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Get A Behind The Scenes Look At The PRIDE Movie
“Audiences will have their sense of humanity refreshed.”
Actors Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton and Dominic West, director Matthew Warchus and the filmmakers of PRIDE discuss the background of this emotional story in the new featurette.
Critics are already cheering the film. “Breakout British hit is a warm, witty triumph,” says Digital Spy.
The Hollywood News writes, “PRIDE really is a thing of beauty.”
PRIDE is inspired by an extraordinary true story.
It’s the summer of 1984, Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike, prompting a London-based group of gay and lesbian activists to raise money to support the strikers’ families. Initially rebuffed by the Union, the group identifies a tiny mining village in Wales and sets off to make their donation in person. As the strike drags on, the two groups discover that standing together makes for the strongest union of all.
Directed by Tony Award-winner Matthew Warchus (God of Carnage) from a screenplay by Stephen Beresford, the film stars Bill Nighy (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Imelda Staunton (Maleficent), Dominic West (The Hour), Paddy Considine (Submarine), Andrew Scott (Sherlock), Joseph Gilgun (Lockout), George MacKay (How I Live Now) and Ben Schnetzer (Warcraft).
The film’s behind-the-scenes talent include Christopher Nightingale (Composer), Tat Radcliffe (Cinematographer), Melanie Oliver (Editor), Simon Bowles (Production Designer), Charlotte Walter (Costume Designer), and Nadia Stacey (Makeup Designer).
The film recently premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.
Co-founder of LGSM Mike Jackson, Jonathan Blake and actor Dominic West attend the Toronto International Film Festival screening for “Pride” at The Elgin on September 6, 2014 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Philip Cheung/Getty Images for CBS Films)
Cast and crew of the film “Pride” attend the the post-screening reception for “Pride” presented by Audi Canada during the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2014 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Philip Cheung/Getty Images for CBS Films)
Mike Jackson, Sian James and Jonathan Blake attend the post-screening reception for “Pride” presented by Audi Canada during the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2014 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Philip Cheung/Getty Images for CBS Films)
CBS Films opens PRIDE in select cities September 26.
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