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I've just watched Kes for the first time in an age, and man, what a film.
It still srikes a chord. I love the fact a film can be so real and still hit a bigger audience. It really is an amazing film.
p.s What's with the "title is enough" - but then, when I try to write a tiltle, there isn't enough spaces...gah
Just how did you manage to use three letters for the title? :suspect:
Anyhoo.... Kes!
Amazing film. I watched it as a young lad and then again a couple of years ago. I love the grittyness of it.
"He's killed mi fooking bird" Classic stuff :)
I love watching Scum too.
[EDIT] Ahh a link.... Very nice :wink:
Scum - great film. Always linked to Quadrophenia for the Phil Daniles connection....but that is also a good film, amazing in fact.
Kes just reminds me loads of my hometown when I were a nipper. We done the book at school, but for once, I think the film captures it spot on.
Kes is a true British classic.. We did the book and watched the film for English at School.. I'm half tempted to buy the film on DVD next time I'm in Virgin.
Originally posted by Rich
Kes is a true British classic.. We did the book and watched the film for English at School.. I'm half tempted to buy the film on DVD next time I'm in Virgin.
top tip, go to HMV in town, I scooped it up today on dvd for 3.99...bargian!
Sorry, I think it was maybe 4.99
PhilMurray 21-08-2005, 00:34 get down from them goalposts casper!!!!
WallBuilder 21-08-2005, 01:24 Be careful calling it a classic otherwise the same fate that befell Get Carter or the italian Job might befall it. They'll do an american remake of it and ruin it.
Splodge_CRB 21-08-2005, 02:26 Originally posted by WallBuilder
Be careful calling it a classic otherwise the same fate that befell Get Carter or the italian Job might befall it. They'll do an american remake of it and ruin it.
Yeah.....some tear jerking moral at the end! :suspect: Is it obligatory for American film-makers to do that?!
Originally posted by Splodge_CRB
Yeah.....some tear jerking moral at the end! :suspect: Is it obligatory for American film-makers to do that?!
Thats what i like about 'our' films. We don't have nice happy endings. Our films just come to a (sometimes sad) end. No morals, no hero, just a story that runs it's course.
Thats why we will always make the really good films IMO.
mojoworking 21-08-2005, 03:47 Funnily enough I watched Kes for the first time in many years recently. Although it's still great to see a locally made film and the locations are very evocative, it wasn't as good as I remembered.
The wonderful Collin Welland and Brian Glover (as the bullying games teacher) are always worth watching, but David Bradley who plays the main character is not a very good actor at all. He's the weak link in the whole film for me.
This type of film is made far better by the likes of Mike Leigh these days.
The thing that struck me about Kes was how we used to accept "nesting" (ie stealing birds eggs) as a natural part of growing up for boys, even as late as the 70s. You'd probably go to jail for it these days.
cgksheff 21-08-2005, 10:30 Originally posted by PhilMurray
get down from them goalposts casper!!!!
Is it true that the football pitch scenes were filmed at the former Ashleigh School between Gleadless Common and Gleadless Road?
mojoworking 21-08-2005, 11:24 Originally posted by cgksheff
Is it true that the football pitch scenes were filmed at the former Ashleigh School between Gleadless Common and Gleadless Road?
I thought the location shots were all filmed in Barnsley. They certainly thank "the people of Barnsley" in the credits.
absynthfairy 22-08-2005, 15:07 agggh just reminds me of my GCSE's when we were forced to watch this over and over as a substitute for actually reading the book A Kestral For a Knave.
I've seen it once, and hated it, but I don't like sentimental mushy stuff like that.
I know the old ruin where he found the Kestrel is near to Hoyland Common, Barnsley. I know this because I can see it from my bedroom window. I know the school was in Barnsley (lundwood area I think) but it was knocked down. A lot of the film was also filmed in Hoyland Common surroundings and woods.
cgksheff 22-08-2005, 21:04 Originally posted by mojoworking
I thought the location shots were all filmed in Barnsley. They certainly thank "the people of Barnsley" in the credits.
I've since checked out a few websites and all the locations can be identified. As people say, all around Hoyland and Barnsley.
Originally posted by cgksheff
Is it true that the football pitch scenes were filmed at the former Ashleigh School between Gleadless Common and Gleadless Road?
The school shots were indeed filmed at Ashleigh 'lower' school. (now sadly a housing estate). I was a pupil there and we were filmed in assembly, walking down corridors and eating lunch. A few lucky ones were chosen for classroom scenes and paid as extras!
alchresearch 22-08-2005, 21:35 Originally posted by vidster
I love watching Scum too.
'Scum' is on Channel 4 Thursday at 12.40am.
Billy Casper 17-11-2007, 17:15 The wonderful Collin Welland and Brian Glover (as the bullying games teacher) are always worth watching, but David Bradley who plays the main character is not a very good actor at all. He's the weak link in the whole film for me.
Ey! What thy 'avin a go a me far! It wa mi first film tha knows. what did tha expect? Laurence Olivia! If tha dunt stop thi carping i'll send ar Jud round to thi! he's cock't estate tha knows!
I know the old ruin where he found the Kestrel is near to Hoyland Common, Barnsley.
It's at Tankersley I believe.
holidayhutch 18-11-2007, 01:13 It was filmed at St Helens Comprehensive School in Barnsley (now Edward Sheerian). Fantastic film
pippadoll 18-11-2007, 20:30 I really enjoyed reading the book as a teenager; it was a school reading book and it really opened my eyes to the world; the differences in people, quality and inequality of life, the importance of role models for young people and how we can become disengaged. A well written evocative book and a great film. Going to look both up now and get copies.
Ta for the reminder of something great.
Amazon is your friend! :D (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kestrel-Knave-Barry-Hines/dp/0140029524/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195414330&sr=1-1)
pippadoll 18-11-2007, 20:41 Cheers Rich.
Swan_Vesta 18-11-2007, 21:07 Be careful calling it a classic otherwise the same fate that befell Get Carter or the italian Job might befall it. They'll do an american remake of it and ruin it.
"Billy Casper! What the bloody hell's that?"
"It's an honest to goodness American Eagle Sir ..... Which appears to have captured Osama Bin Laden while I was flying it in my gritty Detroit-esque hometown"
:)
Wasnt there an uproar about this when it was released on DVD .. didnt they make a mistake and print the US version of the film ..?
Col ..
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