Overview:
In South Yorkshire, a small group of railway maintenance men discover that because of privatization, their lives will never be the same. When the trusty British Rail sign is replaced by one reading East Midland Infrastructure, it is clear that there will be the inevitable winners and losers as downsizing and efficiency become the new buzzwords.| Status: | Released (2001-09-14) |
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| Awards: | Won 1 BAFTA Award3 wins & 3 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $3,052 |
| Screen: | Rob Dawber |
| Productions: | Film4 Productions, Alta Films, Parallax Pictures, Road Movies, Tornasol Media, WDR/Arte |
| Production Countries: | Germany, Spain, United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 282156: Andy Swallow - Len
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Crews
- 15488: Ken Loach - Director - Directing
- 114793: Rob Dawber - Writer - Writing
- 15493: Barry Ackroyd - Director of Photography - Camera
- 39233: Michael André - Co-Producer - Production
- 5267: Ulrich Felsberg - Co-Producer - Production
- 15491: Rebecca O'Brien - Producer - Production
- 1528: George Fenton - Original Music Composer - Sound
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Reviews
Andres Gomez
Review text:
Movie in the good social tradition of Ken Loach which brings us to the dismantling of the public UK railway system through the decline in the living standard of the workers for the enriching of the owners of the new private companies in the name of the nonsensical liberal capitalism ....
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