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The scene where the pupils are lined up in the headmasters office and an innocent pupil gets is told to go in by mistake and the head won't listen to the innocent little boy and they are all given the cane. It's the tears welling up in his eyes.
lainey, the story of that was told on that clip, but i read it in a book of all Loach's films.
The boys were told they would not be caned...... then at the last minute, Loach told the head to whack them....including the little boy....told just to ignore everything the little boy says......
Loach said the only way he could film the agony of being caned...was to cane them.....
After the first take, the boys revolted and refused to continue..... but then agreed a fee of 50p per further whack
They had to film from the front and also behind.
But the little lad, they 'only' caned him the once
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I didn't watch the clip, I will now.
Poor kids that's out of order by Ken Loach. 50p!!!!
lainey.....
50p forty years ago was a lot of money
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about £5-£7? or more
You could get into a football stadium for around that (adult) which now costs anything up to £50 in some cases
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I know, but that doesn't mean inflation has risen by that amount just the price of football tickets.
50p in the 70's got you what? It was £2 for Anfield.
My point is Ken could have bought them a bike each.
The scene where the pupils are lined up in the headmasters office and an innocent pupil gets is told to go in by mistake and the head won't listen to the innocent little boy and they are all given the cane. It's the tears welling up in his eyes.
Thet poor kids eyes really get to you.brian glover was hilarious
Ken Loach is my favourite director, Kes is a british institute. Im actually writing a disertation at the moment for Uni on British Social Realism and Ken Loach features heavily i.e. Kes, Cathy Come Home, Up the Junction ect ect
ITV 3 now..............poor lad's just been caned
He did ''Up The Junction''????
Very good film - and not very often screened - starring Dennis Waterman and Maureen Lipman!
Really? Just on TV? I haven't got one at the moment
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It's the one film I can't watch,too upsetting.
Haven't dared watch it since I first saw it around 14.