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Kes
Title:
Kes
ISBN:
9781604654127
Edition:
Director-approved special ed.
Publication Information:
[United States] : Criterion Collection, [2011]
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
General Note:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1969.

From the book A kestrel for a knave by Barry Hines.

Special features: disc 1: newly restored digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Ken Loach and director of photography Chris Menges, with the filmmaker's original production soundtrack ; alternate, internationally released soundtrack, with postsync dialogue ; original theatrical trailer.

Special features: disc 2: Making "Kes, " a new documentary featuring Loach, Menges, producer Tony Garnett, and actor David Bradley ; The Southbank show: "Ken Loach, " a 1993 profile ; Cathy come home (1966), an early television feature by Loach, with an afterword by film writer Graham Fuller.
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Summary:
A portrait of working-class Northern England. Billy is a fifteen-year-old miner's son whose close bond with a wild kestrel provides him with a spiritual escape from his dead-end life.
System Details:
DVD, NTSC, REGION 1, WIDESCREEN ENHANCED FOR 16:9 WIDESCREEN TVS, DOLBY DIGITAL, MONO
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