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MGM Home Entertainment
Directed by: Ken Loach
Named one of the ten best British films of the century by the British Film Institute, Ken Loach’s Kes, is cinema’s quintessential portrait of working-class Northern England. Billy (an astonishingly naturalistic David Bradley) 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. Kes brought to the big screen the sociopolitical engagement Loach had established in his work for the BBC, and pushed the British “angry young man” film of the sixties into a new realm of authenticity, using real locations and nonprofessional actors. Loach’s poignant coming-of-age drama remains the now legendary director’s most beloved and influential film.
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Format:
Blu-ray
Disc:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66:1
Audio Options:
English PCM Mono 1.0
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Documentary, Television Program, Feature Film, Alternate Soundtrack, Theatrical Trailer, Booklet
- Making “Kes,” a new documentary featuring Ken Loach, Chris Menges, producer Tony Garnett, and actor David Bradley
- The South Bank Show: “Ken Loach,” a 1993 profile
- Cathy Come Home (1966), an early television feature by Loach, with an afterword by film writer Graham Fuller
- Alternate, internationally released soundtrack, with postsync dialogue
- Original theatrical trailer
- A booklet featuring a new essay by Graham Fuller
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