Peterloo

Drama, History

On 16 August 1819, a crowd of some 60,000 people from Manchester and surrounding towns gathered in St Peter’s Fields to demand Parliamentary reform and an extension of voting rights.

The meeting had been peaceful but in the attempt to arrest a leader of the meeting, the armed government militias panicked and charged upon the crowd. The toll of casualties has always been disputed but as many as 15 people were killed and up to 700 wounded.

Directed by: Mike Leigh
Starring: Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Pearce Quigley
Produced by: Georgina Lowe
Written by: Mike Leigh

Music by: Gary Yershon
Cinematography: Dick Pope
Edited by: Jon Gregory

Production company: Film4 Productions, British Film Institute, Thin Man Films
Distributed by: Entertainment One
Release date: 1 September 2018 (Venice), 2 November 2018 (United Kingdom), 5 April 2019 (United States)

Running time: 154 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE

The Dead Don't Die

The film follows a small town's police force as they combat a sudden zombie invasion.

One Cut of the Dead

A low-budget zombie film turns into a real zombie apocalypse.

The Burial Of Kojo

The film tells the story of Kojo, who is left to die in an abandoned gold mine, as his young daughter Esi travels through a spirit land to save him.

Arctic

A survival film about a man stranded in the Arctic.

Batman: Hush

The film is about a new threat named Hush who knows all of Batman's secrets.

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

A lawman and an outcast must stop a cybernetically-enhanced terrorist who threatens the world with a deadly virus.