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Peterloo

Name: Peterloo
Released: 2018-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z
Rating: 6.8

2018 • 155 min • ★ 6.8 (157) • Released

Drama History

An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest and most notorious episodes in British history. The massacre saw British government forces charge into a crowd of over 60,000 that had gathered to demand political reforms and protest against rising levels of poverty.

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Original title: Peterloo
Language: EN
Country: GB
Budget: $18,000,000
Revenue: $2,153,029

Reviews & Ratings 2

CinemaSerf

Aug 6, 2023 · via TMDB

★ 6.0

It's quite interesting to consider that even in the mother of western democracies, as recently as two hundred years ago most men did not have the vote in the UK, and great swathes of urban Britain had no representation at all. Mike Leigh is perhaps a little heavy handed here, but he does offer us an at times poignant glimpse into the poverty in which the working class lived in England's north west whilst the governing class lived a life of opulence and privilege under the Prince Regent. Rory Kinnear is the renowned orator "Hunt" who travels the length and breadth of the land advocating a peaceful, positive, realignment of power. A trip to Manchester proves to be the ultimate catalyst for the increasingly panic-stricken authorities who - with events in Paris forty years early still prescient - have decided that these increasingly popular gatherings must be stamped out. Leigh has assembled a workmanlike cast here - there isn't really a star, as such - and that helps better illustrate that this is a story about the ordinary man. I say man, because we are a long way from female emancipation being on the back burner, even - indeed the stronger characters here - "Mary" (Rachel Finnegan) and "Nellie" (Maxine Peake) are entirely focussed on empowering their "men folk". What this film does not present though, is any sort of balance to the historical aspects of this conflict. It exaggerates the indifference and excesses of the landed gentry whilst offering a rather naive portrayal of some those advocating revolution. Like many films that present a political assessment of an hugely complex set of scenarios, it ends up reflecting the views of the auteur and that's a shame. This is a story of profound societal evolution that could have been more effective had the establishment been given slightly more airtime and been treated slightly less one-dimensionally and judgmentally. The dialogue is at times, though, really quite powerfully potent and this is a very authentic-looking story that history ought not to readily forge and that is well worth a watch.

Peter McGinn

Apr 5, 2020 · via TMDB

★ 8.0

Fine historical film, though it has less emotional depth than other Mike Leigh movies. That makes sense, for his movies have never been described as an epic before. I often state when I write reviews that I am patient than many viewers when it comes to slower paced movies. Also, since I write novels in my spare time and feature plenty of dialogue, I don't mind a lot of talking in movies either. I think this movie lacked some of the emotional impact of other Mike Leigh films, perhaps due its scope. You know how it is; people can shrug off a disaster elsewhere in the world when it kills 500 people, but if they hear a personal story well told about a single victim, the tears may fall. There are a lot of people in this movie. There were so many extras that I half expected to see myself in one of the crowd scenes. With so many different main characters and perspectives, I didn't find myself forming a connection with any of them. But I liked the film just fine, and I never would have sat through a documentary on the subject.

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Keywords 8

1810s 19th century based on true story british history historical drama manchester, england massacre period drama

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Cast 107

Rory Kinnear

Henry Hunt

Maxine Peake

Nellie

Pearce Quigley

Joshua

David Moorst

Joseph

Rachel Finnegan

Mary

Tom Meredith

Robert

Simona Bitmate

Esther

Robert Wilfort

Lord Liverpool, the Prime Minister

Karl Johnson

Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary

Sam Troughton

Mr Hobhouse

Roger Sloman

Mr Grout

Tom Edward-Kane

Mr Cobb

Lizzy McInnerny

Mrs Moss

Alastair Mackenzie

General Sir John Byng

Neil Bell

Samuel Bamford

Lisa Millett

Jemima Bamford

Philip Jackson

John Knight

John Paul Hurley

John Thacker Sexton

Tom Gill

Joseph Johnson

Lizzie Frain

Mrs Johnson

Harry Hepple

James Wroe

Ian Mercer

Dr Joseph Healey

Adam Long

Jack, Wroe's Printer

Nico Mirallegro

John Bagguley

Danny Kirrane

Samuel Drummond

Johnny Byrom

John Johnston

Victor McGuire

Deputy Chief Constable Nadin

Stephen Wight

Oliver the Spy

Ryan Pope

Chippendale the Spy

Dorothy Atkinson

Singing Weaver

Tim McInnerny

Prince Regent

Marion Bailey

Lady Conyngham

Vincent Franklin

Magistrate Rev Ethelston

Jeff Rawle

Magistrate Rev Hay

Eileen Davies

Mrs. Mary Hay

Philip Whitchurch

Magistrate Colonel Fletcher

Martin Savage

Magistrate Norris

Al Weaver

Magistrate Hutton

David Bamber

Magistrate Rev Mallory

David Fielder

Magistrate Rev Gutteridge

Fine Time Fontayne

Magistrate Clowes

Robert Gillespie

Magistrate Warmley

Jonathan Jaynes

Magistrate Tatton

Shaun Prendergast

Magistrate Bolt

Alan Williams

Magistrate Marriott

Dorothy Duffy

Mary Fildes

Christine Bottomley

Female Reformer

Samantha Edwards

Female Reformer

Julie Hesmondhalgh

Female Reformer

Kate Rutter

Female Reformer

Katie West

Female Reformer

Joseph Kloska

Richard Carlile

Leo Bill

John Tyas

Brian Fletcher

Edward Baines

Gary Cargill

John Smith

Patrick Kennedy

Lt. Col Guy L'Estrange

Guy Williams

Lieutenant Colonel Dalrymple

Ben Crompton

Tuke, the painter

Bryony Miller

Bessie, Johnson's Servant

Lee Boardman

Nadin's Constable

Steve Garti

Nadin's Constable

Leo Ashton

Young George

Michael Culkin

A Lord

Laura Elphinstone

Mill Worker

Kieran O'Brien

Peter Wilkes, a Farrier

Noreen Kershaw

Mrs Mickletwhaite, Drunk Servant/ Thief

Jim English

Edward Wilde, Watch Thief

Adam Shaw

James Mahon, Coat Thief

Tilly Vosburgh

Potato Thrower's Wife

David Hounslow

Man Drilling Reformers

Steve Huison

Stableman

Paul Bown

Richard Wainwright, a Mill Owner

Paul Popplewell

Mill Overseer

Moya Brady

Abusive Bystander

Jane Hazlegrove

Abusive Bystander

Hayley Jayne Standing

Servant at Magistrates' Breakfast

Kate O'Flynn

Chadderton Woman

John Branwell

Chadderton Woman's Father

Philip Martin Brown

Angry Citizen

James Benson

Angry Citizen

Sidney Livingstone

Mr Buxton

James Dryden

Wigan Man

Bronwyn James

Wigan Man's Sister

Polly Hemingway

Margaret Goodwin, Woman Recognising Yeoman

Sarah Crowden

Lady at Races

Miles Richardson

Gentleman at Races

Tim Barker

Vicar

Mark Ryan

Ben Thorpe, Manchester & Salford Yeomanry

Mark Sheals

Thomas Sheldermine, Manchester & Salford Yeomanry

Paul Greenwood

Manchester & Salford Yeomanry

Jonathan Oliver

Manchester & Salford Yeomanry

Paul Kynman

Manchester & Salford Yeomanry

Dan Poole

Captain William J Ford, 15th Hussars

Oliver Devoti

Soldier, 15th Hussars

Ian Davies

Rob Hullock, Soldier 31st Foot Regiment

Liam Gerrard

Jacob Flather, a Musician

Scott Haining

Joseph Cliffs, a Musician

Ian Conningham

Musician

William Fox

Musician

Simon Nock

Musician

Oliver Ashworth

Samuel Cleator (uncredited)

Tony Mooney

Swordsmith (uncredited)

Teresa Mahoney

Female Reformer (uncredited)

Jessie Vinning

Female Reformer (uncredited)

Eloise Henwood

Mill Child (uncredited)

Robert Ryan

Citizen #2

Finley Howard

Mill Child (uncredited)

Crew 16

Suzie Davies

Production Design

Charlotte Dirickx

Set Decoration

Sinéad Kidao

Assistant Costume Designer

Jacqueline Durran

Costume Design

Steve Dent

Stunt Coordinator

Annabel Wood

Stunts

Levan Doran

Stunts

Mike Leigh

Director

Daniel Battsek

Executive Producer

Gail Egan

Executive Producer

Norman Merry

Executive Producer

Peter Hampden

Executive Producer

Georgina Lowe

Producer

Paula Boram

Foley Artist

Gary Yershon

Original Music Composer

Mike Leigh

Writer

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US Release Dates 2

Sep 1, 2018

Telluride Film Festival

Premiere

Apr 5, 2019

PG-13 Theatrical (Limited)