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Kes protests at this educational void that does not take into account individual skills, and suggests this is a consequence of capitalist society, which demands a steady supply of unskilled labour." [ 9 ] Golding also quoted director Ken Loach who stated that, "It [the film] should be dedicated to all the lads who had failed their 11-plus.
A Kestrel for a Knave is a novel by English author Barry Hines, published in 1968.Set in an unspecified mining area in Northern England, the book follows Billy Casper, a young working-class boy troubled at home and at school, who finds and trains a kestrel whom he names "Kes".
Loach's film Kes (1969) was voted the seventh greatest British film of the 20th century in a poll by the British Film Institute. Two of his films, The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) and I, Daniel Blake (2016), received the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, making him one of only ten filmmakers to win the award twice. [3]
Sounder, by William H. Armstrong (1969) A Day No Pigs Would Die, by Robert Newton Peck (1972) A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich, by Alice Childress (1973) Ordinary People, by Judith Guest (1976) A River Runs Through It, by Norman Maclean (1976) Vision Quest, by Terry Davis (1979) The Body, short story by Stephen King (1982)
A Taste of Honey is an influential "kitchen sink drama". In this photo of the 1960 Broadway production, Joan Plowright plays the role of Jo, a 17-year-old schoolgirl who has a love affair with a black sailor (played by Billy Dee Williams).
"Cathy Come Home" is a 1966 BBC television play about homelessness. It was written by Jeremy Sandford, produced by Tony Garnett and directed by Ken Loach.A 1998 Radio Times readers' poll voted it the "best single television drama" and a 2000 industry poll rated it as the second-best British television programme ever made.
For example, the standard release version opens with the line "I dwell in the north in the green country", while the version in the film opens with the line "I dwell in the town in the grey country". Other songs by Donovan in the film are "Be Not Too Hard" and " Colours ", the latter of which is sung by the character played by Terence Stamp .
Like many of the actors in Kes, Fletcher had no formal acting experience, but almost immediately found television work after the film was released and commended by the critics. Fletcher had a regular television role as layabout Raymond Shepherd, one of Diana Dors's wayward sons in the comedy series Queenie's Castle. [3]