage gangster who seduces and marries young waitress Rose (Andrea Riseborough) after she stumbles upon evidence of a revenge killing carried out by him and his gang. Helen Mirren, John Hurt and Pete Postlethwaite co-star.
