The Navigators
Summary:
Acclaimed filmmaker Ken Loach follows up on his 2000 opus Bread and Roses about a Los Angeles janitors' strike with this drama about the privatization of British Rail. Set in South Yorkshire, the film opens with familiar British Rail sign being replaced with a shiny new one reading "East Midland Infrastructure." For a group of men working at a local train station, this subtle c... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Dean Andrews - (John)
Tom Craig - (Mick)
Joe Duttine - (Paul)
Steve Huison - (Jim)
Venn Tracey - (Gerry)
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Review:
Be grateful for a filmmaker like Ken Loach, who wants to dig around in the turf that American films, both Hollywood and so-called independent, have ignored for years in favor of whiz-bang special-effects blockbusters or thumb-sucking "personal" stories. Loach wants us to see how working-class people get marginalized in deceptively simple ways... Continue >>
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