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Ken Loach
Kenneth Loach -known as 'Ken Loach', is an English film and television director, born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire (17th June,1936).
In his early age he attended King Edward VI Grammar School, two years in the RAF read law at St. Peter's College, Oxford, there, he started in the well established comedy group, the Oxford Revue, as an actor in repertory theatre.
In the 1960s changed into television direction and was praised in this role on the first episodes of Z-cars in 1962.
His sense naturalistic and his socialist beliefs make evident in his style and all his work.
So in 1966 perfomed a docu-drama ' Cathy Come Home' standing out the working class people affected by homelessness and unemployment.
In the 1970s and 80s Loach's films suffered of censorship.
During the government Thatcher Loach was reclaimed by channel 4 to performe a series of documentaries.
In the 1990s Loach was awarded at the Cannes Film Festival on three occasions.
In 2006 won de Palma d'or at the Cannes Film Festival for his film ' Kes-The-Barley.html">The Wind That Sha Kes The Barley' about the Irish war of Independence during 1920s.
Loach has been a member of the Labour party from 1960s, he left in the mid-1990s, in November 2004 he was elected to the national council of the Respect Coalition and has also held for election to the European Parliament.
At the present time he is a supporter of the Socialist Resistence organisation.
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Loach honoured by film critics -
30 December 2004
Veteran film-maker Ken Loach has been honoured for his outstanding contribution to cinema by the London Film Critics' Circle.-The director's 40-year career took off with the hard-hitting 1966 television drama Cathy Come Home, followed up with the award-winning Kes
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Looking For Eric - Bonus Disc
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Stephanie Bishop, Eric Cantona, Stefan Gumbs
Director: Ken Loach
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A man trying to put his life back on track gets some advice from an unexpected benefactor in this comedy-drama from acclaimed British director Ken Loach. Eric Bishop (Steve Evets) is a postman living in Manchester whose life has been slowly going off the rails ever since his wife Lily (Stephanie ..read more »
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Looking For Eric
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(2009)
Starring: Stephanie Bishop, Eric Cantona, Stefan Gumbs
Director: Ken Loach
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A man trying to put his life back on track gets some advice from an unexpected benefactor in this comedy-drama from acclaimed British director Ken Loach. Eric Bishop (Steve Evets) is a postman living in Manchester whose life has been slowly going off the rails ever since his wife Lily (Stephanie ..read more »
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Looking For Eric - BLU-RAY Version
(2009)
Starring: Stephanie Bishop, Eric Cantona, Stefan Gumbs
Director: Ken Loach
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A man trying to put his life back on track gets some advice from an unexpected benefactor in this comedy-drama from acclaimed British director Ken Loach. Eric Bishop (Steve Evets) is a postman living in Manchester whose life has been slowly going off the rails ever since his wife Lily (Stephanie ..read more »
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It's A Free World
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Radoslaw Kaim, Colin Caughlin, Kierston Wareing
Director: Ken Loach
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Drama directed by Ken Loach. After Angie (Kierston Wareing) gets the sack from a recruitment agency for bad behaviour in public, she decides to team up with her flatmate Rose (Juliet Ellis) and run a similar business from their kitchen. With immigrants desperate to work the opportunities are ..read more »
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The Wind That Shakes The Barley
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Padraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham
Director: Ken Loach
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A gripping drama from Ken Loach, The Wind That Shakes The Barley is the story of the Irish Civil War in the 1920's - a fight for freedom which saw the Irish Republican Army up against the occupying British forces.
Workers from field and country unite to form volunteer guerrilla armies to face ..read more »
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Sweet Sixteen
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Martin Compston, Annmarie Fulton, William Ruane
Director: Ken Loach
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Using a cast of unknown actors and newcomers, Ken Loach fashions another gritty social drama in SWEET SIXTEEN. In his acting debut, Martin Crampston plays Liam, whose mother is about to be released from prison on his 16th birthday. Liam recognises that the only chance for the pair of them to escape ..read more »
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The Navigators
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Steve Huison, Joe Duttine, Tom Craig
Director: Ken Loach
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Ken Loach's THE NAVIGATORS follows a group of South Yorkshire railway workers during the mid-1990s privatisation of British Rail. The film features Loach's typically asute social commentary and subtle humour.
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Bread And Roses
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Pilar Padilla, Adrien Brody, Elpidia Carrillo
Director: Ken Loach
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The left-leaning Ken Loach, who has spent his career focusing on the struggles of the poor and working classes of Great Britain, shifts his view-finder to the plight of a union of office-cleaners, invisible in the glittering City of Angels. Loosely based on a 1990 janitor's strike at Century City, ..read more »
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My Name Is Joe
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Peter Mullan, Louise Goodall, David McKay
Director: Ken Loach
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Peter Mullan (ORPHANS, MISS JULIE) won the Best Actor award at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival for his performance as Joe Kavanagh, a recovering alcoholic in his late thirties. Like half the people in his impoverished Glasgow neighborhood, he's unemployed and struggles to get by between odd jobs and ..read more »
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Carla's Song
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Oyanka Cabezas, Scott Glenn
Director: Ken Loach
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Paul Laverty drew on his experiences as a lawyer working with human rights groups in Nicaragua in writing the script for CARLA'S SONG, which stars Robert Carlyle (TRAINSPOTTING) as George, a Glasgow bus driver. Attracted to Carla (Oyanka Cabezas), a beautiful but impoverished Nicaraguan woman who ..read more »
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Land And Freedom
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Ian Hart, Rosana Pastor, Icíar Bollaín
Director: Ken Loach
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Ken Loach's acclaimed 1936-set film about the Spanish Civil War stars Ian Hart as a disillusioned Liverpudlian who decides to follow his principles and join the fight aginst fascism in Spain.
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Ladybird, Ladybird
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Crissy Rock, Vladimir Vega, Ray Winstone
Director: Ken Loach
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Ken Loach directs this harrowing story about Maggie, a woman whose four children are taken into care following a violent relationship. When Maggie finds herself in a new and stable relationship with Jorge, a sweet natured Latin American refugee, she learns that she must fight to get her children ..read more »
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Raining Stones
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Bruce Jones, Ricky Tomlinson, Julie Brown
Director: Ken Loach
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RAINING STONES, in its quietly observant, almost documentary-like style, is typical of director Ken Loach's understated approach to his left-leaning politics. The film stars Bruce Jones as Bob, a man in an impoverished town in the north of England, struggling to survive on the dole while hustling ..read more »
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Riff Raff
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Ricky Tomlinson, Robert Carlyle, Emer McCourt
Director: Ken Loach
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Director Ken Loach's concern for the plight of the working man takes a comic turn in this gritty film starring Robert Carlyle (TRAINSPOTTING) as Stevie, a young Scotsman who finds a construction job in the north of London turning an old hospital into luxury condos. Like most of the largely non-..read more »
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Hidden Agenda
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, Brian Cox
Director: Ken Loach
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An implicit condemnation of the repressive tactics of the British government in Northern Ireland, HIDDEN AGENDA stars Brian Cox (THE BOXER), Brad Dourif (MISSISSIPPI BURNING), and Frances McDormand (FARGO). When an American attorney working for a humanitarian group who is investigating the torture ..read more »
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Family Life
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Sandy Ratcliff, Bill Dean, Grace Cave
Director: Ken Loach
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The dramatic story of a young girl and her family, shattered by personal conflict. She suffers schizophrenia after a traumatic abortion. Her parents commit her to an asylum, believing they know what's best for her...
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Kes
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Colin Welland, David Bradley, Brian Glover
Director: Ken Loach
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Rebellious Billy Casper (David Bradley) finds that training a kestrel takes his mind off his troubled home life and the bullies at school. Set in the Northern English town of Barnsley, the film is a gritty slice of working-class life in the �60s. Based on the Barry Hines novel A KESTREL FOR ..read more »
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Poor Cow
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Carol White, Terence Stamp, John Bindon
Director: Ken Loach
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A young London woman has to cope with poverty and squalor while her husband is in jail. Sadly clutching at any slight hope of happiness, she enters into a promiscuous relationship with his best friend, which ends in heartbreak. Based on the novel by Nell Dunn.
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Cathy Come Home
(1966)
Starring: Carol White, Ray Brooks, Wally Patch
Director: Ken Loach
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CATHY COME HOME is an early example of director Ken Loach's pioneering realist style. Originally broadcast in 1966 as part of the BBC's 'Wednesday Play' series, the film tells the tale of a young family who find themselves in a chain of events that will eventually leave them homeless. Reaction to ..read more »
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My Name Is Joe 27 October 2003
...Ken Loach films are not for everyone. Perhaps they are not for anyone at the end of a stressful day. There is no escapism or eye candy. The sharp end of working class ex...
A Major Triumph 14 May 2005
