Both films are relatively light in tone and deal with the corrosive effects on an industry when management insist you start to cut corners, and both films were written by men who had worked in those industries, making for a deeply authentic and believable. Fitting squarely among his semiannual leftist treatises on the british working class, to the point of echoing his 1990 breakthrough riffraff, ken loach s the navigators is about as close as he comes to boilerplate. He was a longstanding member of the trotskyist group the. Ken loach final thoughts and the navigators by quad participate. The navigators is a 2001 british film directed by ken loach with screenplay by rob dawber it tells the story of the reactions of five sheffield rail workers to the privatisation of the railway maintenance organisation for which they all work, and the consequences for them. In navigators loach depicts the social issues in a documentary style that brings the importance of the issues with swiftness to. Rent the navigators 2001 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Ken loach was interviewed by theodoros papadopoulos in december 1998. The navigators 2001 after british rail is privatized, five coworkers struggle to survive during the transition period. Politics, class struggle intertwined with love and happiness described on a personal level. Based on an idea by howard liverpool navigators travel.
Nr safety video in the end by burlingtonnorthernry. Searching for a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the ken loach directed movie via subscription can be confusing, so. His socially critical directing style and socialist ideals are evident in his film treatment of social issues such as poverty poor cow, 1967, homelessness cathy come home, 1966, and labour rights riffraff, 1991, and the navigators, 2001. The navigators a bunch of working class heroes is celebrated in ken loach s very timely the navigators. Searching for a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the ken loachdirected movie via subscription can be confusing, so. Ken loach comes clean about his mcdonalds job film the. Rent ken loach movies and tv shows on dvd and bluray dvd. Dec 01, 2001 rail privatisation gets the ken loach treatment with the tv showing of the navigators on sunday 2 december.
Like all great artists, loach with this films add something to our understanding of ourselves, and our present history. It has an unlikely subject the privatisation of british rail and a cast of northern comics and. Satawalese navigator mau piailug talks about the story of the first navigators. As ever, his sympathies lie firmly with the ordinary working blokes, not above of bit of banter and skiving, but essentially trying to do a decent job and stay loyal to their mates in the face of managerial doubletalk and corporate. In navigators loach depicts the social issues in a documentary style that brings the importance of the issues with swiftness to the audience as it feels very real. Focusing on a group of workers whose lives were changed by the decision, the film is written by rob dawber, who worked as a railway signals operator. Though ken loach is often characterised as having begun in television before graduating to feature films, his television dramas are distinctive in their own right, not just preparation for a cinema career, although they share themes, techniques and collaborators with his films. The navigators is a 2002 british film about the reactions of five sheffield rail workers to the privatisation of the railway maintenance organization for which they all work and the consequences for them directed by ken loach. Rent the navigators 2001 starring dean andrews and thomas craig on dvd and bluray. Learn more about loachs life and career, including his other movies. With an immediacy only ever seen in current affairs programmes, the portrayal of ordinary peoples lives had an authenticity seldom witnessed in television drama.
Telecharger the navigators 2001 streaming gratuit vf. Though not one of loach s strongest films, his heart is in the rightplace, and his foray into. Jun 01, 2012 in todays guardian film show, xan brooks, peter bradshaw and catherine shoard give their verdicts on slick hitman thriller killing them softly and ken loach s comedy the angels share, both in. Ken loach final thoughts and the navigators youtube. The ken loach youtube channel gives you access to his early major films, including cathy come home, a 1966 bbc docudrama that portrays a young couple grappling with poverty, unemployment, and homelessness, and also kes, a 1970 movie thats now ranked seventh on the british film institutes list of the top ten british films. Rent ken loach movies and tv shows on dvd and bluray. The career of the filmmaker ken loach embraces both the cinema and televis. George fenton sweet sixteen the navigators bread and. The organisation was split up into many companies, as a result of which colleagues who had worked together for many years suddenly became each others competitors. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. In terms of story and tone, the navigators, ken loach s somewhat overlooked 2001 film, is the kid brother to his earlier film riffraff. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. It is good to know that while in hollywood the so called entertainment industry wants to send our minds and conscious into sleep, comes a real humanist film maker and serves as a voice of society in a crisis, of real people like all of us that deal with problems that surface everywhere in the world. Still angry after all these years its four decades since director ken loachs tough portrayal of homelessness, cathy come home, revolutionised the way social.
Theres a wonderfully bleak, yet humorous moment in ken loachs raining stones 1993 that exemplifies his skill and artistry as a filmmaker. In this way, loach has not only made an important contribution to the upsurge of filmmaking in scotland since the 1990s but also been responsible for the production of films commanding an international appeal. Ken loach is known for films about social injustice, and his latest looks at how britains gig economy cheats the working poor. With dean andrews, thomas craig, joe duttine, steve huison. The navigators must have a fighting chance of ending up among the prizes this year to be awarded tomorrow. Ken loach s study of the impact of rail privatisation on a group of yorkshire rail track workers comes to dvd while the process of dismantling railtrack is in the. A significant factor in the crash was believed to be poor attention to safety by privatised rail companies. Ken loach may be a palme dor winner but he also turned his hand to tv ads when film work dried up, he admits.
The navigators is a 2001 british film directed by ken loach with screenplay by rob dawber. The socially committed film the navigators is fictional, but has a very realistic background. Kenneth charles loach born 17 june 1936 is an english filmmaker. The navigators is a 2002 british film about the reactions of five sheffield rail workers to the privatisation of the railway maintenance organization for which they all work and the consequences for them. Robert rob dawber 8 january 1956 20 february 2001 was a british railwayman turned writer whose script for the film the navigators was commissioned by director ken loach and shot in sheffield, where dawber lived.
A group of maintenance workers find themselves with a new boss after the privatization of british rail. Mar 20, 2007 since the navigators loach has made a greater film yet, requiring a revision of the estimate that the 2001 film is ken loachs masterpiece. The wind that shakes the barley 2006, about the birth and early history of the irish republican army in the 1920s, won the palme dor at cannes. The powerful small screen work of an uncompromising master. Directed by ken loach, the navigators examines the privatization of the british railways. The navigators 2001 was highly topical in its subject matter filming began days before a major train crash at hatfield in hertfordshire which strikingly mirrored the films script. Ken loach was born in nuneaton, warwickshire, england, in 1936. As big business takes hold of the rail industry, the gang at a local depot is forced to adapt to new rules and wrestle with middle managements doubletalk as reliable workers are sent to pasture. The new company is called east midland infrastructure and it is out to radically cut operating costs, as well as downsizing the workforce under the cover of a highly cinematic entity named the foundation for the future. Rob dawber, socialist and ex rail worker, wrote the film.
As the profound effects of privatisation and the grave. Ken loach is a master of presenting the struggles of the world in the lives of a few. Characteristically, director ken loach highlights the solidarity and sense of humour of a group of. Divx ita ken loach paul, mick e gli altri 2001 by alessia. Hemmings nigel harrison instructs the employees on. This groundbreaking drama saw ken loach take the filming out of the studio and onto the very streets depicted in the story. In britain, where the infrastructure of the once mighty british railways is now so run. If firsttime script writer rob dawber hadnt torn a tendon falling off a sand dune on holiday in 1996, the navigators may never have been written. Meanwhile, for the ones who are staying, there is barely enough work to go around. Fancy watching the navigators on your tv, phone, or tablet. Dvd ken loach s film is the powerful story of a group of south yorkshire railway track workers at the time of the privatisation of british rail. Jun 14, 2016 ken loach comes clean about his mcdonalds job. Ken loach, british director whose works are considered landmarks of social realism. It tells the story of the reactions of five sheffield rail workers.
This website uses cookies we, and our partners, set cookies and collect information from your browser to provide you with website content, deliver relevant. Ken loach does for the railways in the navigators what he did for the construction industry in riffraff 1990. Ken loach on his new film sorry we missed you, an attack. Five yorkshiremen try to survive after the british rail is bought out by a private company. It tells the story of the reactions of five sheffield rail workers to the privatisation of the railway maintenance organisation for which they all work, and the consequences for them. Divx ita ken loach paul, mick e gli altri 2001 youtube. The navigators 2001 stream and watch online moviefone. On the other hand, loach s career is brilliant from beginning to end with the only possible exception of carlas song that i consider a fauxpas. The van driving main character is sinking into debt, trapped by a. Bob bruce jones, an unemployed father in manchester, juggles one odd job after another in order to scrape together enough money to buy his daughters first communion dress. Ken loach i svensk filmdatabas svensk ken loach pa allocine fransk ken loach pa allmovie engelsk ken loach hos turner classic movies engelsk ken loach hos the movie database engelsk ken loachs hos encyclop. His notable films include kes, hidden agenda, the wind that shakes the barley, and i, daniel blake. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. I sent in a letter to ken loach about my experiences working on the railway and he wrote back saying he was interested and would like to see the script said dawber.
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