Looks and Smiles

Looks and Smiles
Directed by	Ken Loach
Produced by	Raymond Day Irving Teitelbaum
Written by	Barry Hines
Starring	Graham Green
Cinematography	Chris Menges
Edited by	Stephen Singleton
Release dates	12 September 1981
Running time	104 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Looks and Smiles is a 1981 British drama film directed by Ken Loach. It is based on the novel of the same name, written by Barry Hines. The film was entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival, where Loach won the Young Cinema Award.^[1]

The film was shot in black-and-white entirely on location in Sheffield.^[2]

Plot

A disadvantaged young man tries to get by in Margaret Thatcher's England. Writing in his book The Cinema of Ken Loach, Jacob Leigh comments: "Looks and Smiles reveals the depression people felt in the industrial North of England in the 1980s; but it is as depressing as Mick's life. ... Loach's characteristic attention to detail renders the film a period piece."^[2]

Cast

Graham Green - Michael 'Mick' Walsh
Carolyn Nicholson - Karen Lodge
Tony Pitts - Alan Wright
Roy Haywood - Phil
Phil Askham - Mr. Walsh
Pam Darrell - Mrs. Walsh
Tracey Goodlad - Julie
Patti Nicholls - Mrs. Wright
Cilla Mason - Mrs. Lodge
Les Hickin - George
Arthur Davies - Eric Lodge
Deirdre Costello - Jenny (as Deidre Costello)
Jackie Shinn - Gatekeeper
Christine Francis - Careers Officer
Rita May - Receptionist

References

↑ "Festival de Cannes: Looks and Smiles". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
1 2 Leigh, Jacob (2002), The Cinema of Ken Loach: he Cinema of Ken Loach: Art in the Service of the People, Wallflower Press, ISBN 978-1903-36432-1, p.130

External links

Looks and Smiles at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Ken Loach

Up the Junction (1965)
The End of Arthur's Marriage (1965)
Cathy Come Home (1966)
In Two Minds (1967)
Poor Cow (1967)
Kes (1969)
The Big Flame (1969)
The Save the Children Fund Film (1971)
Family Life (1971)
Days of Hope (1975)
The Price of Coal (1977)
Black Jack (1979)
The Gamekeeper (1980)
A Question of Leadership (1981)
Looks and Smiles (1981)
Which Side Are You On? (1985)
Fatherland (1986)
Hidden Agenda (1990)
Riff-Raff (1991)
Raining Stones (1993)
Ladybird, Ladybird (1994)
Land and Freedom (1995)
A Contemporary Case for Common Ownership (1995)
Carla's Song (1996)
The Flickering Flame (1997)
McLibel (1997)
My Name Is Joe (1998)
Bread and Roses (2000)
The Navigators (2001)
Sweet Sixteen (2002)
Ae Fond Kiss... (2004)
Tickets (2005)
McLibel (2005)
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
It's a Free World... (2007)
Looking for Eric (2009)
Route Irish (2010)
The Angels' Share (2012)
The Spirit of '45 (2013)
Jimmy's Hall (2014)

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