7 Movies Starring David Bradley

Kes

Kes

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1970-04-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (11625 Reviews)

Director:

Ken Loach

Cast:

Writer:

Barry Hines (book)

Barry Hines (adaptation)

Ken Loach (adaptation)

Tony Garnett (adaptation)

Fullplot:

Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper (David Bradley), a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes. Helped and encouraged by his English teacher Mr. Farthing (Colin Welland) and his fellow students, Billy finally finds a positive purpose to his unhappy existence, until tragedy strikes.

The King Is Alive

The King Is Alive

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-05-11

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

Sweden, Denmark, USA

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (1654 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

William Shakespeare (with: inspiration from "King Lear")

Kristian Levring

Anders Thomas Jensen

Fullplot:

While shifting airports by bus in Africa, a group of passengers is driven to the middle of nowhere in the desert by the driver that is following a defective compass. They run out of gas and they reach a ghost village inhabited by a single man, Kanana. One passenger that has experience with desert gives five advices to the others to survive in the spot, among them to keep the spirit high, while he travels through the desert seeking for help. One intellectual in the stranded group suggests the performance of King Lear to keep the morale of the survivors. Along the days, while hope decreases, the tension increases among the survivors.

The King Is Alive

The King Is Alive

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-05-11

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

Sweden, Denmark, USA

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (1652 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

William Shakespeare (with: inspiration from "King Lear")

Kristian Levring

Anders Thomas Jensen

Fullplot:

While shifting airports by bus in Africa, a group of passengers is driven to the middle of nowhere in the desert by the driver that is following a defective compass. They run out of gas and they reach a ghost village inhabited by a single man, Kanana. One passenger that has experience with desert gives five advices to the others to survive in the spot, among them to keep the spirit high, while he travels through the desert seeking for help. One intellectual in the stranded group suggests the performance of King Lear to keep the morale of the survivors. Along the days, while hope decreases, the tension increases among the survivors.

The Daisy Chain

The Daisy Chain

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-04-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

Ireland, UK

Runtime:

89 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.1 (947 Reviews)

Director:

Aisling Walsh

Fullplot:

Martha, an emotionally fragile mother, who moves to a remote Irish village with her husband Tomas following the tragic death of their baby daughter. Whilst there, the couple decide to take in a disturbed and orphaned autistic girl called Daisy. Uncommunicative and greatly scarred by the violent death of her parents, Daisy gradually warms to her new surroundings. But, as a series of strange occurrences begin to be linked to the little girl, Martha and Tomas begin to hear rumors from the locals that Daisy might be something far more malevolent than she seems.

Harry Brown

Harry Brown

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-05-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (70728 Reviews)

Director:

Daniel Barber

Fullplot:

In England, retired Royal Marine Harry Brown spends his lonely life between the hospital, where his beloved wife Kath is terminally ill, and playing chess with his only friend Leonard Attwell in the Barge pub owned by Sid Rourke. After the death of Kath, Len tells his grieving friend that the local gang is harassing him and he is carrying an old bayonet for self-defense; the widower suggests him to go to the police. When Len is beaten, then stabbed to death in an underground passage, Inspector Alice Frampton and her partner Sergeant Terry Hicock are sent to investigate. They pay Harry a visit but don't have good news; the police have not found any other evidence, other than the bayonet, in order to arrest the hoodlums. This mean that should the case go to trial the gang would claim self-defense. Harry Brown sees that justice will not be granted and decides to take matters into his own hands.

The Holding

The Holding

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-09-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

89 min

IMDB Ratings:

4.7 (700 Reviews)

Director:

Susan Jacobson

Genres:

Thriller

Fullplot:

In the countryside of England, lonely farmer Nancy raises her daughters Hanna and Amy with financial difficulties in her farm with her only employee Cooper since her husband has disappeared a long time ago. Her neighbor Karsten and his son intend to buy her farm and are pressing the family in an abusive way. Out of the blue, wanderer Aden appears in the farm and helps Nancy with the delivery of the offspring. Aden explains that he was a friend of her husband Dean in an offshore rig and he offers to work for food and lodging. Nancy accepts the offer and soon she has a love affair with Aden. But either Nancy or Aden have dark secrets.

An Adventure in Space and Time

An Adventure in Space and Time

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-11-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.3 (4159 Reviews)

Director:

Terry McDonough

Fullplot:

In 1963 Sydney Newman, progressive head of BBC TV's drama department, wants to fill a Saturday tea-time slot with a show with youth appeal and hits on the idea of an august figure, like a doctor, leading a group of companions on time travel adventures. He engages inexperienced young producer Verity Lambert to expand the idea. Fighting sexist and racial bigotry Verity and young Indian director Waris Hussein persuade crusty character actor William Hartnell to play the doctor figure and, despite technical hiccups and competition with coverage of the Kennedy assassination, the first episode of 'Doctor Who' is born. As the show becomes a success Hartnell displays an obsession with his character but, after three years, ill health catches up with him and he starts to forget lines. Newman tells him that Doctor Who will 'regenerate' and he will be replaced by younger actor Patrick Troughton. Though attached to the part and reluctant to give it up Hartnell wishes every success to Troughton, the first of several actors to play a part which will endure for fifty years.

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