Pride (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Pride |
| Original title | Pride |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2014 |
| length | 120 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 6 JMK 10 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Matthew Warchus |
| script | Stephen Beresford |
| production | David Livingstone |
| music | Christopher Nightingale |
| camera | Did Radcliffe |
| cut | Melanie Oliver |
| occupation | |
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Pride is a British film made in 2014 by director Matthew Warchus and is based on actual events. The film premiered at the Cannes International Film Festival in 2014 , where it won the Queer Palm Award .
Pride tells of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners , a group of gay activists who raised money for striking miners in 1984 . The film opened nationwide on October 30, 2014 in German cinemas.
action
In Great Britain , ruled by Margaret Thatcher , an unusual alliance of two groups was formed in the summer of 1984: A gay and lesbian group from London decided at the Gay Pride Demo in 1984 under the name "Lesbians and Gays for the Miners" ( Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners - LGSM) to raise funds for the families of striking miners . After initial rejections due to prejudice on the part of the union, the group looks for a place on its own to support. The small Welsh miners' village of Onllwyn agrees to meet. The unusual constellation causes irritation on both sides. Thanks to the commitment of some of the miners' wives and a furious dance performance by the eccentric Jonathan, the ice seems broken. However, one opponent of this alliance informs the press, which ridicules the strikers. A delegation from the site nevertheless comes to London for a return visit, where the organization organized a benefit concert with the band Bronski Beat . After the strike ended in 1985, the miners took several buses to the Gay Pride , where they were at the head of the train.
background
Historical background
The film is based on the life story of LGBT activist Mark Ashton and on the foundation of the LGSM campaign and its work. LGSM's London group supported striking miners in the Welsh regions of Vale of Neath and Swansea Valley by fundraising during the British miners' strike of 1984 and 1985. The Pits and Perverts benefit concert took place on December 10, 1984 at the Electric Ballroom in Camden Town . The gay bookstore Gay's The Word , also the headquarters of LGSM, still exists today and is located in Bloomsbury , London . Other historical figures appearing in the film include the Welsh human rights activist Hefina Headon and the Welsh politician and MP Siân James .
music
Christopher Nightingale wrote the score; only the brass arrangements come from Simon Lenton. The non-orchestral part of the score was recorded at Air Lyndhurst Studios in London . The musicians from The Tredegar Town Band were hired as soloists, Laurie Perkins (as Music Assistant also involved in the overall management of the musical design) and Ian Porthouse were on site as conductors. The German Film Orchestra Babelsberg was chosen as the orchestra , whose recordings were made (again under the direction of Laurie Perkins) in the Babelsberg “Scoring Stage” hall. The Welsh choir Fortza (under the direction of Osian Llyr Rowlands) was hired for the vocal passages, while Emyr Davies provided the Welsh translations. The conductor was Craig Yates. The choir recordings were made in the Acapela Studios in the Welsh capital Cardiff.
| Pride (Music From and Inspired by The Motion Picture) | |
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| Soundtrack from various | |
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Publication |
15th September 2014 |
| Label (s) | Universal Music |
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running time |
153: 09 minutes |
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Christopher Nightingale |
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In addition to the music written especially for the film, there is an extensive soundtrack (pieces used in the film, but not necessarily written for it), which was also released as a double CD:
| title | Singer / band | Author (s) | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| I want to break free | Queen | 4:23 | |
| Shame, shame, shame | Shirley & Company | Sylvia Robinson | 3:47 |
| Tell Me Why | Bronski beat | Steve Bronski , Larry Steinbachek , Jimmy Somerville | 4:04 |
| Love & Pride | King | Paul King, Mick Roberts | 3:21 |
| Relax | Frankie Goes to Hollywood | Peter Gill, Holly Johnson , Mark O'Toole | 3:57 |
| Tainted love | Soft cell | Edward Cobb | 2:37 |
| West End Girls | Pet Shop Boys | 4:01 | |
| Karma Chameleon | Culture Club | Michael Craig , Roy Hay , Jonathan Moss, George O'Dowd, Phil Pickett | 4:02 |
| Pull up to the bumper | Grace Jones | 4:42 | |
| You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) | Dead or Alive | Peter Jozzepi Burns, Stephen Coy, Michael David Percy, Timothy John Lever | 3:19 |
| Freedom | Wham! | 5:20 | |
| I Second That Emotion | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | Alfred Cleveland, William Robinson Jr. | 2:42 |
| Walls Come Tumbling Down | The Style Council | 3:23 | |
| Temptation | Heaven 17 | 3:26 | |
| Love Will Tear Us Apart | Joy Division | 3:21 | |
| Pale shelter | Tears for Fears | 4:27 | |
| Making Plans For Nigel | XTC | 4:12 | |
| Our lips are sealed | Fun Boy Three | 2:53 | |
| There Is Power in a Union | Billy Bragg | 2:49 | |
| Solidarity Forever | Pete Seeger | unknown (folk song) | 2:51 |
| Across the Great Divide | Frank Solivan | Kate Wolfe | 3:54 |
| title | Singer / band | Author (s) | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two tribes | Frankie Goes to Hollywood | Peter Gill, Holly Johnson , Mark O'Toole | 3:24 |
| Blue Monday | New order | 4:04 | |
| For a friend | The Communards | Jimmy Somerville , Richard Coles | 4:36 |
| All of my heart | ABC | 4:49 | |
| Do ya wanna funk | New Years Eve | 3:29 | |
| Red Red Wine | UB40 | 3:00 | |
| Genius of Love | Tom Tom Club | 3:28 | |
| Homosapien | Pete Shelley | 4:34 | |
| Hard Times | The Human League | 4:54 | |
| I Travel | Simple Minds | 4:03 | |
| A New England | Kirsty MacColl | 3:48 | |
| Waiting for the love boat | Associates | 4:26 | |
| Ghosts | Japan | 4:32 | |
| Living on the ceiling | Blancmange | 4:03 | |
| Robert De Niro's Waiting ... | Bananarama | 3:41 | |
| Keep On Keepin 'On! | The Redskins | 3:52 | |
| Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken | Lloyd Cole and the Commotions | 3:05 | |
| Across the bridge | Christopher Nightingale | 1:40 | |
| Autumn assembly | Christopher Nightingale | 1:25 | |
| Homecoming | Christopher Nightingale | 2:50 | |
| Bread and Roses | Bronwen Lewis | James A. Oppenheim, Mimi Fariña | 1:55 |
Other songs used in the film and featured in the credits but not released on CD were:
| title | Singer / band | Author (s) |
|---|---|---|
| What a difference does it make | The Smiths | Steven Patrick Morrissey , Johnny Marr |
| Fingers Eddy | Mickey O'Connor | Christopher Nightingale |
| Bumpy Ol 'Road | Mickey O'Connor | Christopher Nightingale |
| Falling Leaves | instrumental | Christopher Nightingale (music), Francis Evans (text) |
| You Can't Hurry Love | Phil Collins | Brian Holland , Edwards Holland Jr. , Lamont Dozier |
| Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes | Paul Robeson | |
| "Minute Waltzer" (Waltz No. 6; Opus 64.1 'Valse Des-Dur' or in the English title of Rubinstein's performance: "Waltz No. 6 Op. 64 No. 1 in D flat major 'Minute'") | Arthur Rubinstein (pianist) | Frédéric Chopin |
| AIDS monolith | Hans Zimmer & Gavin Greenaway | Hans Zimmer |
| situation | Yazoo | Vincent Clarke & Alison Moyet |
Cast and dubbing
The film was set to music at TaunusFilm Synchron . Harald Wolff wrote the dialogue book and directed the dialogue.
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| cliff | Bill Nighy | Bodo Wolf |
| Hefina Headon | Imelda Staunton | Isabella Grothe |
| Jonathan Blake | Dominic West | Johannes Berenz |
| Dai Donovan | Paddy Considine | Wolfgang Wagner |
| Gethin Roberts | Andrew Scott | Florian Hoffmann |
| Joe Cooper | George MacKay | Konrad Bösherz |
| Mike Jackson | Joseph Gilgun | Leonhard Mahlich |
| Mark Ashton | Ben Schnetzer | Raúl Richter |
| Jeff Cole | Freddie Fox | Valentin Stilu |
| Margaret Donovan | Liz White | Claudia Gáldy |
| Steph Chambers | Faye Marsay | Anja Stadlober |
| Zoe | Jessie Cave | Nicole Hannak |
| Siân James | Jessica Gunning | Anna Grisebach |
| Martin | Rhodri Meilir | Julien Haggége |
| Tim | Russell Tovey | Henning Nöhren |
reception
Reviews
Pride was received mostly positively. “Matthew Warchus, who has staged Simpatico for the screen with Jeff Bridges for the first time since 15 years ago , brings with him a thrilling momentum from crowdpleaser stage productions [...], but also a lot of sensitivity and an infectious mixture of charm and warmth and joke. Grandiose aerial shots of the village nestled in the valley, with the winding streets and streams of the surrounding area, make for cinema viewing values. "( Anke Sterneborg : epd Film ) Furthermore," a dazzling ensemble of actors would turn great themes such as friendship, tolerance and solidarity into an abundance of intimate, true moments " ( Anke Sterneborg ) dissolve. According to film-dienst, “the warm-hearted social comedy does not spare either the political aspects or the personal problems of a time when prejudices and the fear of AIDS reached deep within families.” The film commission awards 4 out of 5 possible stars.
World editor Thomas Abeltshauser describes Pride as a "sympathetic comedy" and praises the performance of "Acting greats like Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton and Dominic West as well as numerous new faces." Although the Focus criticizesthat the film is sometimes a bit pathetic, But “like any good ensemble film, the British coal pot comedy tells a lot of stories and still doesn't lose sight of its theme: solidarity. You can achieve something together. "
Awards
Cannes Film Festival , May 25, 2014
- Directors' Fortnight - nominated
- Queer Palm - won
Flanders International Film Festival Ghent , October 27, 2014
- “Port of Ghent” audience award - won
Leiden International Film Festival, November 10th 2014
- Audience award - won
British Independent Film Award (BIFA), December 7th 2014
- Best British Independent Film - Won
- Best Director - Matthew Warchus - nominated
- Best Screenplay - Stephen Beresford - nominated
- Best Supporting Actress - Imelda Staunton - won
- Best Supporting Actor - Andrew Scott - won
- Best Supporting Actor - Ben Schnetzer - nominated
- Most promising newcomer - Ben Schnetzer - nominated
Golden Globe Awards , January 11, 2015
- Best film (musical or comedy) - nominated
London Film Critics Circle Awards, January 18, 2015
- British Film of the Year - nominated
Dorian Awards, January 20, 2014
- LGBTQ Movie of the Year - Won
- Unsung film of the year - won
- Film of the year - nominated
Artios Awards , January 22, 2015
- Top performance in cast selection (film studio or independent comedy) - Fiona Weir - nominated
British Academy Film Awards ( BAFTA ), February 8, 2015
- Best British Film - Nominated
- Best Supporting Actress - Imelda Staunton - nominated
- Stephen Beresford and David Livingstone - - Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer won
GLAAD Media Awards , March 21, 2015
- Outstanding film - nominated
Irish Film & Television Awards, May 24, 2015
- Best Supporting Actor (Film) - Andrew Scott - nominated
David di Donatello , June 12, 2015
- Best European Film - nominated
literature
Tate, Tim: Pride, London 2017, ISBN 978-1-78606-291-8 (This book, written in English, tells the real story behind the film, especially the life story of the characters involved.)
Web links
- Pride in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Official website
- Silvia Hallensleben: Homos help buddies. In: Der Tagesspiegel . October 30, 2014, accessed April 4, 2015 ( review ).
- Wolfgang Scheel: film shelf: buddies and queers fight: Pride. Pp. 149–152 , accessed on April 23, 2016 ( review of Werkstatt Schwule Theologie (WeSTh), 17th year 2015 (PDF)).
- Sina Fabian: Pride - British history of the 1980s packed in a Feel-Good-Movie on Zeitgeschichte-online, November 2014.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Emma Sisk: How Welsh singing starlet Bronwen Lewis turned rejection on The Voice into big screen Pride . In: WalesOnline , 13 September 2014.
- ↑ Pride. German dubbing file, accessed on April 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Anke Sterneborg: Pride. epd film, accessed April 4, 2015 .
- ↑ film-dienst , No. 22/2014, p. 50, evaluation of the film commission
- ↑ Thomas Abeltshauser: Homophobes and gays, unite! World online ; accessed on November 1, 2014.
- ^ "Pride": Culture-Clash-Comedy about striking miners on focus.de, accessed on November 1, 2014.
- ↑ Nick Roddick: Pride - Cannes Film Festival - film review . In: London Evening Standard , May 27, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
- ↑ 'Pride' wint publieksprijs Film Fest Gent (nl) . In: Het Laatste Nieuws , October 27, 2014.
- ↑ Vincent Frequin: Recordaantal bezoekers voor Leiden International Film Festival (nl) . In: Dichtbij.nl , November 10, 2014.
- ↑ Matthew Warchus, '' Pride 'Wins Top Prize at British Independent Film Awards . In: Variety , December 7, 2014.
- ↑ 2015 Golden Globe Awards: Winners List . In: CNN . January 11, 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
- ^ Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Name Boyhood Film of the Year . In: GALECA . 20th January 2015.
- ↑ 2015 Artios Awards . In: Casting Society of America .
- ↑ Bafta Film Awards 2015: Winners . In: BBC News . Retrieved February 8, 2015.