Kes / Woodfall Films presents a Kestrel Films production ; adapted by Barry Hines, Ken Loach, Tony Garnett ; directed by Ken Loach ; produced by Tony Garnett.
A portrait of working-class Northern England. Billy is a fifteen-year-old miner's son whose close bond with a wild kestrel provides him with a spiritual escape from his dead-end life.
| Uniform Title: | Criterion collection ;
561. Rovi Media Collection. Movies. |
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| Language: | English |
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Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
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[United States] :
Criterion Collection,
[2011]
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| Edition: | Director-approved special edition. |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
561. Rovi Media Collection. Movies. |
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| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet. |
| Format: | Video DVD |
| Summary: |
A portrait of working-class Northern England. Billy is a fifteen-year-old miner's son whose close bond with a wild kestrel provides him with a spiritual escape from his dead-end life. |
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| Note: | Originally produced as a motion picture in 1969. Accompanied by 1 booklet (in case with DVDs) Based on the book A kestrel for a knave by Barry Hines. Special features: disc 1: newly restored digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Ken Loach and director of photography Chris Menges, with the filmmaker's original production soundtrack ; alternate, internationally released soundtrack, with postsync dialogue ; original theatrical trailer. Special features: disc 2: Making "Kes," a new documentary featuring Loach, Menges, producer Tony Garnett, and actor David Bradley ; The Southbank show: "Ken Loach," a 1993 profile ; Cathy come home (1966), an early television feature by Loach, with an afterword by film writer Graham Fuller. Videorecording. |
| Call Number: | PN1995.9.M54 K47 2011 VideoDVD CW2 D0133630 VideoDVD |
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MPAA rating: PG-13; for language, nudity and some teen smoking. |
| ISBN: | 9781604654127 1604654120 |
| Credits: | Music, John Cameron ; photography, Chris Menges ; editor, Roy Watts. |
| System Details: | DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen enhanced for 16:9 widescreen TVs, Dolby digital, mono. |
| Cast: |
David Bradley, Colin Welland, Lynne Perrie, Freddie Fletcher, Brian Glover, Bob Bowes. |