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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner: Directed by Tony Richardson. With Michael Redgrave, Tom Courtenay, Avis Bunnage, Alec McCowen. A young thief takes up long-distance running when he is sent to a borstal.
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- Drama, Sport
- Tony Richardson
- 1962-10-08
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runneris a 1962 British coming-of-age filmdirected by Tony Richardson, one of the new young directors emerging from the English Stage Company at the Royal Court. The screenplay was written by Alan Sillitoe, based on his 1959 short story of the same title, and concerns a rebellious youth who has been sentenced ...
The Loneliness of the Crocodile. The Loneliness of the Crocodile ( German: Die Einsamkeit der Krokodile) is a German satiric crime film directed and produced by Jobst Oetzmann, based on a novel by Dirk Kurbjuweit [ de]. The director's first film for the cinema, it was filmed in 1999 [1] and presented in 2000. It was a German contribution at the ...
Fleet-footed Colin Smith (Tom Courtenay) is a rebellious teenager in the poverty-stricken town of Nottingham, in northern England, who enjoys running as an escape from his harsh reality. Caught ...
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- Tom Courtenay
- Tony Richardson
- Drama
May 17, 2001 · The Loneliness of the Crocodiles: Directed by Jobst Oetzmann. With Janek Rieke, Thomas Schmauser, Julia Jäger, Dynell Rhodes. A journalist looks for the reason of a young man's suicide.
- (140)
- Comedy, Drama
- Jobst Oetzmann
- 2001-05-17
Oct 4, 2002 · Updated 04 October 2002. British social realist cinema took off in the late 50s and early 60s, with "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" following on from the likes of "Look Back in Anger ...
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Synopsis. A seminal classic of 1960s cinema and one of the enduring peaks of the British New Wave, Tony Richardson's socially-engaged drama The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner catapulted near-newcomer Tom Courtenay from obscurity to BAFTA-winning stardom.
