He even sets return to waterloos narrative to the albums music, incorporating very little dialogue in the process, and as such the film suggests a visual lp. Im a huge kinks fan and had never seen return to waterloo although i had the album released by ray at the time of the film s release. Return to waterloo, directed by davies himself in 1985, is a long form video telling the story of a middleaged commuter and his experiences with reality. Most of the action takes place on a commuter train. Return to waterloo embraces ray davies satirical and occasionally comical view of modern society, as reflected in over thirty albums over a.
We know life happens, so if something comes up, you can return or exchange your tickets up until the posted showtime. The actors are brilliant, especially tim roth as the young punk, he takes on a very powerful role in the film. Return to waterloo 1984 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. When it finally appeared on dvd i thought i should check it out. The film frames the travellers commute as a critique of britains varying ideologies, which are.
What real case was the film return to paradise based on. Return to waterloo 1985 directed by ray davies genres. Screw cgi, this war movie used 15,000 real soldiers. Overview of return to waterloo, 1985, directed by ray davies, with kenneth colley, valerie holliman, dominique barnes, at turner classic movies. Ray davies of the kinks, wellrespected as one of rocks best storytellers, makes his filmmaking debut as director, writer and composer of return to waterloo.
We were, of course, tempted to caption this clip as waterloo sunset but that wouldnt be strictly true. He even sets return to waterloo s narrative to the albums music, incorporating very little dialogue in the process, and as such the film suggests a visual lp. Three of the tracks on the album release were also available in nearidentical form on the kinks 1984 release word of mouth. Its a dreary mess of a film notable only for an early appearence by actor tim roth. Not far away from ray davies return to waterloo, a great song from this excellent film and cd. Return to waterloo 1985 ray davies releases allmovie. Expectations from ray davies film return to waterloo. Harlan leslie thompson return to waterloo g g7 c d g c cb am look at all the people around me, same old faces joining the queue em am em c g n. Return to waterloocome dancing with the kinks dvd, 1999. A hybrid of music video and feature film, return to waterloo marks the strong directorial debut of singersongwriter ray davies, leader of the legendary british rock nroll band the kinks for.
It was a coproduction between the soviet union and italy, and was filmed on location in ukraine. The 1970 war flick waterloo was a modest film, to say the least. Find release information for return to waterloo 1985 ray davies on allmovie. It had quite wellknown stars in its cast and won a number of awards upon its release. Read about the return to waterloo dvd and browse other dvd movies. When a vast new oil refinery, fronted by corporate liaison elizabeth bradshaw, opens nearby and their new home is flooded with workers looking for drugs.
The film frames the travellers commute as a critique of britains varying ideologies, which are partly represented by successive generations. Ray daviess return to waterloo, his 1984 film, is a mess. Tim roth, kenneth colley, claire park an unnamed traveler boards the guildfordwaterloo train. Getting ready, fully edited ceremony, cocktail, intros, speeches, first dances, cake, and more drone footage depends on faa guidelines multiple cameras 1 or 2 videographers 8 hours of coverage. The whole waterloo movie runs for a total of slightly a little more than two hours long though the russian version of the picture runs for a total of four hours. What we need is someone to film a remake fitting for the 200th anniversary in the summer of 2015. This offbeat musical by songwriter and kinks lead singer ray davies revisits the themes of his songs of modern discontent and nostalgia. Davies, david mingay, geoff hogg, dennis woolf, ray davies. Return to waterloo is the debut solo album by kinks leader and chief songwriter ray davies.
Waterloo dvd napoleon wellington blucher steiger plummer welles. The film shows the journey of a commuter from guildford to waterloo in london. The movie return to paradise is based on the story of an american college student who was imprisoned overseas for smuggling drugs. Find similar and related movies for return to waterloo 1985 ray davies on allmovie.
Epic battle scenes filmed in an era that couldnt imagine using cgi like in return of the king. One of the most expensive films ever made up to that time, it was a box office failure of legendary proportions but has since gained substantially more respect as an exemplar of oldfashioned epicstyle film making. The movie that used 15,000 real soldiers as extras. Well, because waterloo itself isnt a very good or interesting film, and if youve seen either half of war and peace youve seen the better half of waterloo. The script is good as well, it is sometimes scary, sometimes funny. When i bought it i wasnt sure of kind of quality id be getting, however, after my first viewing i was delighted with both the outstanding sound and picture quality and the added enjoyment of the film version is in wide screen directors cut which added an extra 20 minutes of great footage. Watch return to waterloo now on your favorite device. Ray davies dedicates waterloo sunset and days to pete quaife at glastonbury 2010 duration. The kinks ray davies directs his only film project and its a wild visual trip as a serial rapist rides a. The battle of loves return film complet vf en ligne hd 720p. And ultimately, thats whats one of the most fascinating aspects of return to waterloo, in how davies seamlessly transitions to the role of director and shapes his artistry for a new format. Return to waterloo by rodney koeneke poetry foundation. Ray davies one and only foray into filmmaking, return to waterloo is a dark cross between julien temple whose film absolute beginners he would later appear in and provide some music for, a tommyera ken russell and dennis potter at his most disturbingly repressed and psychosexual. A millionaire offers ten thousand dollars to five people who agree to be locked in a large, spooky, rented house overnight with him and his wife.
See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer. Return to waterloo 1985 the songs of ray davies and the kinks underscore this offbeat account of a london businessmans morning commute. In december 1962 two of the three remaining beattie well tanks of the lswr, which had. Oscars best picture 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. The only album ever credited to kinks singersongwriterguitarist ray davies contains music from the motion picture. Return to waterloo 1985 stream and watch online moviefone. Production quality is outstanding, and the music is wonderful. Return to waterloo is an insightful and witty portrayal of the modern world, as seen through the eyes of a wellrespected man as he attempts to confront reality and fantasy, love and violence. It depicts the story of the preliminary events and the battle of waterloo and is famous for its lavish battle scenes. Stars vincent price, agnes moorehead, gavin gordon. Return to waterloo is a slender but assured 58minute film by ray davies of the kinks, who with that venerable rock band has for 20.
A man played by kenneth colley boards a commuter train and reads his newspaper, glancing at a story in which a. The subject of the new film, 18 june 1815, was an obvious choice. The soundtrack was provided by members of the kinks. Return to waterloo is a film written and directed by davies depicting the daydreams and nightmares of a commuter taking a onehour train trip from the london suburbs to waterloo train station. Ray davies wrote some songs to accompany the story, such as return to waterloo, and voices in the dark.
The sense of the film itself is another matter, and the particular dullness of bondarchuks attempt to translate history into cinema makes waterloo a very bad movie. Return to waterloo 1985 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. But i thought perhaps the vision of nino rota in the rose garden might help explain the failure of waterloo. Enjoy a rich lineup of tv shows and movies included with your prime membership. The second part of the dvd consists of late 80s kinks videos. Released 1985, return to waterloo stars kenneth colley, valerie holliman, dominique barnes the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 0 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. A feeling of possible impending horror is created by repeated newspaper images of a rapist on the loose, a man who closely resembles the hero of the story. A crazed killer known as the bat is on the loose in a mansion full of people. Waterloo 1970 release 2005 dvd this dvd was a wonderful surprise. Return to waterloocome dancing dvd ray davies songs. Davies does occasionally drop into the film amateurish sequences that literally act out the lyrics on screen as those lyrics are being sung.
An unnamed traveler boards the guildfordwaterloo train and proceeds to daydream about his life. I didnt know this was a fullon musical with a punk tim roth. Released 1985, return to waterloo stars kenneth colley, valerie holliman, dominique barnes the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 0 min, and received a. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. Release return to waterloo by ray davies musicbrainz. Its an awkwardly selfconscious public statement about england in the 80s and the banality of the suburban everyday.
Return to waterloo 1985 ray davies related allmovie. The second series of waterloo road, a british television school drama series created by ann mcmanus and maureen chadwick and produced by bbc scotland and shed productions, commenced airing in the united kingdom on 18 january 2007 and concluded after 12 episodes on 26 april 2007. The songs of ray davies and the kinks underscore this offbeat account of a london businessmans morning commute. Return to waterloo 1984 return to waterloo 1984 user. Expectations clip from the ray davies film return to waterloo. Return to waterloo is a terrific soundtrack but a somewhat strange, artsy movie. Return to waterloo seems every bit as disillusioned with the times as the central character,from the punks to the greedy businessmen the film holds them all in contempt,the only character return to waterloo seems to have total sympathy for is the traveller. This dvd combines two features built around the work of ray davies and the kinks, respectively, on a single platter davies movie return to waterloo 1984, which starts the disc automatically unless one accesses the main menu manually and come dancing with the kinks, the promotional film by the kinks dating from 1986. The littleseen first and only film by ray davies, songwriter and lead singer of the kinks, is an offbeat musical that takes off from and expands the possibilities of the thennewly emergent musicvideo format while revisiting many of the themes of daviess songs of modern discontent and nostalgia.
Return to waterloo for more than 20 years ray davies has been the leading force behind one of rocks most intelligent and successful bands. Find similar and related movies for return to waterloo 1985 ray davies on. This film very haunting, especially the songs, which are not available on any kinks album. Return to waterloo seems every bit as disillusioned with the times as the central character,from the punks to the greedy businessmen the film holds them all in contempt,the only character return to waterloo seems to have total sympathy for is the travellers wife who believes her husband is having an affair and is the subject of the touching song lonely hearts whose lyrics are in the style of an agony. However, it bombed at the box office when it came out and was met with a less than positive response from moviegoers and critics alike. Davies song writing skills more than making up for the almost complete lack of dialogue. Return to waterloo is an hourlong music video featuring a number of kinks songs and a storyline about an average, welloff englishman. Dec 18, 2017 we were, of course, tempted to caption this clip as waterloo sunset but that wouldnt be strictly true. Return to waterloo seems every bit as disillusioned with the times as the central character,from the punks to the greedy businessmen the film holds them all in contempt,the only character return to waterloo seems to have total sympathy for is the travellers wife who believes her husband is. Now the leader of the kinks makes his directorial debut with a groundbreaking and highly acclaimed film. Set in the majestic canadian rockies, tin star tells the story of jim worth, a former british detective now small town police chief, who brings his family to the tiny, tranquil town of little big bear for a better life.
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