Scandal (1989)

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Scandal: Directed by Michael Caton-Jones. With John Hurt, Joanne Whalley, Bridget Fonda, Ian McKellen. Based on the Profumo Scandal of 1963, an affair between an exotic dancer and the Minister of War shakes up the British government.

“This is one of the better contemporary fictionalizations of historical events, though it suffers from lack of exposition. Hereu0026#39;s the history that you need to follow events: John Profumo, Englandu0026#39;s Minister of Defence (equivalent to the US Defense Secretary) was introduced to party girls (like Christine Keeler) by popular osteopath Stephen Ward. But unlike some upper-crust friends of Ward, Profumo had more to lose. When it got out that Keeler had dated a Soviet Navy attache at about the same time as she dated the married Profumo, British tabloids had a field day noting that there were national security concerns atop the infidelity problem. One reason folks in the US have difficulty with this issue is that the story was overshadowed in the States by the almost simultaneous Cuban Missle Crisis. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e The great soundtracku0026#39;s now been out on CD for a few years; the theme was produced by the Pet Shop Boys and sung by authentic 60u0026#39;s icon Dusty Springfield. All other songs chosen charted during the early 60u0026#39;s, giving the film the ring of authenticity. And due possibly to legal problems, the original performance of Chubby Checkeru0026#39;s THE TWIST couldnu0026#39;t be used, so Checker re-recorded it for this film. This newer, punchy 1989 version is the one used today behind Pantene shampoo commercials.”

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