Kes

[unicorn]

Kids were fat back then, weren't they ?

 

[Marklr]

Kids were fat back then, weren't they ?

Only in the Sheffield/Barnsley areas ;)

 

[Elbow beards]

Are you sure this is real, can't find any reference to it anywhere?

 

[kashmir]

They alway remake classics never the ones that are absolute shite and need remaking
Remakes the Italian job…. Shite
Whiskey galore….utter shite

 

[calumdown]

 

[calumdown]

and guaranteed it won't contain the line,
"hands off cocks, on socks."

 

[calumdown]

 

[Sky Blue Thinking]

and guaranteed it won't contain the line,
"hands off cocks, on socks."

Or have a group of lads with no guts and no backbone really get the cane. One of them had only brought a message but had to mind the cigs or get some fist.

 

[urban genie]

Are you sure this is real, can't find any reference to it anywhere?

same I googled it straight away as never heard of it all I get is links to the film

 

[ChicagoBlue]

So many classic scenes and so many little moments that every kid of the day could relate to and see themselves.

Still have the dog-eared book and the film has stood the test of time about a time and place, and the struggles (and occasional triumphs) of the Northern working class existence.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

One of the best clips of life back then. Absolutely spot on, and Oscar worthy performance from Glover.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Indeed.

A whole generation of kids watched it at school.

And read the book

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

They alway remake classics never the ones that are absolute shite and need remaking
Remakes the Italian job…. Shite
Whiskey galore….utter shite

Get Carter

 

[HypnoticBlue]

One of the best clips of life back then. Absolutely spot on, and Oscar worthy performance from Glover.

I take it all rag players have to watch the film before they play so they get the diving right.
Class film though, not seen it for years.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Top 5 films of all time for me.

Our Judd will be turning in his grave.

 

[Marklr]

Spot on.

 

[shackattack]

Remember reading the book at school in English Literature classes, like most it brings back memories of a mis-spent childhood. One of the best British films made

 

[nmc]

It doesn't inspire any optimism in me either.
At least it looks like they've kept it in the 60s. Hollywood would've brought into modern day setting? Brian Glover in a City kit?

The Brian Glover character is fantastic. Typical Rag, a cheat, a fantasist and a bit of a bully.

 

[nmc]

Get Carter

The original is all about atmosphere (60s Newcastle) and the remake has none of that.

 

[Mr Ed (The Stables)]

The caning scene was fantastic, and summed up my education through Junior School and then Grammar School through the 1960's and into the early 1970's.

It was real as well, the tears were real, the actors were paid extra money to be caned.

Kes is one of my favourite films of all time its a classic and why the fcuk are they making a remake.