Synopsis
Somewhere in England, in the Autumn of 1955, a widowed father and his son live an idyllic life together. Only their gas station happens to sit on a piece of land that a local developer wants to buy. And when he won't take no for an answer, and sets government inspectors and social works onto Danny and his father, Danny and his father decide to get even with Hazell and his pheasant- shooting friends in a manner in keeping with their own family tradition.
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DANNY, THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD
Category: Edition 1989
| Original Title | Danny, the Champion of the World |
| Italian Title | Danny il campione del mondo |
| Category | Official Competition |
| Section | Competition |
| Tipology | Feature Film |
| Duration | 99' |
| Production Year | 1989 |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Directed by | Gavin Millar |
| Screenplay | John Goldsmith |
| Main cast | Jeremy Irons, Robbie Coltrane, Samuel Irons |
GAVIN MILLAR
Gavin Millar (born 11 January 1938 in Clydebank, Scotland) is a Scottish film director, critic and television presenter.
Millar was a film critic for The Listener from 1970 to 1984. He also contributed to Sight and Sound and The London Review of Books. With the film director Karel Reisz, he co-authored The Technique of Film Editing (1968). On television, he wrote, produced and presented Arena Cinema for the BBC from 1976 to 1980, and wrote and presented numerous other cinema and visual arts documentaries.
In 1980, he directed Dennis Potter's Cream in My Coffee for London Weekend Television, which received a BAFTA nomination. His first feature film as director was 1985's Dreamchild.
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