Category: 91Èȱ¬ THREE
Date: 26.01.2006
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91Èȱ¬ THREE celebrates some of the best of independent British and Irish cinema with a season of television premieres starting on 10 February 2006.
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A raft of recent cinematic gems will be shown every Friday night for six weeks.
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Steve Jenkins, Head of Films, 91Èȱ¬ Programme Acquisition, says: "In the blockbuster world of UK successes like Harry Potter and James Bond, it's hard for many small but striking British movies to make the mark they should.
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"This is why 91Èȱ¬ THREE is showcasing six recent examples of films from the UK and Ireland which, with the talent on display in front of and behind the camera, definitely deserve wider exposure.
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"These movies take us from the dark humour of Dead Bodies through the real-life hostage drama of Blind Flight to the world of Glasgow gangsters in Man Dancin'.
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"And the film-makers range from established talent like Gillies MacKinnon, with Pure, to an acclaimed debut director like Amma Asante, whose powerful drama about racism in South Wales, A Way Of Life, won her last year's Bafta for most promising newcomer.
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"All prove that a low budget is no obstacle to wit, style and feeling."
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Lawless Heart (2001)
Director Tom Hunsinger
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Stuart's death confronts a family with new realities and choices.
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For Tim it's a return to the small community he had escaped eight years before only to find the 'elusive something' that has been missing in his life.
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For Stuart's lover Nick it is the start of a troubled relationship with a young woman after losing his beloved and for Dan a chance for an extra martial affair.
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The movie won the Best Screenplay (British Independent Film Award 2002 and Evening Standard Film Award 2003).
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Blind Flight (2003)
Director John Furse
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Blind Flight is an account of the kidnapping of Belfast-born Brian Keenan and his subsequent captivity with John McCarthy, an English journalist, in Beirut, Lebanon in 1986.
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With outstanding performances from Ian Hart and Linus Roache, the film focuses on the pair's relationship as they struggle to maintain their spirits resurrecting their deepest memories, feelings, fears and loves.
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Man Dancin' (2003)
Norman Stone
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Alex Ferns, remembered for playing evil Trevor in EastEnders, plays former enforcer Jimmy in this tough British gangster flick, set in Glasgow.
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Jimmy returns from jail a reformed man - but his former boss isn't convinced, and neither are the police. Despite Jimmy's best intentions, his attempt to stay on the straight and narrow has brutal consequences.
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Dead Bodies (2003)
Director Robert Quinn
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An Irish darkly comic thriller that begins when Tommy, returning home one day, finds his girlfriend-from-hell dead.
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Frightened of the repercussions, he enlists his best friend to help him bury her body, instead of calling the police. Things start to spiral out of control when the body is discovered.
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Police chase him, friends betray him and he finds himself battling with his own remorse.
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The movie won the Audience Award at the Cinenygma Luxembourg International Film Festival
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Pure (2002)
Directo Gillies MacKinnon
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Set in London's East End, this critically-acclaimed bittersweet drama explores the problems encountered by ten-year-old Paul as he attempts to look after his heroin-addicted mother and maintain a normal life.
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An emotional account of a sensitive issue, Pure also features a young Keira Knightely as the teenager girl befriended by Paul.
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A Way of Life (2004)
Director Amma Asante
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Set in a rundown former coal-mining town in South Wales, A Way of Life is a critically acclaimed social drama about racism and social deprivation, where Leigh-Anne, a teenage single mum, and her friends vent their frustration on a Turkish-Muslim neighbour.
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Amma Asante won a Bafta for most promising newcomer in 2005.
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