Pride Page #9

Synopsis: In 1984 20 year old closet gay Joe hesitantly arrives in London from Bromley for his first Gay Pride march and is taken under the collective wing of a group of gay men and Lesbian Steph, who meet at flamboyant Jonathan and his Welsh partner Gethin's Soho bookshop. Not only are gays being threatened by Thatcher but the miners are on strike in response to her pit closures and Northern Irish activist Mark Ashton believes gays and miners should show solidarity. Almost by accident a mini-bus full of gays find themselves in the Welsh village of Onllwyn in the Dulais valley and through their sincere fund raising and Jonathan's nifty disco moves persuade most of the community that they are on the same side. When a bigot tries to sabotage the partnership with a tabloid smear Mark turns it back on her with a hugely successful benefit concert to which most of the villagers, now thoroughly in tune with their gay friends, turn up. The miners are defeated and return to work but at the Pride march th
Director(s): Matthew Warchus
Production: CBS Films
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 9 wins & 17 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Metacritic:
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Rotten Tomatoes:
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Year:
2014
119 min
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- Thanks.

"Screw you, Thatcher" or "f*** you"?

I can see the appeal of both.

Jonathan, "screw" or "f***"?

"Screw." More visceral.

Attention, attention:

We have reason to believe that

there are known homosexualists

and a confirmed lesbo

inside these premises,

and that they are armed with

sewing machines and glitter.

Aha.

Now that you have made

yourselves known to me,

I have a question for the

notorious Accrington sodomite,

- known as Mike Jackson.

- Will you please put that down?

We have good relationship

with our neighbors.

Mike!

Mike.

I behaved like a prick before.

Do you forgive me?

Just... Just get up here and

sew something, will you?

There you go, Bromley.

Happy birthday.

Thank you.

Right. Now get to work.

All right, just for future reference,

- my name is Joe.

- You tell him, Bromley.

Bromley! Bromley! Bromley!

Bromley! Bromley! Bromley!

- Bromley.

- Bromley! Bromley! Bromley!

Haven't you heard about

the miners, dearie?

They lost.

- Have you heard? No politics.

- What?

- Mark's with the steward.

- No politics?

- No slogans.

- We're a Mardi Gras, apparently.

- A general feeling.

- Amongst who?

Amongst the committee that people

have become tired of politics,

and that this year the

tone should be celebratory

- with affirmative slogans.

- Horseshit.

If you insist with your banner, you march

at the back with the fringe groups.

No, mate, we're LGSM.

We fought alongside the miners.

Congratulations,

but it's time for a party.

- What? I'm not gonna go at the back.

- Bollocks!

Complete and utter bollocks!

- What's LGSM's position?

- We're going to march.

Yes, but with banners or without?

- With.

- With. This is a demonstration.

- We've decided to lead the groups.

- Why would you?

- I'm not getting rid of the banner.

- No.

- Listen.

- There's got to be some compromise.

- Why?

- That's the way you get things done.

- No, it f***ing isn't. Listen.

- Why does everything get

so aggressive with you lot?

Listen to me! Listen to me!

Whether we march with

banners or without,

the important thing is that

we march together, all of us.

That's what this has been

about since the beginning,

and that is absolutely

how it is going to end.

Together, us united.

Bloody hell.

Yeah!

Hey!

I can't believe you're here.

I can't believe you're here.

Where are my lesbians?

Where are my lesbians?

- Hey.

- GWEN:

- Hey. Guys, I'm here.

- Jeff!

These are all cucumber, no butter,

Stork SB every one.

- I can't believe youse came.

- Miners, see? We love a good march.

- Where do you want us?

- You lot!

- I'll tell them.

- There's too many of you.

- What?

- You'll have to go to the front.

- You'll have to lead.

- We're not losing our banners.

What do you mean?

What's he mean too many?

What's he on about?

I think he means them.

Caerphilly.

West Glamorgan.

East Glamorgan.

- Abercrave Lodge.

- Yes.

Abernant Lodge.

Bargoed Surface Lodge.

Fernhill Lodge. Mardy Lodge.

Blaengwrach Lodge. Cambrian Lodge.

Fernieside Plant. Mountain Ash Lodge.

Dulais Valley Lodge, Onllwyn.

Haverfordwest Lodge.

South Wales NUM headquarters.

The gays and lesbians have

been absolutely magnificent.

- No other word for it.

- You must've found it weird,

a load of gays and lesbians

descending on you like that.

Why on earth would we

have found that weird?

This way, guys! We're at the front!

Come on, guys,

we're at the front! This way!

Not worried about being

too visible this time?

Shut up and march.

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Stephen Beresford

Stephen Beresford (born c. 1972) is an English actor and writer. He is best known for writing the play The Last of the Haussmans, produced by the National Theatre in 2012, and the 2014 motion picture Pride, which won the Queer Palm award at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.In a 2012 review, Kate Kellaway of The Observer wrote: "It is with disbelief that one discovers that The Last of the Haussmans is actor Stephen Beresford's first play. It is a knockout – entertaining, sad and outrageous. If he has more of this quality to write, he is going to be a major name."Beresford was born in London and raised in Dartmouth. He began acting with a local children's drama group when he was nine years old, and later attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. As an actor, Beresford's performances have included Where There's Smoke (2000) and That Thing You Drew (2010). Beresford has said that when working on screenplays, he always looks for projects with an "element of subversion" in them, so that he can find ways to smuggle in messages and meaning.He was a new entry in 2014 to the Independent on Sunday's Rainbow List at number 17. more…

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