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A Bunch of Amateurs

2022 · 94 min

A warm, gently funny and quietly moving look at stubborn dreamers clinging to creativity and each other as time slips by.

Directed by
Kim Hopkins
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Colin Egglestone, Harry Nicholls, Joe Ogden
Overview
A bunch of British working class amateur filmmakers with nothing left to lose tackle one of Hollywood's greatest musicals in order to save their beloved Club. Britain’s oldest amateur filmmaking club struggles to survive, as its members grow old amid flickering memories and hardships. In the northern industrial town of Bradford, England, a handful of diehard amateur filmmakers desperately cling to their dreams, and to each other, in this warm and funny look at shared artistic folly that speaks to the delusional dreamer in us all.

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  • BBC iPlayer
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Directed by
Kim Hopkins
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Colin Egglestone, Harry Nicholls, Joe Ogden
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • aging
  • friendship
  • art
  • isolation
  • found family
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism10
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Where to watch in the UK

Free
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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Colin Egglestone, Harry Nicholls, Joe Ogden, Jeanette Wilson, Phil Wainman, Ian Egglestone, Andrew Cockerill, Marie McCahery
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
94 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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