paintings of Hancock, referred to as the 'infantile school' or the 'shapeist school', parody the naive style. In 2002, the London Institute of 'Pataphysics organised an exhibition consisting of recreations of all the art works seen in the film. There is still dispute whether the drawings and paintings, attributed to Hancock and his roommate, were all produced by the same artist, Alistair Grant (1925–1997). or whether Hancock's poor quality 'Infantilist School' artworks were actually produced as a joke by the British modernist painter, John Bratby. Release and reception The Rebels British premiere was at the Plaza Cinema in London's West End on 2 March 1961, following a screening at the Beirut Film Festival. An anonymous reviewer (most likely Dudley Carew) in The Times, at the time of the film's British release, said Hancock had "made the transition from small to large screen" in this film "with gratifying success". According to the Motion Picture Herald, the film was the 6th most popular movie at the UK box office in 1961. Hancock was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles in 1962. On its release in the US, under the title Call Me Genius (retitled as there was an existing TV series with the same name), the film was not well received. Bosley Crowther in The New York Times wrote: "Norman Wisdom can move over. The British have found a low comedian who is every bit as low as he is and even less comical". He thought it was derivative. A reviewer writing for the British Film Institute's Screenonline website commented: "In this film, comic rebellion places artists as the antithesis of workers and there is a kind of lazy shorthand at work that conflates artists with Paris, existentialism, angry young men, beatniks and beat poets. Cod philosophical discussions of what art is about permeate the film, but this reflects the times accurately". Galton and Simpson wrote in January 2012 that the best review they ever received was from artist Lucian Freud who reportedly described it as the best film made about modern art. Quotes On Mrs. Crevatte seeing one of Hancock's pictures on the wall: Mrs. Crevatte: What's this 'orrible thing? Hancock: That, is a self-portrait. Mrs. Crevatte: ooh ov? Hancock: Laurel and Hardy!! On Mrs. Crevatte first encountering Hancock's Aphrodite at the Waterhole Mrs. Crevatte: Here, have you been having models up here -