A few minor technical differences are apparent between the two lorber releases of ken loachs my name is joe, the navigators gutwrenching 1993 social. Filmed around the low unemployment and depressed overspill council estate of langley in middleton, manchester. Nobody can gainsay the importance of films such as the wind that shakes the barley, land and freedom. Ensuite looking for eric et sans doute raining stones. As with most twilight time releases, it features a color booklet with an essay by julie kirgo. This was the perfect setting for raining stones the title speaks for itself. A bittersweet workingclass comedy that resonates far beyond its immediate milieu, raining stones may be ken loachs most approachable film and, ironically, his most slyly political.
With bruce jones, julie brown, gemma phoenix, ricky tomlinson. Raining stones 1994 stream and watch online moviefone. Raining stones is a humorous story about a mans attempt to earn money to buy a first communion dress for his daughter. Raining stones is yet another very good film from ken loach. Free wallpapers download of raining stones movie, hero, heroine, etc is available in our gallery section. Two main features characterize ken loachs film and television output. Deals with povertystricken irish catholics struggle to raise money for his daughters communion dress. Rent raining stones 1993 starring julie brown and bruce jones on dvd and bluray. This film, which is told in filmmaker ken loach s typical realistic style, is funny and poignant in its commentary on family. Stills must not be reproduced, copied or downloaded in any way. Film profile for ken loach, director, born 17 june 1936. Ken loach full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. It tells the story of a man who cannot afford to buy his daughter a first communion dress, and makes disastrous choices in trying to raise the money.
Review of raining stones raining stones is an archetypal ken loach film, and its clear where the sympathies of the film lays. Raining stones 1993 tt0107920 this ken loach film tells the story of a man devoted to his family and his religion. Each week tom huddleston watches a classic film hes never seen before. On a housing estate in the north of england, a devoted but unemployed father bruce jones struggles to find the money for a first communion dress for his daughter when his van is stolen. Rent ken loach movies and tv shows on dvd and bluray. Ken loach s midcareer classic follows a poor, working class man devoted to buying his daughter a beautiful but expensive communion dress. Raining stones directed by ken loach bruce jones and ricky tomlinson picture from the ronald grant archive raining stones directed by ken loach bruce jones and ricky tomlinson date. Raining stones by ken loach bruce jones, julie brown. This is important to consider in terms of film production and maintaining audiences arguably the intended audience for this film is educated, media literate and socially aware.
This ken loach film tells the story of a man devoted to his family and. Raining stones is a vibrant slice of life that makes for an incredibly rewarding viewing experience. It stars bruce jones, julie brown, ricky tomlinson, tom hickey, mike fallon and jonathan. Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android. Raining stones 1993, filmfestivalen i cannes juryens specialpris ladybird ladybird 1994 land and freedom 1995, fipresci international critics prize og cannes. Films include kes, i, daniel blake, and the wind that shakes the barley. Cinemas own red ken the factory workers son from nuneaton has crowned a 40year career by winning the palme dor at the cannes film festival. Although bob has no money and is living on the dole, he. Loach also received praise for ladybird ladybird 1994, a downbeat portrayal of a single mother struggling to hold her family together in the face of bureaucratic obstacles. Raining stones is a 1993 film directed by ken loach and starring bruce jones, julie brown, ricky tomlinson, tom hickey and gemma phoenix. Raining stones is the latest, the gentlest and the funniest of ken loachs films about workingclass life in modern britain. Raining stones was written by jim allen 1926 1999, who lived for years in middlestone near manchester.
Raining stones festival international du film dhistoire. The key difference is that bobs bruce jones quest is shown in the context of his social and economic circumstances and those of the wider community. For example, the a loan sharks henchmen are recurring figures. Proud, though poor, bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful and costly brandnew dress for her. Raining stones was a success and parallax, his film company, is doing good business. Bob scrapes by with whatever odd jobs come his way working as a bouncer, stealing green turf, cleaning septic tanks. His stubbornness and determination get him into trouble as he turns to more and more questionable measures, in his desperation to raise the. It stars bruce jones coronation streets les battersby who is on top form as bob williams, a father who needs the money to buy his little girl a wedding dress, shoes, veil and gloves for her first communion. The film won the jury prize at the 1993 cannes film festival. During his money quest, he and his bumbling idiot friend experience the worst of luck. Rent raining stones 1993 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix.
Ken loach at the angels share photocall at the 65th cannes film festival france. It tells the stories of men clinging precariously to their selfrespect, in. The genius of ken loachs work, mason felt, was that it captured those political processes in personal stories, notably in that of the character played by ricky tomlinson in loachs raining stones 1993. Avec bruce jones, julie brown, ricky tomlinson, tom hickey, mike fallon. The bluray 2 by ken loach comes to us in a limited edition of 3000 copies. Proud, though poor, bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful and costly brandnew dress for her first communion.
Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the ken loachdirected movie. Bobs spirit propels the story and allows us to root for him as he tries to overcome his failure to find the means to fulfill his wishes for his daughter. His stubbornness and determination get him into trouble as he turns to more and more questionable measures, in his desperation to raise the needed money. This ken loach film tells the story of a man devoted to his family and his religion. Interview with ken loach, interview about route irish with alex barker and alex niven in. Much of ken loachs work has addressed similar issues cathy come home, raining stones and he is a social campaigner, known for his socialist political views. Using original locations such as a neighborhood association, ken loach provides us. His stubbornness and determination get him into trouble as he turns to more and more questionable measures, in his. Two gems from the great english realist auteur, ken loach. Bob bruce jones lives with his wife anne julie brown and his daughter coleen gemma phoenix in a poor english town. Bob and tommy rustling sheep now available in dvd from kochlorber, ken loachs raining stones is a reminder of how powerful he can be when he focuses on the lives of ordinary working people trapped in poverty. We do not offer to watch raining stones movie online.
Raining stones by ken loach a movie to download, on vod and legal streaming lacinetek. Ken loach was interviewed by theodoros papadopoulos in december 1998. Ken loach met ses films en visions gratuite sur youtube, mais. Proud, though poor, bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful and costly brandnew dress for her first. Ryan murphy sets a chorus line miniseries, halston biopic starring ewan mcgregor at netflix. But the allying of loachs direction to a story by the fantastic jim allen could have been an overload. Tomlinson was himself, of course, one of the shrewsbury 24, and an active trade unionist during the period of selfconfident working class. The truth of the characters and an authentic script by jim allen lifts ken loachs 1993 drama raining stones out of the ordinary and makes it a human document of considerable strength. Riffraff 1991, about a gang of itinerant construction workers laboring under unspeakable conditions on luxury homes for londons wealthy.
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