Black Jack [videorecording] / adapted & directed by Ken Loach.
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FilmPublisher number: BFIVD844 | BFIPublication details: [U.K.] : BFI, 2010Description: 1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. + 1booklet (20 p.)Genre/Form: Children's : FeatureDDC classification: 791.437 Cast: Cast: Jean Franval, Stephen Hirst, Louise Cooper, Andrew Bennett, Packie Byrne, Brian Hawksley, Doreen Mantle, William Moore, Patti Nicholls, Joyce Smith, Russell Waters, Phil Askham.Summary: Ken Loach directs this adventure film based on the children's novel by Leon Garfield. Set in mid-18th century Yorkshire, the film tells the tale of Black Jack (Jean Franval), a huge but gentle Frenchman who miraculously survives a hanging at the gallows in York and escapes into the countryside with two young companions he meets along the way, Tolly (Stephen Hirst) and asylum escapee Belle Carter (Louise Cooper). There the trio of outcasts finally find a family of sorts in one another and end up joining a travelling carnival troupe.
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Paul Hamlyn Library | Paul Hamlyn Library | Floor 1 Mobile shelves | 791.4372 BLA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 06069924 |
Film made in 1979.
From the novel by Leon Garfield.
Credits: music, Bob Pegg; cinematographer, Chris Menges.
Special features include: Newly created director's cut; exclusive feature commentary by director Ken Loach; English and French language versionsof the feature; illustrated booklet with newly commissioned essays, extracts from Terry Deary's "Horrible histories" series; original trailer; deleted scenes
Cast: Jean Franval, Stephen Hirst, Louise Cooper, Andrew Bennett, Packie Byrne, Brian Hawksley, Doreen Mantle, William Moore, Patti Nicholls, Joyce Smith, Russell Waters, Phil Askham.
Ken Loach directs this adventure film based on the children's novel by Leon Garfield. Set in mid-18th century Yorkshire, the film tells the tale of Black Jack (Jean Franval), a huge but gentle Frenchman who miraculously survives a hanging at the gallows in York and escapes into the countryside with two young companions he meets along the way, Tolly (Stephen Hirst) and asylum escapee Belle Carter (Louise Cooper). There the trio of outcasts finally find a family of sorts in one another and end up joining a travelling carnival troupe.
BBFC code: PG.
DVD.
In English with subtitles in English for the hearing impaired.
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