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A Kind of Loving

June Ritchie and Alan Bates
Directed byJohn Schlesinger
Produced byJoseph Janni
Written byKeith Waterhouse
Willis Hall
Stan Barstow (novel)
StarringAlan Bates
June Ritchie
Thora Hird
Music byRon Grainer
CinematographyDenys Coop
Release date(s)12 April, 1962
1 October, 1962
Running time112 minutes
CountryUK
LanguageEnglish
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A Kind of Loving is a 1962 British film directed by John Schlesinger, based on the 1960 novel of the same name by Stan Barstow. It stars Alan Bates and June Ritchie as two lovers in 1960s Lancashire. The photography was by Denys Coop, and the music by Ron Grainer. Filming locations included the towns of Preston, Bolton, Manchester and St Anne's-on-sea in the north of England.

The film belongs to the British New Wave movement in film, and the related genre commonly known as "kitchen sink drama".

Awards

The film won the Golden Bear award at the Berlin Film Festival in 1962.

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Preceded by
La notte		Golden Bear winner
1962		Succeeded by
Il diavolo
John Schlesinger

Birth name John Richard Schlesinger
Born February 16, 1926
London, England
Died July 25, 2003 (aged 77)
Palm Springs, California

Awards
Academy Awards
Best Director
1969
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Keith Waterhouse (born 6 February 1929 in Leeds, England) is a novelist, newspaper columnist, and the writer of many television series.

In February 2004 he was voted Britain's most admired contemporary columnist by the British Journalism Review.
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Willis Hall (6 April 1929 - 7 March 2005) was an English playwright and radio and television writer who drew on his working class Leeds roots in much of his material.

His most famous creation was probably Billy Liar
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Stan Barstow (born June 28, 1928, Horbury, near Wakefield, Yorkshire) is an English novelist. He is best known for his 1960 novel A Kind of Loving which has long been used as a set text in British schools and which has been variously translated into a movie, a television
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Alan Bates

Alan Bates as Jennings the butler in Gosford Park (2001)
Birth name Alan Arthur Bates
Born January 17 1934(1934--)
Allestree, Derbyshire, England UK
Died
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Thora Hird

Born May 28, 1911
Morecambe, Lancashire, UK
Died March 15, 2003 (age 91)
Brinsworth House, Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK

Dame Thora Hird DBE (28 May 1911 – 15 March 2003) was an English actress.
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Ron Grainer (August 11 1922 — February 21 1981) was an Australian-born composer who worked for most of his professional career in the United Kingdom. He is mostly remembered for his film and television music.
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Denys Coop (b. July 20 1920, d. August 16 1981) was a British cinematographer.

He began his career in the cinema as apprentice to Freddie Young. In the 1960s he was Director of Photography on films such as A Kind of Loving (1962), Billy Liar (1963) and
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April 12 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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Year 1962 (MCMLXII
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Motto
"Dieu et mon droit" [2]   (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
"God Save the Queen" [3]
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English}}} 
Writing system: Latin (English variant) 
Official status
Official language of: 53 countries
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: en
ISO 639-2: eng
ISO 639-3: eng  
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Motto
"Dieu et mon droit" [2]   (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
"God Save the Queen" [3]
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Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects.
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John Schlesinger

Birth name John Richard Schlesinger
Born February 16, 1926
London, England
Died July 25, 2003 (aged 77)
Palm Springs, California

Awards
Academy Awards
Best Director
1969
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A Kind of Loving is a novel by the English novelist Stan Barstow. First published in 1960, it has long been used as a set text in British schools. It has also been translated at various times into a film of the same name, a television series, a radio play and a stage play.
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Stan Barstow (born June 28, 1928, Horbury, near Wakefield, Yorkshire) is an English novelist. He is best known for his 1960 novel A Kind of Loving which has long been used as a set text in British schools and which has been variously translated into a movie, a television
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Alan Bates

Alan Bates as Jennings the butler in Gosford Park (2001)
Birth name Alan Arthur Bates
Born January 17 1934(1934--)
Allestree, Derbyshire, England UK
Died
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Lancashire

Geography
Status Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county
Origin Historic
Region North West England
Area
- Total
- Admin. council
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Denys Coop (b. July 20 1920, d. August 16 1981) was a British cinematographer.

He began his career in the cinema as apprentice to Freddie Young. In the 1960s he was Director of Photography on films such as A Kind of Loving (1962), Billy Liar (1963) and
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Ron Grainer (August 11 1922 — February 21 1981) was an Australian-born composer who worked for most of his professional career in the United Kingdom. He is mostly remembered for his film and television music.
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Preston, a city and local government district in Lancashire, England, is located on the River Ribble. Preston was granted the status of a city in 2002,[1] becoming England's 50th city in the 50th year of Queen Elizabeth II's reign.
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Bolton

Bolton ()

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City of Manchester
Manchester City Centre

Coat of Arms of the City Council
Nickname: "Capital of the North", "Cottonopolis", "Madchester", "Second city"
Motto: "Concilio Et Labore"
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Motto
Dieu et mon droit   (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is "God Save the Queen".
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The British New Wave is the name given to a trend in filmmaking among directors in Britain in the late fifties and early sixties. The label is a translation of Nouvelle Vague, the French term first applied to the films of François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard and others.
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Kitchen sink realism was a recognisable English cultural movement in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It was seen in the theatre, in art, in novels, in film and in television plays, focusing on social realism relevant to the audience of the day.
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