Looks and Smiles
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Looks and Smiles is a 1981
British
drama film
directed by Ken Loach
. It is based on the novel of the same name, written by Barry Hines
. The film was entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival
, where Loach won the Young Cinema Award.
1981 in film
-Events:*January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie Heaven's Gate, a major factor in the decision of owner Transamerica to sell it....
British
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Ken Loach
Ken Loach
Kenneth "Ken" Loach is a Palme D'Or winning English film and television director.He is known for his naturalistic, social realist directing style and for his socialist beliefs, which are evident in his film treatment of social issues such as homelessness , labour rights and child abuse at the...
. It is based on the novel of the same name, written by Barry Hines
Barry Hines
Melvin Barry Hines, FRSL is a British author who has written several popular novels and television scripts.-Early life:Born in the mining village of Hoyland Common near Barnsley, England, he attended Ecclesfield Grammar School and played football for the England Grammar Schools team...
. The film was entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival
1981 Cannes Film Festival
- Jury :*Jacques Deray *Ellen Burstyn *Jean-Claude Carrière *Robert Chazal *Attilio D'Onofrio *Christian Defaye *Carlos Diegues *Antonio Gala...
, where Loach won the Young Cinema Award.
Cast
- Graham Green - Michael 'Mick' Walsh
- Carolyn Nicholson - Karen Lodge
- Tony PittsTony PittsAnthony "Tony" Pitts is an English actor, most notable for playing Archie Brooks in the long-running British soap Emmerdale Farm between 1983 and 1993.He is now a screenwriter....
- Alan Wright - Roy Haywood - Phil
- Phil Askham - Mr. Walsh
- Pam Darrell - Mrs. Walsh
- Tracey Goodlad - Julie
- Patti Nicholls - Mrs. Wright
- Cilla Mason - Mrs. Lodge
- Les Hickin - George
- Arthur Davies - Eric Lodge
- Deirdre Costello - Jenny (as Deidre Costello)
- Jackie Shinn - Gatekeeper
- Christine Francis - Careers Officer
- Rita MayRita May (actress)Rita May is a British actress. She has appeared in popular television series such as Early Doors and Drop Dead Gorgeous, and radio programmes including Ed Reardon's Week. She apperared as Jimmy Kemp's mother in the acclaimed nuclear war drama Threads...
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