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| Yorkshire Dales win film gold from one end of the US to the other | Yorkshire Dales win film gold from one end of the US to the other |
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| Alright, I come clean. This is a bit of an excuse to use some more pictures of the grim north, in the form of the Yorkshire Dales. | Alright, I come clean. This is a bit of an excuse to use some more pictures of the grim north, in the form of the Yorkshire Dales. |
| I'm inspired partly by the Guardian's use of a mouth-watering tempter to visit Gunnerside in Swaledale which they kindly used to illustrate my farewell piece to the north in today's paper. But more because yet another film based in this Heaven-on-Earth is doing well internationally. | I'm inspired partly by the Guardian's use of a mouth-watering tempter to visit Gunnerside in Swaledale which they kindly used to illustrate my farewell piece to the north in today's paper. But more because yet another film based in this Heaven-on-Earth is doing well internationally. |
| It's called Lad: A Yorkshire Story and is the work of writer and director Dan Hartley who grew up in the Dales but now frequents such exotic places as Houston in Texas and Anchorage, the state capital of Alaska. In the former, his film is getting a best-feature prize at Worldfest and at the latter, it has won the Golden Oosikar – fine name for an award – at the Anchorage International Film Festival. | It's called Lad: A Yorkshire Story and is the work of writer and director Dan Hartley who grew up in the Dales but now frequents such exotic places as Houston in Texas and Anchorage, the state capital of Alaska. In the former, his film is getting a best-feature prize at Worldfest and at the latter, it has won the Golden Oosikar – fine name for an award – at the Anchorage International Film Festival. |
| It tells the story of a teenager called Tom Proctor who comes to terms with his father's death through the kindness and quiet mentoring he gets from a national park ranger. The latter, whose fictional name is Al Thorpe, was inspired by a real-life ranger, the late Al Boughen, who played a similar role in Hartley's life, when the film-maker was a teenager in Austwick, that lovely village below Ingleborough and the Norber Erratics. | It tells the story of a teenager called Tom Proctor who comes to terms with his father's death through the kindness and quiet mentoring he gets from a national park ranger. The latter, whose fictional name is Al Thorpe, was inspired by a real-life ranger, the late Al Boughen, who played a similar role in Hartley's life, when the film-maker was a teenager in Austwick, that lovely village below Ingleborough and the Norber Erratics. |
| If it sounds a bit twee, bear in mind that our hero gets community service at one stage for stealing a tractor and spraying manure all over the local bank. | If it sounds a bit twee, bear in mind that our hero gets community service at one stage for stealing a tractor and spraying manure all over the local bank. |
| The scenery steals the show as it did in The Calendar Girls and other Dales film classics, but the people are pretty good too. To thank them, a tour of local screenings in all the UK's 15 national parks has been arranged, starting in Skipton on 27 March and ending in Snowdonia on 4 May. | The scenery steals the show as it did in The Calendar Girls and other Dales film classics, but the people are pretty good too. To thank them, a tour of local screenings in all the UK's 15 national parks has been arranged, starting in Skipton on 27 March and ending in Snowdonia on 4 May. |
| Hartley says: | Hartley says: |
| I felt it was essential to give the film an authentic and contemporary voice and so I used people from the community who had never acted before and used role play and workshops to devise the script. The result, I think, is a film that is both honest and inspirational. The Dales is quite simply one of the most beautiful places in the country and it was a privilege to capture both the stunning landscape and the strong sense of community that thrives there. | I felt it was essential to give the film an authentic and contemporary voice and so I used people from the community who had never acted before and used role play and workshops to devise the script. The result, I think, is a film that is both honest and inspirational. The Dales is quite simply one of the most beautiful places in the country and it was a privilege to capture both the stunning landscape and the strong sense of community that thrives there. |
Alan Hulme, the Yorkshire Dales national park's head of ranger services, says: | Alan Hulme, the Yorkshire Dales national park's head of ranger services, says: |
| It is fantastic that the film not only captures the spectacular scenery of the Dales, but it also recognises the role that Rangers play in local communities across the National Park. Much of this work goes on unseen and much is taken for granted by locals and visitors alike, so it is really gratifying that the film captures the work of people like Al Boughen who keep the Dales as such a special place to live in or to visit. | It is fantastic that the film not only captures the spectacular scenery of the Dales, but it also recognises the role that Rangers play in local communities across the National Park. Much of this work goes on unseen and much is taken for granted by locals and visitors alike, so it is really gratifying that the film captures the work of people like Al Boughen who keep the Dales as such a special place to live in or to visit. |
The Skipton premiere is invitation only, but here are the others. | The Skipton premiere is invitation only, but here are the others. |
| 28 March, Settle Venue: Victoria Hall Time: 19:45 Website: http://www.settlevictoriahall.org.uk/prog/2013/mar_lad.html 29 March, Skipton Venue: Plaza Cinema – for one week Time: 20:15 31 March, Lake District National Park Venue: Windermere Cinemas, Bowness, Cumbria Time: 18:00 Website: http://windermere.nm-cinemas.co.uk 2 April, Northumberland National Park Venue: Queens Hall Arts Centre, Hexham, Northumberland Time: 19:30 Website: http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?agency=QUEENSHALLARTS&organ_val=24717&schedule=list&event_val=3115 4 April, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Venue: Callander Information Centre, Callander, Stirling Time: 19:00 Phone: 01877 330 342 5 April, Keighley Venue: Picture House - one week run. Website: http://keighley.nm-cinemas.co.uk/ 6 April, Cairngorms National Park Venue: Aboyne Swimming Pool and Deeside Community Centre, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire Website: http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/sport/swimleisure/aboyne.asp 8 April, North York Moors National Park Venue: Burniston & Cloughton Village Hall, Scarborough, Yorkshire Time: 19:00 Website: http://www.ruralarts.org/?product=lad-a-yorkshire-story-burnistoun-cloughton-village-hall 10 April, Peak District National Park Venue: Medway Centre, Bakewell, Derbyshire Time: 19:00 Phone: 01629 813638 19 April, Bentham Venue: Tramps Details tba 23 April, The Broads Venue: ACLE Recreation Centre, Norwich, Norfolk Time: 19:30 Website: http://aclerecreationcentre.co.uk/contact/ 27 April, Clapham Village Hall: Tramps 28 April: New Forest National Park Venue: Brockenhurst Village Hall, Brockenhurst, Hampshire. Time: 19:30 30 April, Exmoor National Park Venue: Winsford Village Hall, Winsford, Somerset Time: 19:30 Phone: 01643 851388 (Joan Cooper, Moor Movies) 3 May, Brecon Beacons National Park Venue: Black Mountain Centre, Brynaman Time: 18:30 Website: http://www.brynaman.org.uk/contact.html | 28 March, Settle Venue: Victoria Hall Time: 19:45 Website: http://www.settlevictoriahall.org.uk/prog/2013/mar_lad.html 29 March, Skipton Venue: Plaza Cinema – for one week Time: 20:15 31 March, Lake District National Park Venue: Windermere Cinemas, Bowness, Cumbria Time: 18:00 Website: http://windermere.nm-cinemas.co.uk 2 April, Northumberland National Park Venue: Queens Hall Arts Centre, Hexham, Northumberland Time: 19:30 Website: http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?agency=QUEENSHALLARTS&organ_val=24717&schedule=list&event_val=3115 4 April, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Venue: Callander Information Centre, Callander, Stirling Time: 19:00 Phone: 01877 330 342 5 April, Keighley Venue: Picture House - one week run. Website: http://keighley.nm-cinemas.co.uk/ 6 April, Cairngorms National Park Venue: Aboyne Swimming Pool and Deeside Community Centre, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire Website: http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/sport/swimleisure/aboyne.asp 8 April, North York Moors National Park Venue: Burniston & Cloughton Village Hall, Scarborough, Yorkshire Time: 19:00 Website: http://www.ruralarts.org/?product=lad-a-yorkshire-story-burnistoun-cloughton-village-hall 10 April, Peak District National Park Venue: Medway Centre, Bakewell, Derbyshire Time: 19:00 Phone: 01629 813638 19 April, Bentham Venue: Tramps Details tba 23 April, The Broads Venue: ACLE Recreation Centre, Norwich, Norfolk Time: 19:30 Website: http://aclerecreationcentre.co.uk/contact/ 27 April, Clapham Village Hall: Tramps 28 April: New Forest National Park Venue: Brockenhurst Village Hall, Brockenhurst, Hampshire. Time: 19:30 30 April, Exmoor National Park Venue: Winsford Village Hall, Winsford, Somerset Time: 19:30 Phone: 01643 851388 (Joan Cooper, Moor Movies) 3 May, Brecon Beacons National Park Venue: Black Mountain Centre, Brynaman Time: 18:30 Website: http://www.brynaman.org.uk/contact.html |
Here's a trailer for the time being. Enjoy the muck-spreading. | Here's a trailer for the time being. Enjoy the muck-spreading. |
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