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Raining Stones (DVD, 2002)

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Unemployed Bob Williams will turn his hand to anything to supplement his meagre dole money. But now his van has been stolen, and his daughter needs new white clothes for her first communion...

Product Identifiers

ProducerSally Hibbin

EAN5014138288457

eBay Product ID (ePID)3944866

Product Key Features

ActorBruce Jones, Tom Hickey, Ricky Tomlinson, Julie Brown, Gemma Phoenix

Film/TV TitleRaining Stones

DirectorKen Loach

LanguageEnglish

Subtitle LanguageEnglish

Run Time87 Mins

Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Release Year2002

FormatDVD

FeaturesInteractive Menus\Scene Index\Theatrical Trailer, Widescreen, With Subtitles

GenreDrama, Comedy

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

ComposerStewart Copeland

Production DesignerMartin Johnson

Additional InformationRAINING STONES, in its quietly observant, almost documentary-like style, is typical of director Ken Loach's understated approach to his left-leaning politics. The film stars Bruce Jones as Bob, a man in an impoverished town in the north of England, struggling to survive on the dole while hustling for any odd jobs he can find, or otherwise pushing the envelope with edgy, foolhardy gigs, such as stealing sheep with his friend Tommy (Ricky Tomlinson) with the hope of reselling them--and when that plan fails, repackaging them as mutton for door-to-door sales. While he's looking the other way, his van is stolen, an event typical of Bob's chronic bad luck. When his wife, Anne (Julie Brown), reminds him of the forthcoming first communion of their daughter, Coleen (Gemma Phoenix), Bob insists that she will have a new dress, although the parish priest, Father Barry (Tom Hickey), advises him that a secondhand dress would be a wiser choice. Bob's quest to raise the money for the dress has surprising repercussions. A humane, extremely moving yet clear-eyed portrait of the rigors of working-class life, the film is devoid of sentimentality, as are its stoic characters. The soundtrack features music by the Police's Stewart Copeland.

ReviewsPremiere - ...Deftly weaves a bittersweet tale..., New York Times - ...[Loach's] films leap beyond politics, beyond genre, to a life in what might be called pure cinema...

ScreenwriterJim Allen

Format DescriptionDVD 5

Sound sourceDolby Digital Surround

EditorJonathan Morris

Movie/TV TitleRaining Stones

Director of PhotographyBarry Ackroyd