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Hunky Dory (film)
''Hunky Dory'' is a British independent musical film about the trials of an idealistic drama teacher as she tries to put on the end-of-year show. It was written by Laurence Coriat and directed by Welsh director Marc Evans and stars Minnie Driver, Aneurin Barnard, Kimberley Nixon and Robert Pugh. It premièred at the 55th BFI London Film Festival on 25 October 2011, and was officially released on 2 March 2012 in the UK. Plot Set in a Welsh comprehensive school during the summer of 1976, keen drama teacher Vivienne (Minnie Driver) fights general teenage apathy to put on a glam rock musical version of Shakespeare's '' The Tempest ''of which David Bowie (whose album provides the name of the film) might be proud. To engage her totally lackadaisical students and get them to explore and express their emotions, she uses pop hits of the time performed by a fresh young cast led by Davey ( Aneurin Barnard). She hopes her more liberal approach to learning might stir them to discover they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Evans
Marc Evans (born 1963) is a Welsh director of film and television, whose credits include the films ''House of America'', '' Resurrection Man'' and ''My Little Eye''. Biography Evans was born in 1963 in Cardiff, Wales. He studied for a history of art degree at the University of Cambridge, and then took a year out before taking a one-year course in film at the University of Bristol, where one of his contemporaries was Michael Winterbottom. Career Evans worked as a runner for a commercials company in London, before beginning directing on TV dramas, starting out with Welsh-medium productions for S4C, and worked on episodes of ''The Ruth Rendell Mysteries''. He then switched to film, with ''House of America'' (1997) about a young immigrant coming from Wales to the United States, who falls foul of the American dream. In 1998 controversy started over his ''Resurrection Man'', an extreme horror period drama set amid sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. The later films of Marc Eva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Shot In Wales
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English-language Welsh Films
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2010s Musical Drama Films
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British Musical Drama Films
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Welsh Films
This is a chronological list of films produced in Wales. It is divided between those that are in the English language, Welsh language, and no language (Silent film). Silent films 1890s *1898: ''Conway Castle'' *1898: '' Blackburn Rovers v West Bromwich Albion'', is the world's oldest extant soccer film, by Arthur Cheetham. 1900s *1907: '' Wales, England: Land of Castles and Waterfalls'' 1910s *1913: '' The Foreman's Treachery'', by Charles Brabin. *1915: '' A Welsh Singer'' was adapted from a novel by Allen Raine and starred Florence Turner. *1918: ''The Life Story of David Lloyd George'' Welsh-language films 1930s *1935: '' Y Chwarelwr'' (''The Quarryman''), was the first Welsh language sound film, directed by Ifan ab Owen Edwards. 1940s *1949: '' Yr Etifeddiaeth'' (''The Heritage'') is a documentary by journalist John Robert Williams. 1980s *1981: '' O'r Ddaear Hen'' was directed by Wil Aaron and scripted by Gwyn Thomas. *1986: '' Milwr Bychan'' (''Boy Soldier''), dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Films
The following is an overview of the events of 2011 in film, including the highest-grossing films, film festivals, award ceremonies and a list of films released and notable deaths. More film sequels were released in 2011 than any other year before it, with 28 sequels released. Evaluation of the year Richard Brody of ''The New Yorker'' observed that the best films of 2011 "exalt the metaphysical, the fantastical, the transformative, the fourth-wall-breaking, or simply the impossible, and—remarkably—do so ... These films depart from 'reality' ... not in order to forget the irrefutable but in order to face it, to think about it, to act on it more freely". Film critic and filmmaker Scout Tafoya of '' RogerEbert.com'' considers the year of 2011 as the best year for cinema, countering the notion of 1939 being film's best year overall, citing examples such as ''Drive'', ''The Tree of Life'', ''Once Upon a Time in Anatolia'', ''Keyhole'', '' Contagion'', ''The Adventures of Tintin'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musical Film
Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate "production numbers". The musical film was a natural development of the stage musical after the emergence of sound film technology. Typically, the biggest difference between film and stage musicals is the use of lavish background scenery and locations that would be impractical in a theater. Musical films characteristically contain elements reminiscent of theater; performers often treat their song and dance numbers as if a live audience were watching. In a sense, the viewer becomes the diegetic audience, as the performer looks directly into the camera and performs to it. With the advent of sound in the late 1920s, musicals gained popularity with the public and are exemplified by the films of Busby Ber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George MacKay (actor)
George Andrew J. MacKay (; born 13 March 1992) is a English actor. He began his career as a child actor in ''Peter Pan'' (2003). He had starring roles in the British war drama ''Private Peaceful'' (2012), the romantic film ''How I Live Now'' (2013), ''For Those in Peril'' (2013), for which he won a BAFTA Scotland Award and was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award, and ''Marrowbone'' (2017). He garnered recognition for his leading role in ''1917'' (2019) which received critical acclaim and numerous awards. Early life and education MacKay was born in Hammersmith, London to Kim Baker, a British costume designer from London, and Paul MacKay, an Australian working in lighting and stage management. He grew up in Barnes with his younger sister. He is of Irish descent on his mother’s side, his maternal grandmother being from Cork. MacKay attended The Harrodian School, an independent school in London. When he was 17, he unsuccessfully auditioned for entrance to the Royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Rhys Harries
Tom Rhys Harries (born 8 October 1992) is a Welsh actor, best known for his roles as Manchester DJ Axel Collins in the Netflix series '' White Lines'' (2020) and Eddie Walker in the Apple TV+ series ''Suspicion'' (2022). Harries has also acted in recurring roles in the television series ''Jekyll and Hyde'' (2015), ''Unforgotten'' (2018), and ''Britannia'' (2019). In film, Harries has appeared in ''Hunky Dory'' (2011), '' Slaughterhouse Rulez '' (2018), and '' The Gentlemen'' (2019). Early life Tom Rhys Harries was born in Cardiff, Wales, to his mother a scriptwriter and his father a head teacher, and has two sisters. Rhys Harries took a course at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff, for which in 2020, he was made an Honorary Associate. Career For his work in the theatre, Rhys Harries was named as one of Screen International Stars of Tomorrow in 2012 In the theatre, Rhys Harries made his West End stage debut in 2013 in Jez Butterworth's ''Mojo (play)'' alongsid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aled Pugh
Aled Pugh (born May 1979) is a Welsh actor who has worked extensively in television roles and movies in both Welsh and English medium. He is best known for playing Bobby Gittins in the Sky One series '' Stella'', and Gerwyn Parri in the long-running Welsh soap ''Pobol y Cwm''. Career Pugh first came to prominence in 1990, playing school-child Rhys in the Welsh comedy-drama ''Hapus Dyrfa''. He starred in three series on S4C. In 2005 Pugh played Ryan Davies in a play about the lives of Welsh comedy double act Ryan and Ronnie. He later took the same role in a screen adaptation, with critical acclaim. He was awarded a BAFTA Cymru award in May 2010 for best actor in this role. Personal life Pugh was brought up in Tycroes, near Ammanford by his parents Sian and Hywel Pugh. He later attended Ysgol Gyfun Maes yr Yrfa secondary school. Pugh lives in Llangynwyd Llangynwyd is a village (and electoral ward) 2 miles to the south of Maesteg, in the county borough of Bridgend, Wales. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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