| Edition |
Director-approved special edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet. |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 561 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 561.
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| 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. |
| Credits |
Music, John Cameron ; photography, Chris Menges ; editor, Roy Watts. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1969. |
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From the book A kestrel for a knave by Barry Hines. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13; for language, nudity and some teen smoking. |
| 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. |
| Note |
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. |
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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. |
| Contents |
disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Special features. |
| Language |
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Coal mines and mining -- England -- Barnsley (South Yorkshire) -- Drama.
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Working class -- England -- Barnsley (South Yorkshire) -- Drama.
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Teenage boys -- England -- Barnsley (South Yorkshire) -- Drama.
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Kestrels -- Drama.
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Falconry -- Drama.
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Wildlife rehabilitation -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Loach, Ken, 1936- Director.
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Garnett, Tony. Producer.
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Bradley, David, 1953- Actor.
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Welland, Colin. Actor.
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Perrie, Lynne, 1931-2006. Actor.
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Fletcher, Freddie. Actor.
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Glover, Brian, 1934-1997. Actor.
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Bowes, Bob. Actor.
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Cameron, John. Composer.
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Hines, Barry, 1939-
Kestrel for a knave.
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Woodfall Film Productions.
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Kestrel Films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
South Bank show (Television program)
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Cathy come home (Television program)
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| ISBN |
9781604654127 |
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1604654120 |
| Standard No. |
715515070614 |
| Music No. |
CC2001D The Criterion Collection |
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