Kes Page #4

Synopsis: Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper (David Bradley), a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes. Helped and encouraged by his English teacher Mr. Farthing (Colin Welland) and his fellow students, Billy finally finds a positive purpose to his unhappy existence, until tragedy strikes.
Genre: Drama, Family
Director(s): Ken Loach
Production: Image Entertainment
  Won 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
PG-13
Year:
1969
111 min
6,880 Views


- No. I will do one day, though, won't I?

- Over my dead body.

- That's what I says, I'll own it one day.

- I'm sick on it, Jud. I am, pig sick.

I work every day, and every Saturday

night I go for a drink and you upset me.

- I don't think I'll go, I'm that fed up.

- I'll not miss yer.

You'll not miss nowt, will you?

You'll be out there.

- Yeah.

- Aye.

By, what a smart-lookin' kid int' mirror.

Some bird's gonna be lucky tonight.

Listen to God's gift to woman.

Fancy buying me

a brandy and pep tonight?

Aye. Hope it keeps fine for yer.

These could have done

with a bit of a polish.

Still, never mind, it's gonna be dark soon.

What you gonna do

with yerself tonight, love?

Read me book.

Oh, look at t'time. Five to seven.

I'm gonna be late again.

Listen, Billy, there's two bob here. Chuck?

Get yerself some pop

and some crisps. D'yer hear?

Yeah.

- And don't still be up when I come in.

- No.

G'night, then.

# I came home unexpectedly

# And caught her crying needlessly

# In the middle of the day

# And it was in the early spring

when flowers bloom and robins sing

# She went away

# And honey, I miss you

# And I'm bein' good

# And l'd love to be with you

lf only I could

Folks, thank you.

Now a Tremeloes number.

Yer can have a good time up to a point,

but there comes a time

when you want to settle down.

I'm gettin' a bit fed up

of workin' all t'time.

There's plenty of time

to settle down, in't there?

Depends what yer lookin' for, dun't it?

I just like to come home, get me meal,

get a bath, change and out, me.

Not a care int' world.

When you've been married once

and yer marry a wrong 'un,

it makes yer a bit apprehensive

towards gettin'...

Well, you know, don't yer?

Cos he were never good.

But it makes yer a bit more wary

about gettin' married again.

lf she wants to go with a different bloke,

it's not up to me.

She's old enough to know her own mind.

- Well, yeah...

- ..settle down.

You can never tell with Billy. I sit

and wonder sometimes what he will do.

Perhaps if he had been brought up

in a different environment

and had a better education, he would

have made more than what he has.

At the moment, he's hopeless.

He's a hopeless case, in't he?

# Oh, won't you please come back?

# Oh, won't you please come back?

I'm happy as I am.

I doubt if I could be any happier.

My lads have got nowt.

I don't know what they're gonna do.

I don't know whether

our Jud wanted to be a miner.

From my point of view, Reg, when

a woman gets to my age, you've two kids,

you want to be settlin' down

wi' a nice house

and somebody to come home to yer,

and be lookin' after 'em.

- Like I look after you.

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Barry Hines

Melvin Barry Hines, FRSL (30 June 1939 – 18 March 2016) was an English author who wrote several popular novels and television scripts. He is best known for the novel A Kestrel for a Knave (1968), which he helped adapt for Ken Loach's film Kes (1969). more…

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