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Looks and Smiles is a 1981 British drama film directed by Ken Loach. It is based on the novel of the same name, written by Barry Hines. The film was entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival, where Loach won the Young Cinema Award. [1]
Looks and Smiles: Directed by Ken Loach. With Graham Green, Carolyn Nicholson, Tony Pitts, Roy Haywood. Mick and Alan, two friends who have just left school, are full of dreams for the future.
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- Drama
- Ken Loach
- 1981-09-09
Two friends (Tony Pitts, Graham Green) take separate paths after losing their jobs when a steel mill closes down.
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- Tony Pitts
- Ken Loach
- Drama
Looks and Smiles - Ken Loach (1981) A disadvantaged young man tries to get by in Margaret Thatcher's England. Old Ken apparantly dislikes this film, and views it as a failure because it doesn't/didn't fill the audience with an overpowering political rage at the conditions it presents.
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- Kestrel Films Ltd., British Lion Films
- Ken Loach
Sep 10, 2012 · Sheffield, 1980: the evening paper warns of yet more redundancies in the steel industry, and the choice before school leavers Alan and Mick is either the forces or the dole.
But against the background of Thatcher's Britain, the two soon wake up to reality. From acclaimed Director Ken Loach. Thatcherism and the Irish troubles provide the backdrop for this study of Mick, a well-meaning youth in Sheffield, who has, unlike Dickens' Pip, no expectations.
Looks and Smiles - Ken Loach's LOOKS AND SMILES on DVD It has been easy to underestimate, and underappreciate, Ken Loach, by far the most distinctive, profound and consistent filmmaker to work in Great Britain in the last 40 years.
