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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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Anderson, Loach and Cronenberg films compete for Palme d'Or -
19 April 2012
-Films by directors Wes Anderson, Ken Loach and David Cronenberg are going head-to-head as they compete for the top award at the Cannes Film Festival.-Anderson's Moonlight Kingdom will open the annual French event on 16 May (12) and it will be among the 22 nominees
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Loach hospitalised after film set fall -
26 April 2011
-Ken Loach was hospitalised in Scotland on Monday (25Apr11) following a freak fall on the set of his new film.-The 74 year old is currently shooting The Angel's Share but he took a tumble on the steps of Glasgow's Sheriff Court and sought medical attention at the c
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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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A Major Triumph 14 May 2005
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Grittily realistic 14 April 2004
Ken Loach - filmography
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The Angels' Share
(2012)
Starring: Roger Allam, Daniel Portman, John Henshaw
Director: Ken Loach
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Narrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a whisky distillery inspires him and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.
 
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Angels Share - Blu-ray
(2012)
Starring: William Ruane, Roger Allam, John Henshaw
Director: Ken Loach
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After narrowly avoiding a term spent at Her Majesty's pleasure, new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf and after a visit to a whisky distillery, he and his mates discover a way to turn their lives around.
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Ken Loach at the BBC
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on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Anna Cropper, Norman Rossington, Paul Copley
Director: Ken Loach
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Ken Loach is one of Britains most respected film directors with a career spanning over 40 years. From his pioneering days with the BBC, scripting and directing Cathy Come Home in 1966, to the Palme DOr winning The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Ken Loach has stayed to his film making style and ..read more »
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Route Irish - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Mark Womack, Andrea Lowe, John Bishop
Director: Ken Loach
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British director Ken Loach (LAND AND FREEDOM, THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY) returns with another gritty portrait of the futility of war. ROUTE IRISH is the story of life-long friends Fergus and Frankie, a pair that have been in each other's pockets since their first day of school. While Fergus' ..read more »
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Route Irish
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Najwa Nimri, Stephen Lord, John Bishop
Director: Ken Loach
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The story of a private security contractor in Iraq who rejected the official explanation of his friend's death and sets out to discover the truth.
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Looking For Eric
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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Great Directors
(2009)
Starring: Bernardo Bertolucci, Catherine Breillat, Liliana Cavani
Director: Angela Ismailos
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GREAT DIRECTORS, directed by Angela Ismailos, features original, in-depth conversations with nine of the world's greatest living directors: Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Liliana Cavani, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater and John Sayles.
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Looking For Eric - Blu-ray
(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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Sweet Sixteen
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Martin Compston, Annmarie Fulton, William Ruane
Director: Ken Loach
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Paul Laverty writes his fourth script with director Ken Loach for the gritty coming-of-age drama Sweet Sixteen. Set in the port city of Greenock, Scotland, local kid Liam (Martin Compston) spends his days trying to make money with his best friend, Pinball (William Ruane). When he refuses to use his ..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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In South Yorkshire, a small group of railway maintenance men discover that because of privatization, their lives will never be the same. When the trusty British Rail sign is replaced by one reading "East Midland Infrastructure," it is clear that there will be the inevitable winners and losers as ..read more »
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Bread And Roses
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Pilar Padilla, Adrien Brody, Benicio Del Toro
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: David McKay, Peter Mullan, Louise Goodall
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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A single mother struggles against the British social service system and her own troubled past in director Ken Loach's brutally realistic drama. Coming from a background of abuse and poverty, the hardened Maggie (Crissy Rock) has already suffered through a series of painful romances when she falls ..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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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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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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Looks and Smiles
(1981)
Starring: Graham Green, Carolyn Nicholson, Tony Pitts
Director: Ken Loach
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This early drama from acclaimed director Ken Loach captures the dispiriting atmosphere of Margaret Thatcher-era England. Gritty and observational, the film follows three working-class friends--army-bound Alan; volatile, frustrated Mick and his love interest, Karen--as they navigate their ..read more »
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The Gamekeeper
(1980)
Starring: Phil Askham, Rita May, Andrew Grubb
Director: Ken Loach
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George, a former Sheffield foundry worker, becomes Gamekeeper on a country estate in South Yorkshire. He delights in his job, enjoying the countryside and protecting the pheasants from all their predators, both foxes and poachers. However, this is no bucolic idyll. His son is bullied, his wife ..read more »
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Black Jack
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Jean Franval, Stephen Hirst, Louise Cooper
Director: Ken Loach
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Based on the novel by celebrated children's author Leon Garfield, this children's adventure film set in 1750s York was Ken Loach's fourth feature. Shot on location by cinematographer Chris Menges - who had collaborated with Loach on developing the gentle, observational style also seen in his ..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 A KNAVE,..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
on DVD
(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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Ken Loach facts
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...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...
