Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

2016 · 93 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 257 VOTES · DIR. Louise Osmond

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Overview

A surprisingly candid behind-the-scenes account of the career of Ken Loach, one of Britain’s most celebrated and controversial filmmakers, as he prepares to release his final major film I, Daniel Blake.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,261 lines

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00:01:00 If you say how the world is,
00:05:41 of employing an old director.
00:10:26 there was always a big queue for the telephone.
00:14:31 And of course, after the Tories coming back in again,
00:18:27 Cathy Come Home, have read about it in the newspapers or magazines,
00:21:56 You're not having my kids.
00:26:08 I think you want actors who don't put up defences.
00:30:43 Lies.
00:35:46 Anyway, I were pleased with mysen...
00:40:07 and doing just what is necessary to survive.
00:43:16 though I didn't detect it at the time, being heavily upstaged by Ken.
00:47:01 There is capital and there is labour,
00:50:37 I think Ken's politics gelled in that early work with Jim and me,
00:54:48 A wheel came off, the car drove into us, it pushed us into a bridge,
00:58:33 "Let's provide a little balance."
01:01:39 and had been going up and down to London a lot,
01:05:41 It lets the skeletons out of the cupboard
01:09:22 Your mum could do better than that.
01:12:38 The first professional job I got was understudying in a revue called
01:16:20 the National Film Theatre took it up,
01:19:43 The baby is safe, and you have no right, and you have...
01:22:48 Oh, Jesus Christ. I can't take much more of this.
01:27:11 Even Looking For Eric, I mean,
01:31:11 Bastards.

Cast & Characters

Ken Loach Self - Film Director
Tony Garnett Self - Friend and Producer
Nell Dunn Self - Author, Up the Junction
Tony Selby Self - Actor David Bradley Self / Billy
Paul Laverty Self - Screenwriter
Rebecca O'Brien Self - Producer
Hayley Squires Self / Katie
Dave Johns Self / Daniel
Alan Parker Self - Film Director
Gabriel Byrne Self - Actor Ricky Tomlinson Self - Actor Crissy Rock Self / Maggie Conlan
Jim Loach Self
Cillian Murphy Self - Actor
Chris Menges Self - Cinematographer
Melvyn Bragg Self - Editor and Presenter, South Bank Show Sheila Hancock Self - Actress Carol White Self (archive footage)
Jim Allen Self - Writer (archive footage)
Margaret Thatcher Self (archive footage)
Derek Malcolm Self - Film Critic

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,261
Dialogue density13.6 lines / min
First line00:01:00
Final line01:31:11

Production Record

DirectorLouise Osmond
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes257

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