Michael Ryan, Joan Kempson, Lee Ross, Katy Lamont, Kristopher Lundon, James Foy, Bill Anderson, Jimmy McGovern, Irvine Welsh, Ken Stott, David Parkinson, Catriona McKenzie, Georgina Smith, Sally Hibbin, Ricky Tomlinson, Christine Tremarco, Crissy RockSee more
Dockers is a landmark one-off drama suspended somewhere between Ken Loach and Alan Bleasdale's Boys from the Blackstuff. A striking Channel Four production Dockers dramatises the infamous struggle that developed when five Merseyside dockworkers were fired for refusing to work overtime with no pay, and gained the support of co-workers who wouldn't cross their picket line. As a result, those who stood in solidarity with the original five were sacked as well--500 in total--leading to a two-year stand-off. Co-written by award-winning screenwriters Jimmy McGovern (Cracker) and Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting), the two-year ordeal is brought home with startling reality, not least because of the contribution of the real-life Liverpool dockers who helped develop the script in extensive writing workshops, lending the film an authenticity it might have otherwise lacked. While the narrative hangs around the moving central story of one family in which both father and son are caught up in the strike, dramatic conflicts develop on multiple levels: between father and son; between the families of the sacked workers (this is particularly well realised as one long-time friend, played by The Royle Family's Ricky Tomlinson, turns scab); and between the workers and the union that betrays them. Ken Stott and Crissy Rock (Ladybird, Ladybird) are outstanding as the central working-class couple, old before their time at 47, and if nothing else, the film reveals one further reason why Liverpool loved Robbie Fowler quite so ferociously: during post-goal celebrations, Fowler lifts his jersey to reveal a T-shirt emblazoned with a message of support for the wronged dockers, ensuring national attention for the action at a time when all hope seemed lost.
Product details
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer
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No
Package Dimensions
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7.48 x 5.39 x 0.55 inches; 2.89 ounces
Director
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Bill Anderson
Media Format
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PAL
Run time
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1 hour and 40 minutes
Actors
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Ken Stott, Crissy Rock, Katy Lamont, Kristopher Lundon, Michael Ryan
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A man with backbone which these days is hard to find, Ricky Tomlinson was done a real injustice but at least he had the b to bounce back worth watching really is
