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If... (1968) was a Drama Film directed by Lindsay Anderson and produced by Albert Finney, Michael Medwin, Lindsay Anderson and Roy Baird.

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The shot where Mick and the Girl are seen rolling on the café floor naked when making love was Malcolm McDowell's idea (because he wanted to see his attractive co-star, Christine Noonan, for whom he admitted having a crush, in the nude.) However, when Lindsay Anderson accepted his star's suggestion, the director required McDowell to ask Noonan if she was willing to do so. (Her reply, according to McDowell, was "I don't mind.")
Paramount hated the film when they saw it and tried to dump it from cinemas. However, one of their tentpole films, Barbarella, turned out to be a spectacular flop so they needed to replace it in cinemas with something else. Reluctantly, they wheeled out "If..." and were astonished to see it turn into a big critical and commercial success.
The painting in the dining hall is Richard Platt from Aldenham School. The Hall scene was an amalgamation of the school halls at Cheltenham and Aldenham.
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