Up the junction film

This is the wandsworth road at the junction with lansdowne way, facing south, and, during this scene, the camera pans around to a view of the power station. So i was listening to squeezes brilliant up the junction single and thought to myself, i have to go to the source to maybe appreciate how the song came about. The film had a soundtrack by manfred mann, and a song by them, also called up the junction. I never thought it would happen with me and a girl from clapham out on the windy common that night i aint forgotten when she dealt out the rations. Liz fraser, adrienne poster, maureen lipman, dennis waterman, suzy kendall. Up the junction is the first soundtrack and fourth studio album by manfred mann, consisting of songs written by mann and mike hugg for the 1968 film of the same name. Up the junction is an episode of the bbc anthology drama series the wednesday play directed by ken loach, produced by james mactaggart, and first broadcast on 3 november 1965 on bbc 1. Up the junction is a soundtrack album by manfred mann, consisting of songs written by mann and mike hugg for the 1968 film up the junction.

Up the junction was completely different from all of this. It used to float around the satellite channels some years back. The pairing of maureen lipman and andrienne posta was so successful in this film, that there was talk of them becoming a comedy team. Up the junction, which is reference to clapham junction, took its title from a pop show or kitchensink drama. Cemetery junction is a feelgood drama set in a small town in. Tamil classic full movie ravichandran, vanisri tamil cinema junction. Lyricist chris difford said that the title phrase was lifted from the 1965 tv play version of the work, directed by ken loach, and the subsequent 1968 movie version.

She gets much more than she bargained for, but makes close friends and falls in love. When ken loach made this play he made it as you would a film not a traditional tv drama. The key difference was that television plays had hitherto been threeact, studiobased affairs with very few edits. Up the junction is also the name of a collection of short stories by nell dunn, first published in 1963. Taken from the 1968 movie up the junction, directed by peter collinson. Up the junction too has vanished into obscurity, without even a video release. I decided to watch both up the junction adaptations back to back. However, given the title of alma junction, we could speculate that it is some sort of story regarding the location of alma junction in park county, colorado. Such is the plot of up the junction the title refers to clapham junction railway station around which much of the film is set, a gritty but reassuring drama in the vague style of cathy come home.

Up the junction is the eighth track and third single from squeezes second lp, 1979s cool for cats, a sliceoflife vignette set in the bands native south london. Made in britain, the film chronicles the life of a young rich woman from chelsea who decides to see what life is like on the rough side of town. Not more than ill never forget whats isname and alfie, which are similar. It is based on the 1963 book of the same name by nell dunn and was adapted by roger smith. In this late example of the genre, chelsea girl polly becomes fed up with her privileged world and decides to cross the tracks or in this. The film was released in the united kingdom on 14 april 2010. The ken loachdirected version he did for bbc in 65 which was an episode of the bbc. The wednesday play up the junction tv episode 1965 imdb. In early 1970s england, three friends spend their days partaking in banter, drinking, fighting and chasing girls.

Since the companys inception jemma has won the bbc2 greenlight award for new talent on a ground breaking new project fur tv, the worlds first adult puppet sitcom, which was transmitted on bbc2 in april 2004 and subsequently won the montreux award for best international pilot. The play was adapted by nell dunn and uncredited ken loach from dunns short story collection of the same name. Up the junction is a 1968 british film directed by peter collinson and starring dennis waterman, suzy kendall, adrienne posta and maureen. The title song, sort of a flippedout, very very british alternative to good vibrations, is one of manfred. Junction is a 2012 american thriller film written and directed by tony glazer. Up the junction movie 1968 the alwaysexcellent talking pictures tv is doing us all proud this weekend with a rare screening of the classic up the junction movie. A girl from a rich family in chelsea is bored and decides to go. Up the junction is both a comingofage film and a social issue film. It contained some interesting variations on a common theme, including a class cowandcalf unit and a victorian railways f class. Up the junction is a superb film, with an atmospheric and evocative soundtrack, and if you have any interest whatsoever in our cultural and social past, have a look.

Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Chris difford explained, up the junction came from a book and film of the same name, but it was inspired by the bbc series the wednesday play that i watched as a kid. W hen ricky gervais and i set out to make our first feature film together, we faced a problem. Up the junction is a 1968 british film directed by peter collinson and starring dennis waterman, suzy kendall, adrienne posta, maureen lipman and liz fraser. Suzy kendall is polly, an upperclass chelsea girl who decides to relieve her boredom by slumming in a workingclass section of london. Up the junction is a british phrase meaning youre screwed. The album was released on 16 march 1968 on fontana records tlstl 546023268 track listing side one up the junction hugg, mann 4. Chris diffords lyric condenses the action far better than i ever could although it doesnt slavishly follow the films plot anyway but ill have a go.

Max cafe, wandsworth road, battersea, london, england, uk cafe where polly spends her first lunchtime with the girls. Up the junction stephen merchant film the guardian. Like waterman, lipman has been a regular on television and the stage, while posta simply vanished. A trend in british cinema in the 1950s and 60s, kitchen sink drama took a socialrealist approach to film and theatre, often focusing on the working class. Manfred mann up the junctionsleepy hollow fontana tf 908 february 1968 manfred mann were asked to compose the film music for.

May 06, 2007 the pub scene from up the junction, with rube and sylvie singing on talent night. Up the junction 1968 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Sunset junction film festival is a filmdriven, communitybased celebration of cinema and the wonderful and eclectic mix of people and cultures that is silve. Up the junction 1968 rare because it doesnt often show on tv. Cemetery junction is a feelgood drama set in a small town in 1973 about three young mates drifting. Portrayal of life in battersea the song begins i never thought it would happen with me and the girl from clapham junction refers to clapham junction. One of the great soundtracks of the 1960s, up the junction shows manfred mann shedding their pop skin and evolving into a truly awesome jazz outfit, which would later be fully realized in their chapter three incarnation. Based on a popular british novel by nell dunn, up the junction was a madefortv movie in 1965 before being remade for theatrical release in 1968. In this song, a guy gets his girl pregnant, becomes a drunk, loses the girl and is stuck raising his daughter by himself. Despite the fact that up the junction is based on a successful 1963 book by nell dunn that was turned into a television movie in 1965 and eventually britains top moneymaking movie in 1968, it.

Jul 23, 2017 up next manfred mann so long, dad 1967 video dir john crome. The album was released on 16 march 1968 on fontana records tlstl 546023268. Polly, an upperclass chelsea girl decides to relieve the boredom of her plush lifestyle by slumming in a workingclass section of london called battersea. Although the song is not the about the tv drama, it alludes to its themes and location. Manfred man does this on walking around as well, probably my favorite track. The film followed ken loachs bbc tv adaptation of 1965, but returned to the original book. Not that they didnt have some lovely pop gems on this record. When ken loach adapted nell dunns provocative novel up the junction for bbc tvs wednesday play series in the 1960s, it shocked the nation. Up the junction 1967 movie on dvd mod psych manfred mann. Up the junction is a superb film, with an atmospheric and evocative soundtrack, and if you have any interest whatsoever in our cultural and social past, have a look at it. The always excellent talking pictures tv is doing us all proud this weekend with a rare screening of the classic up the junction movie. Up the junction british board of film classification. When the chorus of up the junction brightly breaks through, it changes the vibe from introspective to pop perfection almost like brian wilson did on some sections of his smile album.

Movie version of the bbc tv play that first addresses some of the major social issues of the day. For a start it really had no beginning or end, just a middle section. Cemetery junction is a 2010 british comingofage comedydrama film written and directed by ricky gervais and stephen merchant. The first version of up the junction was of course ken loach and tony garnetts filming of the book for the play for today strand in 1965, with carol white as sylvie, geraldine sherman as rube and vickery turner as eileen, presumably the unnamed narrator of the book. Whats a nice girl like you doing in a place like this.

The film stars neal bledsoe, summer crockett moore, tom pelphrey and harris doran with david zayas, michael okeefe and anthony ruivivar in supporting roles. Released not long afterwards, director peter collinson. The ken loachdirected version he did for bbc in 65 which was an episode of the bbc anthology drama series the wednesday play and the paramount studios remake from 68 directed by peter collinson. Controversial at the time of its release due to the uncomfortable subject matter, up the junction presents a gritty, unappealing view of working class life in britain, and calls to mind such kitchen sink dramas as mike leighs vera drake and saturday night and sunday.