Four-part adaptation of Iain Banks’s blackly humorous novel. Student Prentice McHoan carries out his recently deceased grandmother’s request to find out what happened to his Uncle Rory, who disappeared seven years before. The chance discovery of a novel that Rory had begun working on at the time of his disappearance takes Prentice and his childhood friend Ashley on a complex journey through his family history.

The.Crow.Road.E1.Prentice.PAL.DVD.DD2.0.x264-MJ.mkv

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Extras
Commentary by Bradley Adams (Producer), Gavin Millar (Director) and Bryan Elsley (writer) on episode one only.
Interview with Iain Banks, author of the novel.

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https://nitro.download/view/AA5A3CA7299E448/The.Crow.Road.EX.Iain.Banks.Interview.PAL.DVD.DD2.0.x264-MJ.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:None

The post Gavin Millar – The Crow Road (1996) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Quote:
Life in the tough end of Glasgow in the late 1960s is delightfully and sometimes painfully presented here. This is clearly a work of well-observed autobiography by the Mackinnon family – Billy the writer/producer and Gillies the director.

At the centre of the film is the Maclean family – widowed mother with sons Bobby (none too bright), Alan (budding artist in spite of being brought up in the tough end of Govan) and narrator Lex, only 13 and still not sure what life is all about. Iain Robertson’s performance as Lex is so good that it is barely credible that he has not reappeared in anything more worthy of his acting talent.

The film sets up a series of oppositions – gangs (Glens versus Tongs); romantic family life vs tough and unromantic street life; loyalty vs betrayal. Far from resulting in simplification, this actually makes the life of young Lex even more complex as he is, sequentially, drawn to each aspect of these opposing ideas.

Director Gillies shows he knows how to film his environment and gives us telling and memorable images – such as a huge close-up of blood running down a plug-hole that looks like some work of abstract art.

Nowhere near as clichéd as most coming-of-age movies, this is a joy for teenagers and adults alike.

Small Faces - CG.avi

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Container:	AVI
Runtime:	1h 44mn
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Codec:	XviD
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Language(s):English
Subtitles:None

The post Gillies MacKinnon – Small Faces (1996) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Synopsis –
It’s 1965. Times are changing! But the swinging sixties haven’t quite hit the Brookes household. Non-identical twin sisters Ellie and Arden Brookes seem destined to play out their lives behind a chip shop counter in a dreary Manchester backwater. Torn between the old narrow life of their childhood and the thrilling “anything goes” atmosphere of sixties rock and roll, the sisters find themselves faced with a heady mixture of new opportunities, optimism and romance. Their journey towards liberation is set against an exhilarating soundtrack of sixties music to echo the spirit of the era.
Introduction –
Sex, Chips & Rock n’ Roll is a six-part television mini-series which was written and created by Debbie Horsfield and directed by John Woods. It was produced by Wall to Wall for BBC One. Originally shown in 1999, it was later adapted into a stage musical which appeared at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre in 2005.

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https://nitro.download/view/025AB28B6E2D95C/Part_3.avi
https://nitro.download/view/FAEF8A25080B37D/Part_4.avi
https://nitro.download/view/5F69EB73F8FF00B/Part_5.avi
https://nitro.download/view/94A2125AFECB20C/Part_6.avi

Language(s):English
Subtitles:none

The post John Woods – Sex, Chips & Rock n’ Roll (1999) first appeared on Cinema of the World.