Kes
They broke his heart but they couldn’t break his spirit.
Kes (1970)
Timing:
1:51 (111 min)
7.427/10
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7.964/10
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7.9/10
26000
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Country
Production
Genre
Drama
Budget
$0
Revenue
$1 741
Director
Actors
David Bradley, Freddie Fletcher, Lynne Perrie, Colin Welland, Brian Glover, Bob Bowes, Bernard Atha, Joey Kaye, Bill Dean, Duggie Brown
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Operator
Composer
John Cameron
Artist
Audition
Editing
Roy Watts
All team (7)
All team (7)
Short description
Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper, a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes. Helped and encouraged by his English teacher and his fellow students, Billy finally finds a positive purpose to his unhappy existence—until tragedy strikes.
What's left behind the scenes
- The only professional actor in the film was Colin Welland, who played Mr. Farting. The remaining roles were given to non-professionals (including the school principal – who was actually the principal of a neighboring school).
- Disney studio attempted to buy the film rights from Barry Hines (1939-2016), the author of the story “A Kestrel for a Knave” (1968), on which the film is based, but they planned to change the ending and let the kestrel live. Hines refused the lucrative offer.
- The film rights to Barry Hines (1939-2016), the author of the short story "A Kestrel for a Knave" (1968), on which the film is based, were sought by Disney, but they intended to change the ending and leave the bird alive. Hines refused the lucrative offer.
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