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Peterloo. (film) Peterloo is a 2018 British historical drama, written and directed by Mike Leigh, based on the Peterloo Massacre of 1819. The film was selected to be screened in the main competition section of the 75th Venice International Film Festival. [3] [4] The film received its UK premiere on 17 October 2018, as part of the BFI London ...
- $1.9 million
- Gary Yershon
- $18 million
- Georgina Lowe
Apr 5, 2019 · Peterloo. In St. Peter’s Field in Manchester, England, in 1819, an assembly of protesters urging parliamentary reform and workers’ rights was set upon by the British cavalry, who killed 18 and wounded nearly 1,000. The massacre, which came to be called Peterloo, can be seen as a foundational milestone of class struggle not just in England ...
Apr 5, 2019 · Peterloo: Directed by Mike Leigh. With Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Pearce Quigley, David Moorst. The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre in which British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.
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- Drama, History
- Mike Leigh
- 2019-04-05
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Sep 1, 2018 · With this richly intelligent, passionate movie, Mike Leigh has fought a brilliant rearguard action on history’s political battlefield. Peterloo opens in the UK on 2 November and in the US on 9 ...
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Apr 5, 2019 · In 1819 a cavalry charge on a peaceful protest at St. Peter's Field in Manchester, England, results in the Peterloo Massacre. Director Mike Leigh Producer Gail Egan, Lizzie Francke, Peter Hampden ...
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- Mike Leigh
- PG-13
- Rory Kinnear
The massacre saw British government forces charge into a crowd of over 60,000 that had gathered to demand political reform and protest against rising levels of poverty. Many protesters were killed and hundreds more injured, sparking a nationwide outcry, but also further government suppression. The Peterloo Massacre was a defining moment in ...
Sep 6, 2018 · Peterloo is purest Mike Leigh in the best sense. On screen, soldiers on horseback wielding sabers tear through the crowd, slashing at anyone in their path: men, women and children. Leigh immerses ...
