Project Detail

Pride

Synopsis

It’s the summer of 1984 – Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is on strike. At the Gay Pride March in London, a group of gay and lesbian activists decides to raise money to support the families of the striking miners. But there is a problem: the Union seems embarrassed to receive their support.

Details

Year: 2014
Type of project: Features
Running time: 117 mins
Director: Matthew Warchus
Producer: David Livingstone
Executive Producer: Cameron McCracken, Christine Langan, Natascha Wharton
Editor: Melanie Oliver
Screenwriter: Stephen Beresford
Director of Photography: Tat Radcliffe
Production Designer: Simon Bowles
Sound: Nigel Squibbs, Tony Gibson, Blair Jollands
Composer: Christopher Nightingale
Principal cast: Ben Schnetzer, George Mackay, Joseph Gilgun, Paddy Considine, Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Andrew Scott, Dominic West, Freddie Fox
Production Partners: BBC Films, BFI

Genre

Comedy Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Calamity Films

Unit 2, Waldo Works
Waldo Road
London
NW10 6AW

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Sales Company

Pathé International

6 Ramillies Street
London
W1F 7TY

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