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For more than 40 years film-maker Ken Loach has been an unswerving champion of the British working class. Anthony Hayward traces his devotion to the cause in his new biography, Which Side are You On?
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Originally made for the French TV series Cinema de Notre Temps, this 60-minute French documentary about British filmmaker Ken Loach has no clips from films by Loach. Instead, it concentrates on interviews with Loach actors, including Crissy Rock, acclaimed lead of Loach's Ladybird, Ladybird (1994); Robert Carlyle, seen in Riff-Raff (1990) and Carla's Song (1996); and Ricky Tomlinson of Riff-Raff and Raining Stones (1993). Interviewed aboard a train, Loach is ... shown directing in Liverpool and screening Carla's Song for cast and crew in Nicaragua. Watch for the startling moment when the camera captures pickpockets robbing Loach on a Managua street. Shown at the 1997 Venice Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
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Insightful and emotional Ken Loach film that blends romance with social drama. Robert Carlyle ("The Full Monty") plays a Glasgow bus driver taken with an impoverished Nicaraguan woman on his route. After helping her find a place to live and caring for her, Carlyle agrees to accompany the woman back to her war-ravaged homeland to search for her missing boyfriend, presumed killed by the Contras. Oyanka Cabezas and Scott Glenn ... star. 127 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, Spanish Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English; interactive menus; filmographies; production credits; theatrical trailer.
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Synopsis: Leftist filmmaker Ken Loach directs this grim drama about the plight of seemingly invisible office cleaners in contemporary L.A. who often earn as little as $6 a day without benefits. The film opens as Maya (Pilar Padilla), a young Mexican lass, is reunitRead More
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Born in Nuneaton,Warwickshire, England (his father was a factory electrician), Loach attended King Edward VI Grammar School and following two years in the RAF read law at St Peter's College, Oxford. There he performed in the now well established comedy group, the Oxford Revue. He started out as an actor in repertory theatre, but in the early 1960s moved into television direction and was credited in this role on early episodes of Z-Cars in 1962.
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In the first paragraph of the final chapter ('Cutting to the Core of what's Happening') Leigh explains that, in the early 1990s, Loach finally succeeded in establishing a secure relationship with a producer (Parallax). This collaboration led to the production of Riff-Raff (1991), Raining Stones (1993), and Ladybird, Ladybird (1994) … In this chapter, much attention is paid to Raining Stones, Ladybird, Ladybird and Land and Freedom (1995).
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