Occupy! (1976)

10.0/10 55 min Documentary

Overview

Bill Nighy, Pete Postlewaite and (briefly) Julie Walters, then all of the Everyman Theatre Company, feature in this potent reportage/dramatisation hybrid about the occupation of the Fisher-Bendix Factory in Kirkby. Dohany uses a variety of imaginative techniques to explore the longstanding dispute, and a pronounced sense of urgency pervades this act of solidarity.

Cast

Janet Amsden

Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool

Christopher Blake

Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool

Pip Donaghy

Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool

Geoffrey Durham

Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool

Matthew Kelly

Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool

Bill Nighy

Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool

David Peart

Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool

Pete Postlethwaite

Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool

Robert Putt

Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool

Julie Walters

Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool

Tony Wilson

Self - Granada Reports (archive footage)(uncredited)

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