Kes (#561) (Criterion Collection)[USA]

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Release Date: April 19, 2011
Purchase: Amazon

United Kingdom
1970
99 minutes
Color
1.66:1
English

DIRECTOR APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION

Named one of the ten best British films of the century by the British Film Institute, Ken Loach’s Kes, is cinema’s quintessential portrait of working-class Northern England. Billy (an astonishingly naturalistic David Bradley) is a fifteen-year-old miner’s son whose close bond with a wild kestrel provides him with a spiritual escape from his dead-end life. Kes brought to the big screen the sociopolitical engagement Loach had established in his work for the BBC, and pushed the British “angry young man” film of the sixties into a new realm of authenticity, using real locations and nonprofessional actors. Loach’s poignant coming-of-age drama remains the now legendary director’s most beloved and influential film.

Disc Features:

1. Newly restored digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Ken Loach and director of photography Chris Menges, with the filmmaker’s original production soundtrack, with uncompressed monaural audio on the Blu-ray edition
2. Making “Kes,” a new documentary featuring Loach, Menges, producer Tony Garnett, and actor David Bradley
3. The Southbank Show: “Ken Loach,” a 1993 profile
4. Cathy Come Home (1966), an early television feature by Loach, with an afterword by film writer Graham Fuller
5. Alternate, internationally released soundtrack, with postsync dialogue
6. Original theatrical trailer
7. PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by Fuller

Three reasons:

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[Brvtality]

To all who haven't got this, pick it up. The PQ is astonishingly good.

 

[Jb162009]

I just found this section lol I've never heard of criterion collection but KES is my fathers (and my mum loved it to) favourite film so I might buy them this.

 

[townterrier]

Viewed this film last night, excellent PQ, truly stunning!

So glad to own this version....thank you Criterion!!

 

[GVZER]

Viewed this film last night, excellent PQ, truly stunning!

So glad to own this version....thank you Criterion!!

Yes its a great film!

 

[Jb162009]

I got this for my dads birthday tomorrow. Its the first criterion film I've brought and I can't wait to see it.

 

[GVZER]

I got this for my dads birthday tomorrow. Its the first criterion film I've brought and I can't wait to see it.

It's a very touching film about growing up. Good movie to start your Criterion Collection with, I would recommend kid on a bike for those that like this one

 

[townterrier]

Yes its a great film!

Also a massive improvement over the UK MGM DVD I have......or at least did have!

 

[Horhay]

Added three reasons to OP.