Vera Drake and All Or Nothing are out on Blu-ray and Digital from 15th November, The filmmaker talks candidly about how his films have been received over the years, which films he himself rates highly, and finding the human connection at the root of all of his filmed works. The home entertainment releases will also include exclusive bonus features, with new interviews recorded especially with Leigh and leading cast members on both films, including: Imelda Staunton, Phil Davis, Eddie Marsan, Lesley Manville, Ruth Sheen and James Corden. Vera Drake won awards for its lead Imelda Staunton, who stars alongside Phil Davies, Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan and Daniel Mays. All or Nothing stars Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Ruth Sheen and Marion Bailey. To celebrate StudioCanal’s release of All or Nothing and Vera Drake on Blu-ray, Mike Leigh is interviewed by Greg Wetherall about his films, and the BFI Retrospective seaon running this month. Street Date Novem/ Available from Amazon / 29.95 Starring: Lesley Manville,Įxtended Interview: Mike Leigh looks back on Naked, the All or Nothing & Vera Drake Blu-Rays & the BFI retrospective All or Nothing Blu-ray Severin Films 2002 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 128 min. We invest heavily in the hope of a positive outcome even as everything we see says, ‘no.’ Yet the film’s honesty doesn’t want us to give up on these people. Leigh’s players craft heartbreaking characters whose individual miseries can’t be dismissed. The bitterness and anger are most evident in the abusive attitudes and verbal brutality from one generation to the next, even with the caring, sensitive Penny ( Lesley Manville) and the inoffensive Phil ( Timothy Spall). All or Nothing is an emotionally punishing story of everyday life on a lower rung of a stagnant economy, where nobody has dreams and pessimism is the order of the day. director Mike Leigh directs films in a wide range of moods but his working-class dramas are what made his name.
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