A Kind of Loving (film)
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| Directed by | John Schlesinger |
| Produced by | Joseph Janni |
| Written by | Keith Waterhouse Willis Hall Stan Barstow (novel) |
| Starring | Alan Bates June Ritchie Thora Hird |
| Music by | Ron Grainer |
| Cinematography | Denys Coop |
| Editing by | Roger Cherrill |
| Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated Governor Films |
| Release date(s) |  12 April 1962 1 October 1962 |
| Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
A Kind of Loving is a 1962 British drama film directed by John Schlesinger, based on the 1960 novel of the same name by Stan Barstow. It stars Alan Bates and June Ritchie as two lovers in 1960s West Yorkshire. The photography was by Denys Coop, and the music by Ron Grainer. Filming locations included the towns of Preston, Blackburn, Bolton, Salford, Manchester, Radcliffe and St Anne's-on-sea in the north-west of England.
The film belongs to the British New Wave movement in film, and the related genre commonly known as "kitchen sink drama". The novel was later turned into a 1982 television series A Kind of Loving.
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[edit] Plot summary
Victor 'Vic' Brown (Bates) is a draftsman in a Manchester factory who sleeps with a typist called Ingrid Rothwell (Ritchie) who also works there. She falls for him but he is less enamoured of her. He then learns she is pregnant so he proposes marriage and the couple move in with her domineering mother Mrs Rothwell (Thora Hird), who looks down on Vic. Ingrid has a miscarriage, Vic has regrets and comes home drunk. The couple then consider the possibility of making do with a 'kind of loving'.
[edit] Cast
- Alan Bates as Victor Arthur 'Vic' Brown
- Thora Hird as Mrs. Rothwell
- June Ritchie as Ingrid Rothwell
- Bert Palmer as Mr. Geoffrey Brown
- Pat Keen as Christine Harris
- James Bolam as Jeff
- Jack Smethurst as Conroy
- Gwen Nelson as Mrs. Brown
- John Ronane as Draughtsman
- David Mahlowe as David Harris
- Patsy Rowlands as Dorothy
- Michael Deacon as Les
- Annette Robertson as Phoebe
- Fred Ferris as Althorpe
- Leonard Rossiter as Whymper
- Malcolm Patton as Jim Brown
- Harry Markham as Railwayman
- Peter Madden as Registrar
- David Cook as Draughtsman (uncredited)
- Joe Gladwin as Bus Driver (uncredited)
- Norman Heyes as Laisterdyke (uncredited)
- Bryan Mosley as Bus conductor (uncredited)
- Kathy Staff as Next door neighbour (uncredited)
[edit] Awards
The film won the Golden Bear award at the 12th Berlin International Film Festival in 1962.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ "Berlinale: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1962/03_preistr_ger_1962/03_Preistraeger_1962.html. Retrieved 2010-02-03.
[edit] External links
- A Kind of Loving at the Internet Movie Database
- A Kind of Loving at AllRovi
- A Kind of Loving at Britmovie
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