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The Big Flame Ken Loach, 1969
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0149867/
Director: Ken Loach Writer: Jim Allen Cinematographer: John McGlashan Film Editor: Roy Watts Producer: Tony Garnett Production Company: BBC Country & Year: UK, 1969 Runtime: 85 min Language: English Subtitles: English, Spanish (in progress)
Reparto: Norman Rossington, Godfrey Quigley, Peter Kerrigan, Ken Jones, Daniel Stephens, Tommy Summers, Meredith Edwards.
Quote: | In response to plans to mechanise the docks which directly threaten jobs, the dock workers take industrial action. As the striking workers' families struggle with poverty, they realise the odds are against them. But is there another way? Former strike leader Jack Regan suggests the dockers occupy the docks and run the operation themselves: a resolution the state cannot afford to succeed...
This was writer Jim Allen's second Wednesday Play (after The Lump), and his first with Ken Loach, who would deem it to be Allen's "definitive script". The BBC twice postponed showing it, but eventually it was broadcast with a predictable reaction - the Daily Mail calling it a "Marxist play presented as a sermon", while a new revolutionary socialist organisation took the name 'Big Flame'. The reaction however would put pressure on a new regime at the BBC, who would become increasingly less inclined to produce drama documentaries. |
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Code: | DVDRip by Haller @ RM | DVD Source: BBC/2entertain MKV | 1.98 GB | 85 min | 3 streams (a/v/subs: en) H.264 | 704x576 | 4:3 dar | 25 fps | 3180 kbps | crf 21 AAC | 2 ch | 48 KHz | 160 kbps CBR | en |
eLink ed2k: Ken.Loach.At.The.BBC.[D1.1].The.Big.Flame.(1969).DVDRip.H264.AAC-[Haller]...ldeMule.org].mkv [1.98 Gb] [Stats]
Optional English subtitles (vobsub) muxed into mkv container; also available as a srt file from this link: English (srt)
Spanish subtitles: In progress.Quote: | Today Ken Loach is an internationally feted filmmaker. But he was also once a prophet in his own country. Working with a generation of radicals, he excelled at what became known as the drama-documentary - a TV genre that was socially engaged, aesthetically experimental and politically influential. It made working class people the subject of public service broadcasting. This essential collection has many of the key works which now deserve the widest rescreening for their enduring relevance and artistic courage. [socialistreview.org.uk] |
Quote: | Ken Loach At The BBC: 6xDVD9 | 45.5 GB => 15 mkv | 17.8 GB
[D1.1] The Big Flame (1969) [D1.2] 3 Clear Sundays (1965) [D2.1] Days Of Hope, Part 1 (1975) [D2.2] Days Of Hope, Part 2 (1975) [D3.1] Days Of Hope, Part 3 (1975) [D3.2] Days Of Hope, Part 4 (1975) [D4.1] The End Of Arthur's Marriage (1965) [D4.2] In Two Minds (1967) [D4.3] Up The Junction (1965) [D5.1] The Price Of Coal, Part 1 (1977) [D5.2] The Price Of Coal, Part 2 (1977) [D6.1] Cathy Come Home (1966) [D6.2] The Rank And File (1971) [D6.3] Extra: Housing Problems (Short Doc.) [D6.4] Extra: Interview With Ken Loach
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