Pride
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Short description
Pride is set in Britain in the summer of 1984, during Margaret Thatcher's time as prime minister and a nationwide strike by the National Union of Mineworkers. A small group of gay and lesbian activists in London, taking part in a Pride march, decide to collect money for the families of the striking miners. The union proves reluctant to accept help from them, so the activists travel by minibus to a mining village in Wales to hand over the funds in person. What begins as an awkward encounter between two very different communities gradually develops into an unexpected alliance built on a shared cause. The story is based on real events, and the group became known as Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners.
Matthew Warchus directed, working from a screenplay by Stephen Beresford, with David Livingstone producing. Pride was Warchus's second feature, following Simpatico in 1999, and he later directed Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical. George MacKay plays Joe, a young man who joins the campaign, alongside Ben Schnetzer as Mark Ashton, Freddie Fox, Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton and Dominic West. The production drew on a large ensemble, with dozens of credited cast and crew members.
The film was released in September 2014 and took about 17 million dollars worldwide. Audiences rate it 7.8 out of 10 on IMDb and 7.7 out of 10 on TMDB, while critics give it 7.6 out of 10 from 155 reviews, so critical and audience responses are closely aligned.
What's left behind the scenes
- Although Mark's political preferences are not mentioned in the film, at the very beginning, a Communist Party flag is shown on the wall. In some scenes, Mark is shown with a red star on his lapel, and in the episode where he goes on stage at the gay bar, someone shouts: “Communist!”
- The scene on Westminster Bridge shows some of the people who became the prototypes for the film's characters. These are Reggie Blennerhassett and Ray Adler (played by Chris Overton and Joshua Hill), Gethin Roberts (played by Andrew Scott) with his mother (Olwen Medi), Mike Jackson (played by Joseph Gilgun), and Ray Goodspeed (he is not in the film, but he played a prominent role in the 'Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners' organization).
- During the film's wide release in 2014, the last coal mines in the UK were closing due to a law passed in 2008. The very last coal mine in the country, in Kellingley, Yorkshire, closed in December 2015.
- In the first half of the 20th century, over 1000 coal mines operated in the territory of Great Britain. By 1984, only 173 remained.
- The miners' strike, which was declared in March 1984, was considered illegal in England and Wales, as it was not preceded by a nationwide referendum. In Scotland, it was considered legal, as it was supported by the Scottish branch of the National Union of Mineworkers.
- A transvestite at the concert is shown with a poster bearing the name 'Marta Scargill'. Arthur Scargill was president of the National Union of Mineworkers from 1982 to 2002, i.e., during the events depicted in the film.
- The film and its creators were criticized for the absence of actors from Wales and the almost complete lack of characters representing national minorities.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
