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{{UK former constituency infobox|

| name = Malcolm

| Name = Eye

| image = Malcolmdvd.jpg

| Type = Borough

| image_size =

| Year = [[1571]]

| caption = DVD cover

| Abolition = [[1983]]

| director = [[Nadia Tass]]

| producer = [[David Parker]]<br>[[Nadia Tass]]

| writer = [[David Parker]]

| narrator =

| starring = [[Colin Friels]]<br>[[Lindy Davies]]<br>[[Chris Haywood]]

| music = [[Paul Coppens]]<br>[[Simon Jeffes]]

| cinematography = [[David Parker]]

| editing = [[Ken Sallows]]

| distributor =

| released = [[1986 in film|1986]]

| runtime = 90 mins

| country = [[Australia]]

| language = [[English LAnguage|English]]

| budget =

| preceded_by =

| followed_by =

| website =

| amg_id =

| imdb_id = 0091464

}}

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'''''Malcolm''''' is a 1986 [[Australia]]n film, written by [[David Parker]] and directed by [[Nadia Tass]]. The film stars [[Colin Friels]] as the titular [[tram]] enthusiast who becomes involved with petty crime. The film won the 1986 [[Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film]].

At the start of the film Malcolm is working for the tram company. He builds himself a "tram", which leads to his losing the job. With his mother dead and no income, he is forced to take a boarder, Frank. Frank is a petty criminal, and Malcolm turns his mechanical mind to helping him pursue his career. A number of surreal inventions ensue, including a getaway car which splits into two independently powered halves and bank robbery by remote control.

'''Eye''' was a [[constituency]] represented in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]]. It elected two [[Member of Parliament|Members of Parliament (MPs)]] by the [[first past the post]] system of election. The [[Reform Act 1832]] reduced its representation to one MP. Eye was a constituency until 1983 when most of it became part of the new [[Central Suffolk and North Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)|Central Suffolk and North Ipswich]] constituency. Its main claim to fame was that it was the smallest town to have a parliamentary constituency named after it as the town of [[Eye, Suffolk|Eye]] had only approximately 1500 voters in 1981. It was a safe Conservative seat.

The pace of the film is gentle, but it is funny and charming. Friels' performance as the socially inept Malcolm is compelling. The quirky soundtrack, from the [[Penguin Café Orchestra]], underscores the understated humour of the piece as the rather shallow Frank and his girlfriend Judith ([[Lindy Davies]]) come to terms with Malcolm and he with them.

==Boundaries==

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==Trivia==

===The Borough===

Eye was once the smallest borough in the country, its claim based on the 1205 [[Charter]] of [[John of England|King John]]. The Charter was renewed in 1408, then many more times by successive monarchs. However, in 1885, the Town Clerk of [[Hythe]] proved that the original Charter belonged only to Hythe in [[Kent]], the error having arisen from the similarity of the early English names. The error was confirmed by archivists in the 1950s, but borough status was not discontinued until 1974 after government reorganization when Eye became a parish but retained a Town Council, a Mayor and the insignia. From 1571 to 1832, Eye boasted two [[Member of Parliament|Members of Parliament]]. Following the [[Reform Act 1832]], Eye had one MP until 1983, after which the Eye constituency became the Central Suffolk constituency.

The model tram that Malcolm "built" ran on a motorbike engine, the rest having being put together with spare parts by workers at [[Preston, Victoria|Preston]] Workshops in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]. After the film was completed, the tram was donated to the Tramway Museum Society of Victoria.

==Members of Parliament==

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{| class="wikitable"

|-

!Member

!Party affiliation

!Period

|-

| [[Joshua Allen, 5th Viscount Allen]]

|

| 1762 - 1770

|-

| [[Rt Hon]] [[Charles Arbuthnot]]

| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

| April 1809 - 1812

|-

| [[Miles Nightingall|Sir Miles Nightingall]]

|

| 1820 - 1829

|-

| [[Philip Sidney, 1st Baron De L'Isle and Dudley]]

| [[Tory]]

| 1829 - 1831

|-

| [[Edward Kerrison|Sir Edward Kerrison]]

|

| 1829 - 1831

|-

| [[William Burge]]

|

| 1831 - 1832

|-

| [[Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (politician)|Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett]]

| Conservative

| 1880 - 1885

|-

| [[Fras Seymour Stevenson]]

| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]]

| 1885-1906

|-

| [[Weetman Harold Miller Pearson, 2nd Viscount Cowdray|Weetman Harold Miller Pearson]]

| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]

| 1906 - 1918

|-

| [[Alexander Lyle-Samuel]]

|

| 1918 - 1923

|-

| [[William Vanneck, 5th Baron Huntingfield]]

| Conservative

| 1923 - 1929

|-

| [[Edgar Granville]]

| Liberal Party (1929 - 31) [[National Liberal Party (UK)|National Liberal Party]] (1931 - 42) Independent (1942 - 45) Liberal Party (1945 - 51)

| 1929 - 1951

|-

| [[Harwood Harrison|Sir James Harwood Harrison]]

| Conservative

| 1951 - 1979

|-

| [[John Gummer]]

| Conservative

| 1979 - 1983

|-

|}

In the late 1990s, a man bought a furnished house (which also contained a lot of junk) in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. To His surprise, the garage contained the yellow getaway car from this movie. The car had not been seen since the film wrapped.{{Fact|date=January 2007}}

==See also==

*[[List of Parliamentary constituencies in Suffolk]]

The remote controlled car used by Malcolm to rob his first bank is a [[Tamiya]] [[Sand Scorcher]] (model number 58016).

[[Category:Parliamentary constituencies in the East of England (historic)]]

[[Category:1571 establishments]]

[[Category:1983 disestablishments]]

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==External Links==

*[http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Number%3A34859;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 Malcolm at the National Film and Sound Archive]

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