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Sony Pictures Classics |
Release Date:
May 28, 1993
Summary:
Growing up in the wreckage of post-war Liverpool should be a grim experience for sensitive eleven-year-old Bud. He lives in rain-drenched, lice-ridden impoverishment with his mother and hordes of siblings. The secondary school he's just started attending is a breeding ground for bigots and bullies and Bud's the punch-bag. Yet Davies' film is an ode to childhood bliss. It evokes the confused thrill of sexual awakening, the addictive buzz of a favourite pop tune, the warmth of a doting mother's embrace, the happiness of a family sing-song. And, most effectively, the wide-eyed wonder inspired by cinema itself as Bud bunks off church to worship Hollywood's idols at his local picture house. [Channel Four Films]
Details
| Runtime: | 85 min |
| Rating: | Rated PG for thematic elements and some mild language |
| Official Site: | http://thefilmdesk.com/thelongdaycloses/ |
| Production: | Channel Four Films |
| Genres: | Biography, Drama, Family |
| Country: | UK |
| Language: | English |
| Director | Credit |
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| Terence Davies | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
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| Terence Davies | Writer |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
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| Leigh McCormack | Bud |
| Marjorie Yates | Mother |
| Cast | Credit |
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| Anthony Watson | Kevin |
| Ayse Owens | Helen |
| Denise Thomas | Jean |
| Gavin Mawdslay | Billy |
| Jimmy Wilde | Curly |
| Joy Blakeman | Frances |
| Kirk McLaughlin | Labourer/Christ |
| Marcus Heath | Black Man |
| Nicholas Lamont | John |
| Patricia Morrison | Amy |
| Peter Ivatts | Mr. Bushell |
| Robin Polley | Mr. Nicholls |
| Tina Malone | Edna |
| Producer | Credit |
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| Angela Topping | Producer |
| Ben Gibson | Executive Producer |
| Colin MacCabe | Executive Producer |
| Maureen McCue | Associate Producer |
| Olivia Stewart | Producer |
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