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Billy Casper, a 15-year-old working class Yorkshire boy, is a scrappy loner who delivers papers before and after school, shares a bed with his bullying brother, Jud, and mostly ignores his self-absorbed mother. His routine is derailed when he spots a small falcon, a kestrel, in the countryside. He's...

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Main Authors: Hines, Barry, 1939- (Adapter), Loach, Ken, 1936- (Adapter, Director), Garnett, Tony (Adapter, Producer), Cameron, John, 1944- (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Woodfall Film Productions, Kestrel Films (Firm), Criterion Collection (Firm), London Weekend Television, ltd, British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service
Other Authors: Bradley, David, 1953- (Actor), Welland, Colin (Actor), Perrie, Lynne, 1931-2006 (Actor), Fletcher, Freddie (Actor), Glover, Brian, 1934-1997 (Actor), Bowes, Bob (Actor), Hendrickson, Kim (Producer), Bragg, Melvyn, 1939- (Film editor), Thomas, David (Director, Producer), Sandford, Jeremy (Screenwriter)
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Published: Irvington, NY : The Criterion Collection, c2011.
Edition:Director-approved special ed.
Series:Criterion collection ; 561
Subjects:
Teenage boys > England > Drama.
Working class > England > Drama.
Coal mines and mining > England > Drama.
Teacher-student relationships > Drama.
Kestrels > Drama.
Falconry > Drama.
Wildlife rehabilitation > Drama.
English literature > Film adaptations.
Barnsley (South Yorkshire, England) > Drama.
Feature films > Great Britain.
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Table of Contents:
  • Disc one. The film. Time to get up
  • Off to work
  • Paper route
  • "German Bight"
  • Kestrel nest
  • Research
  • Friday night
  • Drunk
  • Kes
  • Training
  • Manchester United vs. Spurs
  • Shower
  • The mine
  • School assembly
  • Smoker's union
  • Fact or fiction?
  • Fight
  • Flying time
  • Unfavorable odds
  • A brother's wrath
  • Employment office
  • Jud's revenge
  • Color bars ; ( min.) ( ); Special features: Optional audio: Filmmaker's original soundtrack with production dialogue; Internationally released soundtrack with postsync dialogue; Trailer (3 min.).
  • Disc two. Special features. Making "Kes" / interviews with Ken Loach, David Bradley, Tony Garnett, and Chris Menges ; producer, Kim Hendrickson ; The Criterion Collection (45 min.) (2011)
  • The South Bank show: Ken Loach / produced and directed by David Thomas ; edited and presented by Melvyn Bragg ; London Weekend Television Productions (1993) (50 min.)
  • Cathy come home / a story by Jeremy Sandford ; producer, Tony Garnett ; directed by Kenneth Loach ; BBC-TV (77 min.) (1966); Afterword by Graham Fuller (12 min.); Booklet includes the essay "Winged Hope" by Graham Fuller.

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