Pure (Original title)A Bad Way (Working title)
Dates: 2002 (Copyright), 04 April 2003 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Gillies MacKinnon
Synopsis: Drama. A ten-year-old boy looks out for his heroin-junkie mother.
Genre: Drama
Releases
Date: 2002not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: Super-35 - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 97 mins Length: 8708 Feet
Title: Home movies: reviewsAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Empire n181 July 2004 Page: 148
Title: Remote control: playAuthor: [LB] Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v13 n5 May 2003 Pages: 18-19
Title: Raising mumAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Director Gillies MacKinnon comments on his reasons for wanting to make PURE and his determination to avoid making a drab "drugs movie".
In: Sight and Sound v13 n5 May 2003 Page: 59
Title: ReviewsAuthor: FALCON, Richard Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Berlin Film Festival Catalogue v53rd 2003 Pages: 128-129
Title: [Berlin Film Festival Catalogue - v53rd 2003: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: German
Description: Credits include production/sales contact details.
In: Empire n168 June 2003 Page: 53
Title: The reviewsAuthor: MORRISON, Alan Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1341 25 Jan 2002 Page: 16
Title: UK Round-upArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Variety 30 Sep 2002 Page: 28
Title: [Variety - 30 Sep 2002: no known title]Author: STRATTON, David Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: London Film Festival Catalogue v46th 2002 Page: 40
Title: [London Film Festival Catalogue - v46th 2002: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits include production contact details. Director's note.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Video materials(1)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 91.25 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 2006-03-10BFI identifier: C-1415031
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Dates: 2002 (Copyright), 04 April 2003 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Gillies MacKinnon
Synopsis: Drama. A ten-year-old boy looks out for his heroin-junkie mother.
Genre: Drama
Releases
Date: 2002not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: Super-35 - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 97 mins Length: 8708 Feet
Credits
(86)
©: A Bad Way Ltd, Presented by: Little Wing Films, Production Company: Kudos Productions, [International sales]: The Works International, Executive Producer: Robert Bevan, Executive Producer: Keith Hayley, Executive Producer: Charlie Savill, Executive Producer: Amanda Coombes, Executive Producer: Amit Barooah, Executive Producer: Stephen Garrett, Executive Producer: Jane Featherstone, Producer: Howard Burch, Line Producer: Jane Robertson, For LWF (Head of Production): Karen Everett, For LWF (Production Co-ordinator): Marcie Gatsky, For LWF (Head of Development): Piers Tempest, Production Co-ordinator: Harriet Dale, Production Accountant: Jon Duncan, Assistant Production Accountant: Jason Potter, Location Manager: Benjamin Greenacre, Assistant Location Manager: Richard May, Post-production Supervisor: Alistair Hopkins, Production Assistant: Sophia Britton, Production Runner: Jeremy Burnage, Rebecca Ferguson, Floor Runner: Paul Mason, Assistant Director (1st): Stephen Woolfenden, Assistant Director (2nd): Beni Turkson, Assistant Director (3rd): Ben Dixon, Director's Assistant: Jessica Forte, Script Supervisor: Pat Rambaut, Casting (Director): Chloé Emmerson, Casting (Associate): Victoria Beatty, Written by: Alison Hume, Director of Photography: John de Borman, 2nd Unit Camera Operator: Chris Plevin, Steadicam Operator: Alistair Rae, Focus Puller: John Attwell, Focus Puller (2nd Unit): Chyna Thomson, Focus Puller (2nd Unit): Ollie Tellett, Alex Howe, Clapper Loader: Rosalyn Ellis, Clapper Loader (2nd Unit): Peter Bateson, Milly Donaghy, Gaffer: Steve Kitchen, Unit Stills Photographer: Kerry Brown, Digital Effects: Double Negative, Editor: Pia Di Ciaula, Assistant Editor: P.J. Harling, Production Designer: Jon Henson, Art Director: Cristina Casali, Stand-by Art Director: Andrea Matheson, Assistant Art Director: Ian Ryding, Set Decorator: Sophie Newman, Prop Buyer: Samantha Barbic, Prop Master: Warren Stickley, Construction Manager: Nick Bloom, Costume Designer: Kate Carin, Costume Supervisor: Mark Sutherland, Costume Assistant: Carolyn Hunter, Make-up Designer: Anne Oldham, Make-up Artist: Karen Edwards, Nicola Mansell, Main Titles Design: Fig Productions, Fig (Main Titles Producer): Olive Segré, Title Opticals: General Screen Enterprises, Opticals: Cine Image Opticals, Original Music by: Nitin Sawhney, Sound Recordist: Colin Nicolson, Boom Operator: Tony Cook, Re-recording Mixer: Adrian Rhodes, Sven Taits, Supervising Sound Editor: Stefan Henrix, Dialogue Editor: Iain Eyre, ADR Recordist: Darren McQuade, Foley Artist: Andie Derrick, Foley Artist: Peter Burgis, Foley Editor: Jacques Leroide, Stunt Co-ordinator: Lee Sheward, Stunt Performer: Neil Finnighan, Jamie Edgell, Stand-in: Peter Siverhall, Stand-in: Nicola Parfitt, Technical Consultant: Laurence Dean, Studio: Three Mills Island Studio
Cast
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Molly Parker (Mel), David Wenham (Lenny), Geraldine McEwan (Nanna), Kate Ashfield (Helen), Gary Lewis (Detective Inspector French), Karl Johnson (granddad), Keira Knightley (Louise), Nitin Ganatra (Abu), Marsha Thomason (Vicki), Harry Eden (Paul), Vinni Hunter (Lee), Levi Hayes (Jack), Rupert Procter (Harry), Bronson Webb (Tom), Tyler Smart (Rose), Mona Hammond (woman customer), Julia Deakin (Mrs Rawlings), Mia Soteriou (Diane), Robert Hands (doctor), Jessica Stevenson (paramedic), Russell Barr (nurse), Bea Guard (young waitress), Alan Turkington (secretary), Kathryn Pogson (woman at door), Tamsin Greig (liaison officer)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(9)
In: Sight and Sound v14 n8 August 2004 Page: 77Title: Home movies: reviewsAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Empire n181 July 2004 Page: 148
Title: Remote control: playAuthor: [LB] Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v13 n5 May 2003 Pages: 18-19
Title: Raising mumAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Director Gillies MacKinnon comments on his reasons for wanting to make PURE and his determination to avoid making a drab "drugs movie".
In: Sight and Sound v13 n5 May 2003 Page: 59
Title: ReviewsAuthor: FALCON, Richard Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Berlin Film Festival Catalogue v53rd 2003 Pages: 128-129
Title: [Berlin Film Festival Catalogue - v53rd 2003: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: German
Description: Credits include production/sales contact details.
In: Empire n168 June 2003 Page: 53
Title: The reviewsAuthor: MORRISON, Alan Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1341 25 Jan 2002 Page: 16
Title: UK Round-upArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Variety 30 Sep 2002 Page: 28
Title: [Variety - 30 Sep 2002: no known title]Author: STRATTON, David Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: London Film Festival Catalogue v46th 2002 Page: 40
Title: [London Film Festival Catalogue - v46th 2002: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits include production contact details. Director's note.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Video materials(1)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 91.25 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 2006-03-10BFI identifier: C-1415031
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape