Tony Garnett
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Biography: Tony Garnett is a British film and television producer, director and former actor. He is best known for his thirteen-year association with director Ken Loach, which started with The Wednesday Play and the groundbreaking Cathy Come Home amongst others, and continued into Play For Today and big screen features such as Kes. His other TV productions have included the controversial Law and Order and The Spongers and, with his company World Productions, Between the Lines, Ballykissangel, Cops, Cardiac Arrest and This Life. As a director, he helmed the films Prostitute and Handgun, and produced Hollywood movies such as Earth Girls are Easy and Sesame Street's Follow That Bird, and British cult LGBT classic Beautiful Thing. In 2016, he released his memoir, The Day the Music Died.
Department: Production
Place of Birth: Erdington, Birmingham, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: April 03, 1936
Age: 89 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: January 12, 2020
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The Rivals
Overview: A pair of hoodlums steal a car in which there is a note - a ransom letter - directed to a wealthy man whose daughter has just been kidnapped. The two gangsters stole the abductor's car and when they find the note, they decide to take advantage of the situation and collect the money.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-05-01
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Incident at Midnight
Overview: In a late night chemist a shot bank robber has been taken for treatment, and to rendezvous with the gang leader.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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The Boys
Overview: A night watchman at a garage is found murdered, and four teddy boys are put on trial for the crime. Witnesses and suspects give differing accounts of the lead-up to the crime, and the truth emerges.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-08-31
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Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-30
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Right to Work March
Overview: They're young, unemployed and on the march - from Glasgow, Liverpool and Swansea to London.
Genres: Drama Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-10-19
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Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
Overview: Comedian, actor and ex-English teacher Greg Davies is a lifelong fan of Barry Hines's classic novel A Kestrel for a Knave, the story of Billy Casper training a kestrel as an escape from his troubled home and school life. In this documentary, Greg goes in search of the book's enduring appeal, travelling to Barnsley, where the book was set and where Ken Loach's famous adaptation, Kes, was filmed.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-19
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Carry on Ken
Overview: A documentary on the films of Ken Loach. Interviews with cast and crew who worked with Loach over the years. It describe his approach to allowing actors a wide range of freedom.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Making Kes
Overview: A documentary on the making of Kes, produced by the Criterion Collection.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-01
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