A Sense Of Freedom

[@GailHayat]

That's my dad talking on the walky talky, just how I last remembered him, over 30 years ago, sadly I have just found out he passed away after years of looking for him, so proud of you dad, love u forever x❤

[@GRIFFINSEAN]

🙏💚⭐️

[@someoneelse.2252]

Do you think he is up there, soemwhere in the sky reading KZbin comments?.

[@thestrengthwithin4249]

hello mate I’m very sorry that you never managed to find your dad after so many years, it’s a difficult thing knowing much about your own father I feel for you I’m very sorry, stay safe take care 🙌

[@GailHayat]

@@thestrengthwithin4249thank you x

[@JoeBlogs-qd2jw]

Bless ❤

[@3antonine]

"We'll see !!" "You'll see fuck all withoot yer eyes !!" Best line ever 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🙏❤

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

BIT HEAVY ?

[@brian3174]

THEY MISSED A TRICK FFS THE FAMOUS (GLASGOW KISS) all that trouble gangs moneylending slashings hacked with hatchets and hammers then to opposite extremes the 1st man in the British Prison Sevice to commit the dirty protest to stop the dirty bastards in charge batteing him daily by covering himself and every surface in his own shit i couldnt ibe be sick downwind lol he might have been a nutcase psycho thats why i was shocked to see him slag own kind as an adult remarried into money so called artist and judge of art went to his nut a bit he had his day and was a bad bastard but like many others a long sentence usually makes them think diff oh ill find god become artist do open university 9 out 10 its way for parole some point other 1 percent only god know how there brain works lol film ahead of its time and other scots films n plays i remember growing up 70s and 80s and youd get great scots plays like a film about shipyards and guys no going and getting wine lol but it was another time wokes would shit themselfs in glasgow from 96down lol

[@lanemcginty64]

Indeed it's magic 😂😂😂

[@alexcore697]

Okay Okay fur fuck sake a get the message

[@JimRennix74]

Still a great film. IF WE DON'T WEIGH IN HEAVY EVERY BAD BOY IN GLASGOW BE WANTING TO TAKE US OVER . Classic film still 2024. Jim 👍

[@Toffee8370]

I was brought up in Glasgow, during that period. My old man worked in the Shipyards too and my mother used to head up to the gates, with my brothers and sister in tow, to get the housekeeping from my da, before he headed for the pub and paid the loansharks, just like the film. Hard times. Haven't seen this film for around 40 years.

[@michaelharrison3602]

And people really believe that times are hard today as they say they don't know they're born

[@jillgarlick2122]

@@michaelharrison3602 damn right.

[@ianmangham4570]

Same the world over ,Rich folk own the ships and us poor folk build them

[@justintime1307]

Was it hard times. In those days we were happy for what we had. Did t want what we couldn't get. Loan sharks turned into loan companies. These days everyone gets what they want and live in debt for most of it. We played with sticks as guns and girls played with skipping ropes and chalk on a pavement. British bulldogs and kick the can. Now our kids want more and more and no concept of what it's like to have nothing. I grew up through the skinheads, bover boys, punks and casuals. It's all just the same thing on repeat. My mother once introduced me to Boyle, my fathers friend was Rod McClean from Edinburgh. Always made me wonder exactly who my parents were in their day. I do however find it disgusting what they have done to Glasgow, it's lost between these times and all their new buildings. Thatcher killed off Scotland and indeed the rest of the UK

[@deemac201]

Glasgow is a wonderfull place to grow up in ....but this city can chew u up and spit u bk out...but over all its no that bad ...just watch yer back lol

[@jimsweep9291]

Wow just after seeing this video about jimmy boyal, A sense of freedom, i was doing 12 mts back in 88 in Ireland and I came across this book in the prison library and it was the first book i ever read in my life and i was always in trouble with the screws i don't know why but after reading jimmy boyals book sense of freedom i just sorted to get an with the screws and ill never forget that book, because i has been in and out of prison for about 12 years and im just after seeing the film and believe me that book is one great read for anyone who has trouble trying to get on against the system, i will never forget that book, , so thank for putting this video on KZbin bro it brought back memories when I was just 16 years old and fighting against the system, you'll never win , but thanks to jimmy boyal i was able to change because of this book, James 🇮🇪 YNWA 💯🇮🇪

[@chaddavies2788]

Go easy mate it said comments, not life stories bro jezzzz We should be doing a KZbin Patreon on you going off your short comment

[@ianmangham4570]

​@@chaddavies2788Jeeez 😅fkn jez lmno

[@NoeletteMason-rn3wy]

@@jimsweep9291 We sound like kindred spirits. I found this book in prison too, sadly it didn't change my fight against the system. Lol, that came about 30 years down the track. And fk that clown that commented about ya life story. He or she probably doesn't have one so stay solid and true to you. 😉

[@mrnobody3276]

Who cares?

[@flemwad]

David Hayman's performance as Mr Boyle is utterly sublime. If I cry a couple times during a movie, it's only dust in my eyes ❤

[@mohammaddavoudian7897]

What a movie! Better than any Hollywood crap.

[@jamescharles9615]

pity about the "kelvinside" accents...

[@theH0UNDSofD00M]

Now, that's what I call a proper film! Love the 70s, perhaps because I was born in that decade, perhaps because it was a decade full of great music, films and art in general.

[@cpt-420]

yeah i remember watching this a as kid on tv 1981

[@christopherjamesjames1682]

Correct .I was between 12 and 22 from 1970 to 1980.

[@Redneck3610]

The 70's were great

[@christopherjamesjames1682]

@Simon Archbold yea sorry .I stand corrected.because he went inside in 1967

[@bricktop2090]

I was a teenager in the 70s east London, and it all depends on who you are, and where you lived, but it was a better time than now😳

[@kevparr]

As a yiung man i would have given a nightmare, a nightmare. I turned my life around thanks to the book. Thanks Jimmy.

[@jasonjones5194]

I'm so happy 4 you bruv!! No 1 😢beats the system 4 long an they're not worth throwing you life an health away 4...took me way too long to get that....glad you're smarter my brother...😉👌🫡🤗

[@burants89]

Real time, no plastic gangsters, real men and brilliant soundtrack

[@darrenjones1413]

I'm 79 so I don't remember much of 80s and 1 year of 70s but my da was old school in out jail I wouldn't say he was tuff guy but emotionaless and he had some mad story's now jail Muppets bully Muppets for spice

[@danielleehim3077]

This is a brilliant film did anyone notice Mr Mckay from Porridge as one of the police officers ? Also he was hidden by the Krays in London when he was on the run... Your faces are noted this WOW!!!!

[@philipscott9238]

I'm from Newcastle love Glasgow a true Scottish city all the best 😂😂

[@Jeaniweeny4242]

I love Newcastle great place great people 👍.

[@MarkGoodwin-gr3eq]

Jimmy Boyle is a LEGEND. I've just been released after 31yrs for murder. The book to this film was my bible thro all my years in jail Me and Jimmy used to correspond when I was in the cages at Wakefield prison

[@rileyellis2483]

I met Jimmy Boyle in 1984 ,at the gateau exchange in Edinburg,I was a young tear away at the time,and Jimmy was a great fella .

[@ianmangham4570]

Me too 😅 in 84 i was pinching ford escorts /cortinas/capris 😅

[@LeggieGlasgow]

Biggest compliment i can give David Hayman is when i think of Jimmy Boyle i see Hayman's face.

[@daveinglis7080]

“Your faces are noted” great line

[@BlytheWorld1972]

Oi macathatry yir tea oot .

[@williamreilly5077]

@@BlytheWorld1972 aye it wizny half he had his knife but nae fork

[@michaelhorne4742]

​@@BlytheWorld1972come ahead mcqullian

[@BlytheWorld1972]

@@michaelhorne4742 lend us your face to haunt a hoos! lol

[@andrewcolin2539]

I remember watching this film when I was 14 I'm now 54 l loved it and I always remember thinking no wonder no one liked to fight the Scots if there all like Jimmy

[@StephenReid-hk8hs]

Me too, same age and I remember going into school the next day and everyone thought they were Boyle 😂 great memories 👍

[@chrissamson8973]

Same here mate . Remember me and ma pals talking about it

[@Yancree305]

He should have one an Oscar for his performance

[@TMM6944]

Absolutely incredible, I can honestly say that in the history of movies depicting the journeys of prisoners, this one had me totally captivated. What an amazing performance by David Hayman.

[@robertmcgowan4149]

Thank you for this !!! Robert, New York City.

[@peterfoley4885]

For me this is up there with all the best gangster films, and the fact that it is a true story makes it that little bit better

[@1gerard47]

Ganster poes.

[@justintime1307]

Absolutely, Boys From The Black Stuff is another. Gangster number one has to be up there

[@barblessable]

David Hayman gives a brilliant performance, gripping and violent.

[@NoeletteMason-rn3wy]

I read this book when I was a youngster doing a short jail term back in the late 80s. I can't remember when I got to see the film, but it stuck with me for life. Im so glad to see it again thanks for this. Cheers from New Zealand

[@laurieparker1414]

Hey do i know you, LP. NZ.

[@NoeletteMason-rn3wy]

​@@laurieparker1414If course you do mate. There's only one of me. 🤭😂

[@alanscott6836]

Probably the best Scottish actor we've seen. Great cast and gritty production. Top script by Peter McDougall.

[@paulcharnley8245]

Haymen is not even close to being the best Scottish actor he's not even the best of his generation imo.

[@ggghhhbbnjjjbb2330]

This is the sanitised version. The original dialog was much more gritty and realistic. Hayman is very short too. I'm not convinced he has the stature to be a convincing tough-guy, although film does mostly conceal lack of height. Most famous actors are quite short it seems. Tall people don't look as good on screen apparently - something about the way they move. There are some exceptions but not that many.

[@ianmangham4570]

​@@ggghhhbbnjjjbb2330Exactly true,absolutely tiny compared to Jimmy in his younger years ,the actor couldn't fight his way outta a wet paper bag 😅

[@benowen6750]

Loved this when it first came out and then came along McVicar 😄👍🏼

[@eyefishinggunkchannel1011]

I follow body launage and films like this have gone with thr wind...the fact he refused a cup of tea the way he turned his light on and of and his face when thry passed him a knife is just mind blowing acting

[@DeekLaidlaw]

Pure class for a true story

[@SpicyRikers]

My 60 year old da has been recommending all these things like "just a boys game" and "elephants graveyard" aswell as this, loving it!

[@neilmclaughlin2347]

All great stuff. The dark flip side to the more upbeat Scottish dramas like the equally excellent ‘Gregory’s Girl’, ‘Local Hero’ etc…

[@neilmclaughlin2347]

Check out ‘Silent Scream’ if you like this.

[@SpicyRikers]

@@neilmclaughlin2347 Aye sounds like a plan, man, cheers!

[@rupert-j8f]

thanks for the reccomendations, i will watch them tonight they both look good.

[@daroreilly6227]

@@rupert-j8f just another saturday

[@maxtache]

Loved this movie back in the day.

[@kevinjackson7340]

I can remember watching this when it first came on TV

[@wcraigburns3458]

Hayman deserves an oscar for his performance. Amazing truly amazing .

[@yhho8473]

I remember this was on tv about 81-82. A kid i knew talked about it day after.Missed it.watching now. Excellent.

[@Willsey]

Think it was 1980

[@richardwilson7697]

About then I watched it and recorded it on video.then the film was banned,and I lost the video,could have made a few quid out of it back then,it was also on sky 1989

[@stevegage5786]

fantastic story saw it many years ago and I really love it keeps you going when times get rough and yes there is a bit of kindness in this screwed up world we live in - don't look for good , it comes to you without you realizing it has come - use and live every day as if it is your last - one you will be correct !

[@patkearney9320]

Wise words spoken true I to took the same message as you to dig deeper and respect nothing that you can't drop and leave in a heartbeat.

[@DeepSeaDiverHB14]

Ok I will go and get pissed up Cheers ❤

[@flashgordon6670]

No I will not live every day, as if it were my last. That would cause me to be crazy reckless and go on a mad bender. Think first, speak after.

[@Kath-s8r]

I used to work in the cumberland arms i worked for jimmy boyles exwife margaret and her husband john mccue they were great to me they looked after me. Jama was nuts he always shouted after me but he was a good boy jimmys girl is a great lass xxxxx

[@LeggieGlasgow]

Did you know his nickname .😉

[@michaelobrien9825]

Watched this when it first came out,we need more of these gritty type dramas/films/real to life docu/dramas.

[@christopherjamesjames1682]

Things were diff then .mi up till the late 80 s .it was still 3 to a peter shit in a bucket .no TV or phone

[@CARLIN4737]

See anything by Ken Loach. Raining Stones etc.

[@OakleyANDSittingBull]

Yes. And, some early Jimmy McGovern, ‘Band of Gold’ by Kay Mellor, and ‘Crime’ by Irvine Welsh.

[@hellogoodbye5216]

@@christopherjamesjames1682 that's the way it should be a man has to be stripped of his dignity to regain redemption

[@bricktop2090]

I remember watching this in 1981, in school. we had a great drama teacher 👍🏾

[@6lr6ak6]

I watched it in the summer 81, just left school, brill film.

[@puccachedda]

wow just watched this again after so many years brought back so many memories to when i 1st watched it as a youth in the 80s loved it then and still loved it now its one of those films you never forget..pukka...

[@Valhalla88888]

Great film from Glasgow

[@brendagilliland5602]

That's a brilliant film I've never seen it before and honestly thought it was brilliant

[@grantmclean4268]

Brilliant Film, movie, or what ever today's society will call this. MMA back in the day, but this is serious old school. Big shout out to Frankie Miller and Rory Galagher , as well as jimmy the desk Sargeant who takes that spit like it meant something 😮

[@winstoncorrigan4309]

I remember watching this when it first shown on tv and it shocked me it is a classic movie and for some reason the actor reminds me of Alex hurricane Higgins but this film was incredibly influential and groundbreaking

[@markiebhoy88]

A powerhouse performance from David Hayman. Tremendous actor. I remember watching this when it came out original.

[@TS-1267]

... An English Gentleman Indeedy

[@IronBhoy]

The score music was superb. Frankie Miller and Rory Gallagher and his band couldn’t do it better.

[@mrnobody3276]

No it wasn't. Just shut your mouth boy.

[@edwardodonnell6857]

There is no doubt about it Jimmy has carved his name into criminal legend.He was the original gangster no prison could handle him.I don’t admire anyone who can cut someone up and feel nothing I understand he was young when he did these things I do respect how Jimmy changed his life when he became older.Life is short enough without languishing in prison a real hero to me is a surgeon who quietly goes about restoring and saving life.

[@jimtempleton7418]

Watching it again Last time 10 years ago Lol Just a boys game too Awesome I've saw them all Classic all them 🙏💯

[@sherriff999]

It was great to watch again, cheers for uploading

[@twes5563]

Yes now that's a proper film 🎥 top man for putting it up.

[@jeffersond4505]

NICE ONE, I HAVN’T SEEN THIS MOVIE FOR 3 DECADES. THAT’ MY NEXT HOUR AND A HALF SORTED👍

[@leet2089]

Top film and not seen for years!!!

[@stephenreie9847]

Remember watching it when I was young, brilliant film 👍

[@patkearney9320]

I watched this movie in 83 I was 22 and doing 2year small time but hard time. This movie empowerd me. Every time I watch this it upsets me all I got from this movie was damn them all. I wish I could have got the message.

[@ryanirving1381]

Great movie , back in brutal times .

[@debra91]

I was 8 or 9 year old brought up in Govan. .the scene where he is attacked out some the pub was called the black man or the Brechin. .I watched it being filmed n David hayman was talking to us all between takes..it was amazing seeing a ll the fake blood n pretend snow and rubber hatchets for the scene ..brilliant

[@oh_that_nasty]

It's the Brechin, with the sandstone mouse on that side of it

[@willalwaystelehandler8450]

Brutal ,. 🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥 Hope this won every award under the sun and more,

[@deemac201]

It. Should. Have. Back. In the. Day. .... x

[@Jay-gh6sc]

When he got the beating of his life.and said im lost mum.that broke my heart

[@albaproductions9602]

What an amazing actor David Hayman is, and good to see the late Jake D'Arcy.

[@tommyhassan3545]

Aye Pete the jakey

[@barblessable]

yes,also good to hear the music score RORY GALLAGHER and Frankie Miller .

[@deemac201]

lol pete the jakey .Spot on mate well noticed .

[@deccapecker4485]

I remember jake has hugh crazy carpets in rab c nesbitt

[@chrisshaw-w3z]

R.i.p Jake A'dcry he was in rab c nesbitt the carpetman & tory m.p for govan

[@Eggnoodlesandketchup3]

A great find. Thanks for upload

[@DavidSmith-bo8yp]

Great film, thanks

[@danicornea]

Very good old british ( scotish) movie...Over the years this vilan ( the actor) will change sides....becoming a tough police inspector ...in Glasgow of course...

[@thomasdonald8578]

Watched it for the 3rd time. Still as good as the 1st time round. Brilliant stuff 👏😎

[@philiphaigh8349]

Thank you very much,👍

[@stephendytor6607]

One of the best film’s big up Jimmy Boyle going through some shit and coming through it 🙏🏻

[@shirley8155]

That was unexpected. Heavy, like real life heavy. It was definitely worth watching til the end, because, well, you just never know... Thanks for the upload.

[@davidkavanagh8175]

Jimmy hayman. What a fantastic proformance.

[@danbreen6946]

David Hayman

[@izzy9132]

Such a great film portrayed by a guy who is a real scraper. Don't know Jimmy Boyle but look forward to learning more about him. Cheers from Florida

[@chrisholland7367]

We've had some real high profile gangsters and thugs in the UK over the years.

[@jamesmcnellis6375]

Jimmy Boyle was one of the worst type of gangster that gives criminals a bad name...a SCUM RAT 💰 LENDER!!!

[@1gerard47]

He was A prick

[@DeepSeaDiverHB14]

He was just a person who lived in extreme poverty and was moulded into a psychopath . Thats it ❤

[@hellogoodbye5216]

@@DeepSeaDiverHB14 and popping pills by the dozen

[@beneire6955]

When I was a kid this film scared me especially bit where he gets dragged along and grabs shore and his hands get battered

[@Del-Blanco-Diablo]

That scene was filmed in govan burleigh st at the back entrance to brechins bar.

[@JAK-cx1de]

Been looking for this film for time (Quality) good 😀

[@UBZUKki]

I remember this film...Hard hitting

[@TheUnlikelyPoet]

Thank you

[@francesjones9265]

I first met Jimmy Boyle at Westerhailes education centre some years ago seemed a decent man

[@marktaylor7025]

I believe if I sat opposite Jimmy Boyle, and I asked him do you have any regrets, one word EVERYTHING, would be his reply, life is to short,

[@Promotall]

great movie, the book was an insight too.

[@michaelharrison3602]

His next book "the pain of confinement " is worth a read too not sure if they ever made it into a film

[@tessmarshall4840]

Brilliant movie

[@trz678y]

No wonder i ended up doing 5 sentences born in 1967 born in Hackney a time of prosperity SNM..Jimmy the legend

[@animal355]

Thanks for the upload; an almost impossible movie to find nowadays

[@melthebell33]

Great film, only know about Jimmy Boyle because of the Exploited punk song about it him off their second album

[@jakeburns7331]

Go to 3:09 kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6LHk317jbJqfZo

[@melthebell33]

@ian Campbell that and lets start a war are my favourites

[@melthebell33]

@ian Campbell Goodbye Macenzie

[@trefwoordpunk2225]

Beat The System!!!!

[@OldschoolTruths]

1st time watching this. Old school rules & old school justice.

[@janeokeeffe5297]

Great film 👍thanks for putting this up

[@pltopper771]

thanks man, i could not find it and here it is, great movie 10 / 10

[@barblessable]

Years since I saw this , thank you Derek .

[@eddieoi9444]

I read about Jimmy in the early 80s even the book blew me away...

[@chrissilvester5663]

What a mega top film this is an absolute classic. Fact this is based on a true story makes it even better. Jimmy Boyle is definitely an interesting character. David Hyman played Jimmy Boyle perfectly.

[@AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc]

LOVE IT!

[@maccoll3644]

Good film, thanks!

[@BullyBoxer]

I read the book years ago but I’ve never seen this film thank you for sharing .

[@michaelharrison3602]

Love the bit where they break through the walls and all wind up in one cell

[@vivekraychowdhury4348]

Extraordinary.. Stellar..... Great upload... Thank you 👌😁

[@deemac201]

Thank you

[@michaelmoran2691]

Was at Celtic park a couple of weeks ago but I guess times have changed 🍀☘️🤠🥊🥊

[@MrBadsanta78]

Not watched this in years 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👌🏽

[@peterscousejft977]

Boss film this cheers 👏

[@JamesFaulds-z5t]

David Hayman: a real Brigtonian.

[@RobertJoyce-gz5rh]

Yh man mint film I first seen it wen I was about ten along with mcvicar and I loved both of them

[@henrystewart8476]

Jimmy Boyle legend Gentleman May the Gods Bless and keep you lad

[@manoutoftime9057]

He was a murderer. He didn't slash Babs Rooney across the chest, he stabbed him along with accomplices. Glorify these animals all you want but it doesn't change anything.

[@Jdog_widowsympth]

I liked Jimmys story. Shows to tame the beast we should be beastless in our approach to othrs and their struggles.

[@rhiannonstudios]

Fantastic film, thanks 👍🏻

[@vinny9708]

Thanks for posting

[@nelsongrant6882]

My sisters were in the same ballet class as jimmys daughters, I only met him once, he was small and chubby and gave me a paint set, by this time he was full artist lol

[@gordonpeden6234]

"Patience can persuade a Prince, and a soft speech break bones." Proverbs 25:15 (NLT)

[@brentonsmith-pw2rp]

Amazing film

[@Sean-pk2rg]

Brutal and brilliant story and real heart of a man ,, stay strong Jimmy

[@dannychesseman2923]

I fucking love this film. Unreal Boyle your a legend mate

[@1Hughjarse]

He was a wee prick. Blinded a war veteran because the old boys son and his pal gave him and 2 of his team a severe kicking. Couldn't fight sleep without a tool.