Movies: Cilla Mason

  • 1979
    Black Jack

    Black Jack (1979)

    Black Jack

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    When honest young Tolly is forced on the run with ‘Black Jack’, a villainous ruffian, adventure and mishap are never far away. As the two enter a world of body-snatchers, private lunatic asylums, and traveling fairs they find friendship in the most u...

    Black Jack
  • 1981
    Looks and Smiles

    Looks and Smiles (1981)

    Looks and Smiles

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    Thatcherism and the Irish troubles provide the backdrop for this study of Mick, a well-meaning youth in Sheffield, who has, unlike Dickens' Pip, no expectations. Mick lives with his parents, works on his motorbike, looks for work, and every two weeks...

    Looks and Smiles
  • 1991
    Dream On

    Dream On (1991)

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    A magical realist feature drama exploring the lives of a women’s darts team on North Shields’ Meadow Well Estate....

    Dream On
  • 1987
    T. Dan Smith: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Utopia

    T. Dan Smith: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Utopia (1987)

    T. Dan Smith: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Utopia

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    An experimental mix of thriller and documentary exploring the scandal centred on the one-time Newcastle Council Leader, aka The Mouth of the Tyne, who was sentenced to six years imprisonment in 1974 for corruption. A dynamic and visionary politician,...

    T. Dan Smith: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Utopia
  • 1989
    In Fading Light

    In Fading Light (1989)

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    A feature drama set in the declining fishing industry in North Shields, the film centres on the upheaval caused in a traditional fishing community by the unexpected arrival of a young woman....

    In Fading Light
  • 1982
    Homeground

    Homeground (1982)

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    Sunderland, against all of the odds, beat Leeds United in the 1973 FA Cup final, and memories of that triumphant city are revived when a photographer revisits his home town. But any ideas about moving back are sorely tested when his rose-tinted recol...

    Homeground
  • 1978
    The Lady Irene

    The Lady Irene (1978)

    The Lady Irene

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    A fisherman is about to launch his new trawler and wants to make it an occasion for his girlfriend to remember....

    The Lady Irene