The story of The Wall is told simply with the music of Pink Floyd, images and natural effects. There is no conventional dialogue to progress the narrative. Our story is about Pink, a Rock and Roll performer, who sits locked in a hotel room, somewhere in Los Angeles. Too many shows, too much dope, too much applause: a burned out case. On the TV, an all too familiar war film flickers on the screen. We shuffle time and place, reality and nightmare as we venture into Pink's painful memories, each one a "brick" in the wall he has gradually built around his feelings. Slowly he withdraws from the real world and slips further into his nightmare as he imagines himself as unfeeling demagogue, for whom all that is left is the demonstration of power over his unthinking audience, the culmination of the odious excess of his own world and the world around him. His internal self trial follows, as the witnesses of his past life, the very people who have contributed to the building of the wall, come forward and testify against him.
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Bob Geldof | Pink |
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Christine Hargreaves | Pink's Mother |
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James Laurenson | J.A. Pinkerton (Pink's Father) |
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Eleanor David | Pink's Wife |
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Kevin McKeon | Young Pink |
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Bob Hoskins | Rock and Roll Manager |
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David Bingham | Little Pink |
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Jenny Wright | American Groupie |
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Alex McAvoy | Teacher |
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Ellis Dale | English Doctor |
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James Hazeldine | Lover |
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Ray Mort | Playground Father |
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Margery Mason | Teacher's Wife |
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Robert Bridges | American Doctor |
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Michael Ensign | Hotel Manager |
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Marie Passarelli | Spanish Maid |
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Winston Rose | Security Guard |
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Joanne Whalley | Groupie |
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Nell Campbell | Groupie |
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Emma Longfellow | Groupie |
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Lorna Barton | Groupie |
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Rod Bedall | Roadie |
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Peter Jonfield | Roadie |
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Phil Davis | Roadie |
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Gary Olsen | Roadie |
| Director | Alan Parker |
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| Writer | Roger Waters | |
| Producer | Jake Eberts, Alan Marshall, Stephen O'Rourke, Garth Thomas | |
| Musician | Roger Waters | |
| Photography | Peter Biziou | |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
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| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | 1.85 (16:9) Letterboxed |
| Audio Tracks | English Dolby Digital 5.1 ENGLISH: PCM Surround |
| Subtitles | English |
| Distributor | Sony Bmg |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Edition Release Date | 1999 |
| Regions | Region 2 |