The list of works came to light following a major review into the £49million-a-year programme by William Shawcross, which warned that it had prioritised countering far-Right activity above tackling the prime Islamist threat. The Prevent scheme also singled out comedies Yes Minister and The Thick Of It, the 1955 epic The Dam Busters, and even The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare as possible red flags for extremism. On Zulu making the list, Sir Michael, 89, told The Spectator: 'That is the biggest load of bull***t I have ever heard', later adding: 'There are no films I wish I hadn't made. While the soldiers were awarded 11 Victoria Crosses for their efforts, the re-telling of their victory – released 59 years ago – has previously come under fire for alleged 'racist overtones' and 'factual inaccuracies'.īut last month it emerged the classic had been listed as a 'key text' for 'white nationalists' and 'supremacists' by the Government's beleaguered anti-terrorism Prevent scheme. The epic war movie, which also starred cinematic greats Richard Burton and Stanley Baker, depicts the 1879 Battle of Rorke's Drift during the Anglo-Zulu war, in which 150 British soldiers successfully held off 4,000 Zulu warriors. Sir Michael Caine has blasted the 'bull***t' suggestion his 1964 film Zulu incites the far-Right after it was included on a government list of works that may 'encourage' extremism.

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