Barry Hines Biography
An English author, playwright, screenwriter and amateur footballer. His novels and screenplays explore the political and economic struggles of working-class Northern England, particularly in his native West Riding/South Yorkshire. He is best known for the novel A Kestrel for a Knave (1968), which he helped adapt for Ken Loach's film Kes (1969). He collaborated with Loach on adaptations of his novels Looks and Smiles and The Gamekeeper, and the 1977 two-part television drama The Price of Coal.
He also wrote the television film Threads, which depicts the impact of a nuclear war on Sheffield.
Barry Hines Movies
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‘Wicked’ Defies Gravity to Bring the Stage Musical to Screens With Resounding Success
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‘Gladiator II’: Ridley Scott Returns to Rome with a Stirring, Machiavellian Epic
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‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ is a Delightful Return for the Stop-Motion Duo. Aardman Animation...
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‘The Diplomat’ Season 2 Brings More Political Intrigue and a Powerful Allison Janney
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The WandaVision Spin-Off Boasts an Enchanting Kathryn Hahn and a New Mystery. Hahn stars as...
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‘The Penguin’ has charismatic performances but also a lot of gangster cliches. The limited...
