Dockers
1999
Bill Anderson's DOCKERS was largely written by actual dock workers, who were assisted by screenwriters Jimmy McGovern and Irvine Welsh. This edgy Channel 4 drama, which follows the disputes of sacked Liverpool dockers, stars Ricky Tomlinson of THE ROYLE FAMILY. Read more
| Starring | Ricky Tomlinson, Ken Stott, Crissy Rock, Lee Ross |
|---|---|
| Director | Bill Anderson |
| Genres | Drama |
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Dockers
Bill Anderson's DOCKERS was largely written by actual dock workers, who were assisted by screenwriters Jimmy McGovern and Irvine Welsh. This edgy Channel 4 drama, which follows the disputes of sacked Liverpool dockers, stars Ricky Tomlinson of THE ROYLE FAMILY.
| Starring | Ricky Tomlinson, Ken Stott, Crissy Rock, Lee Ross, Christine Tremarco, Michael Ryan |
|---|---|
| Director | Bill Anderson |
| Studio | REVELATION FILMS |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 15 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 22 Oct 2001 Production year: 1999 |
| Format | DVD |
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WHY SOME UNIONS ARE CRAP
DOCKERS WAS A TV DRAMA FIRST ..THEN A DVD FILM..SET JUST PREVIOUS TO ARRIVAL OF TONY BLAIR ON POLITICAL SCENE,IT TELLS OF LIVERPOOL DOCKERS TRYING TO FIGHT SACKINGS BY COMPANY..THEIR STRUGGLE WITH THAT COMPANY AND THE UNION THAT SOLD THEM DOWN THE MERSEY..TYPE CAST SCOUSER RICKY TOMLINSON IS SUPERB AS A SCAB..IT GOES INTO DETAIL HOW THESE HEROES AND THEIR WIVES ENDURED HARD TIMES ..WATCH IT ..IF ONLY FOR ITS PART IN SHOWING WHAT THE UNIONS HAD BECOME AFTER THATCHER HAD SAVAGED THE LAWS GOVERNING TRADE UNIONS
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Never mind the unions
This film can be interpreted in one of two ways: it's either a piece of entertainment or it's a historical record. It doesn't make it's mind up and it suffers as a result.
As a piece of entertainment, it merits three stars imho. The characters are too loaded with symbolism and this stops them from becoming real. Watching the featurette you see how one family is supposed to represent the sufferings of the 500 unfairly sacked workers. That's a big burden.
As a historical document, it gets four stars from me. It highlights the true meaning of casualisation in the workplace and it reminds us that there was once a time when words such as solidarity, workers' rights etc meant a great deal more than they do today. It also gets across the point that they are not words that belong to prehistory. -
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