U.K. gay activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.U.K. gay activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.U.K. gay activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.
- Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 10 wins & 25 nominations total
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Did you know
- TriviaThe song 'For a Friend', which is heard playing over the end credits, was actually written for the real Mark Ashton. It was written and performed by The Communards, whose members Jimmy Somerville and Richard Coles were both friends of Mark.
- GoofsIn the film, the LGSM group chooses a pit in South Wales randomly. In real life, the group had deliberately chosen the South Wales area as it disagreed with the NUM leader Arthur Scargill's funneling of donations to the most militant mining areas of Kent and Yorkshire, which left South Wales neglected.
- Quotes
[Giving a Speech in a Gay Bar]
Dai: I've had a lot of new experiences during this strike. Speaking in public, standing on a picket line, And now I'm in a gay bar.
Jonathan: Well, if you don't like it, you can go home.
Dai: As a matter of fact, I do like it.
[Crowd Ooh's]
Dai: Beer's a bit expensive, mind.
[Crowd Laughs]
Dai: But, really, there's only one difference between this and a bar in South Wales. The women. They're a lot more feminine in here.
[the Crowd Laughs and Cheers]
Dai: What I'd really like to say to you tonight is thank you. If you're one of the people that's put money in these buckets, if you've supported LGSM, then thank you, because what you've given us is more than money. It's friendship. When you're in a battle against an enemy so much bigger, so much stronger than you, well, to find out you had a friend you never knew existed, well, that's the best feeling in the world. So, thank you.
[the Crowd Applauds and Cheers Dai and LGSM]
- ConnectionsFeatured in Projector: Pride (2014)
- SoundtracksI Want to Break Free
Written by John Deacon
Performed by Queen
Produced by Queen and Reinhold Mack
Courtesy of EMI, Capitol and Toshiba
It's not just "good for an indie gay movie" - it's an incredibly powerful movie that ranks right up with the best of them this year (and with stars such as Bill Nighy and Imelda Satunton, and a probably fair budget, it doesn't have an "amateur" / "indie" feel at all either).
Anyway, worth the price of admission (unlike, unfortunately, so many movies these days...)
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- Sep 3, 2014
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- Гордість
- Filming locations
- Onllwyn, Powys, Wales(they filmed in the town they helped)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,446,634
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $100,040
- Sep 28, 2014
- Gross worldwide
- $19,014,619
- Runtime1 hour 59 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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