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Raining Stones (1993) | User Rating
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Release Date
• USA: Mar 11, 1994
DVD Release Date
• R1: Feb 1, 2000
• R2: 1 May 2002
MPAA Rating
NR
Running Time
1 hour, 30 minutes
Country UK
Studio Channel 4, Film Four International, Parallax Pictures
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Other Titles
• Raining Stones
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Genre: Drama, Comedy, Scams And Cons, Urban, Society
Plot: RAINING STONES, in its quietly observant, almost documentary-like style, is typical of director Ken Loach's understated approach to his left-leaning politics. It stars Bruce Jones as Bob, a man in an impoverished town in the north of England, struggling to survive on the dole while hustling for any odd jobs he can find, or otherwise pushing the envelope with edgy, foolhardy gigs, such as stealing sheep with his friend Tommy (Ricky Tomlinson) with the hope of reselling them--and when that plan fails, repackaging them as mutton for door-to-door sales. While he's looking the other way, his van is stolen, an event typical of Bob's chronic bad luck. When his wife, Anne (Julie Brown), reminds him of their daughter, Coleen's (Gemma Phoenix), forthcoming first communion, Bob insists that she will have a new dress, although the parish priest, Father Barry (Tom Hickey), advises him that a secondhand dress would be a wiser choice. Bob's quest to raise the money for the dress has surprising repercussions. A humane, extremely moving yet clear-eyed portrait of the rigors of working-class life, the film is devoid of sentimentality, as are its stoic characters. The soundtrack features music by the Police's Stewart Copeland.
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| Directed by |
Ken Loach
My Name Is Joe, Sweet Sixteen, Land and Freedom |
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| Cast |
Bruce Jones
The Full Monty, 24 7: Twenty Four Seven, Queen Mania | | | Ricky Tomlinson
Mike Bassett: England Manager, Once Upon a Time in the Midlands, Leben ist eine Baustelle., Das | Tom Hickey
My Left Foot, Possession, Circle of Friends | | | |
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