Pink Floyd The Wall (film)

Pink Floyd The Wall is a 1982 MGM film by British director Alan Parker based on the 1979 Pink Floyd album The Wall. The screenplay was written by Pink Floyd vocalist and bassist Roger Waters. Though Waters initially considered himself for the title role, the film ultimately starred Bob Geldof, whose character Pink was loosely based on the biographies of both Waters and Pink Floyd vocalist and guitarist Syd Barrett, both of whom were founding members of the band. The film also stars Kevin McKeon as the young Pink, and includes brief appearances by Bob Hoskins and Joanne Whalley.

Trivia

During the scenes in which Pink becomes a skinhead leader, real neo-Nazis were used as extras in rallies. The animator Gerald Scarfe felt things were getting out of hand when some turned up with the crossed hammers shaved into their heads.

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During the wedding scene between Pink and the wife, Roger Waters makes a cameo in the movie as one of the wedding witnesses (he is wearing a red overcoat) just after Pink kisses his wife, he is seen standing on the left side of the screen, and during the next scene while the Photographer is taking a snapshot of them, he is seen on the far right. Despite his cameo in the movie, Waters chose to have his name not be in the credits.

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