wildman 488 Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 The place he gets the bird from is called tankersley old hall. Its at the side of a farm on black lane. climbed it many a time after i recognised it on the film. Its falling to bits now and was surrounded by site fencing the last time i was back up home. hy up pal how tha doin thought ya.d join in on this one old hall still there litte bit more crumbled pair o little owls nested in it this year Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hutch6 550 Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 What a cracker of a film!!!! To keep things as real as possible they allowed the actor who played Casper to help in the training of the birds for the film, think they used five in total. To get a proper reaction from him the director got a kestrel that had died of natural causes and placed it in the bin but didn't tell the actor of Casper. One of my collies is named Kes after the very film. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Win 79 Posted October 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Some interesting posts, thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lid 194 Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Yes a great film. We did it as a schol play sometime in the 70's and we used a real kestrel. I have photo somewhere of it on my shoulder. I was even asked to bring my air rifle in to school to shoot a few sparrows for it, which I duly did. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Win 79 Posted October 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Yes a great film. We did it as a schol play sometime in the 70's and we used a real kestrel. I have photo somewhere of it on my shoulder. I was even asked to bring my air rifle in to school to shoot a few sparrows for it, which I duly did. The good old days, imagine doing that now. lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AKA-BRINDLE 879 Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Channel4 made a film a few years back...called 'the selfish giant'...about a couple of lads from yorkshire expelled from school...trying to scratch a living collecting scrap...similar style of film to Kes...but without the falconry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cragman 2,769 Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Channel4 made a film a few years back...called 'the selfish giant'...about a couple of lads from yorkshire expelled from school...trying to scratch a living collecting scrap...similar style of film to Kes...but without the falconry Watched that at the cinema. Good film with a dramatic ending. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Win 79 Posted October 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Channel4 made a film a few years back...called 'the selfish giant'...about a couple of lads from yorkshire expelled from school...trying to scratch a living collecting scrap...similar style of film to Kes...but without the falconry Looks good. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2304426/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick1212 389 Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Some tarts gunna be lucky tonight Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arcticgun 4,548 Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 great too see how many have enjoyed this movie and book, imagine the modern day Billy arrested for taking a protected species, then plod finding his egg collection, social services called in too sort the whole family out, por Billy end up serving five years, then straight into care 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
toby63 1,236 Posted October 10, 2014 Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 class film Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wildman 488 Posted October 10, 2014 Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 there,s another brilliant film made around here wrote by same guy that wrote kes ,barry hines few lads in it that i no, its called the gamekeeper not sure if its on youtube but well worth watching i have it on dvd 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mule123 112 Posted October 10, 2014 Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 ye do like that sort of raw film like, rita , sue and bob too. also not a film boys from the blackstuff yep, the dont mak em like the youst too 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pesky1972 5,221 Posted August 15, 2023 Report Share Posted August 15, 2023 Nice wee documentary made by Greg Davies about his life long love of A Kestrel for a Knave. Meets with Dai Bradley who played Billy Casper in the film, and Barry Hines’ brother, who inspired the character. Worth a watch if you like the book and/or film. 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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