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Once a Year on Blackpool Sands

"The triumphant true story that changed six lives forever"

2021-11-21 Drama 1hr 45m

A moving comedy-drama about the love, identity and courage of the LGBTQ community during the first walk towards Gay Pride in 1950s England. Based on the real-life events of Yorkshire coal miners and secret gay lovers, Tommy and Eddy, who spend their annual week holiday at a quirky B & B in Blackpool, along with a few other alternative members of society – the transgender Mr. Elbridge, the ex-show girl Red Ethel and the eccentric owner Gladys and her flirty daughter Maureen.

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A moving comedy-drama about the love, identity and courage of the LGBTQ community during the first walk towards Gay Pride in 1950s England. Based on the real-life events of Yorkshire coal miners and secret gay lovers, Tommy and Eddy, who spend their annual week holiday at a quirky B & B in Blackpool, along with a few other alternative members of society – the transgender Mr. Elbridge, the ex-show girl Red Ethel and the eccentric owner Gladys and her flirty daughter Maureen.

  • Released
    2021-11-21
  • Revenue
    n/a
  • Budget
    n/a
  • Runtime
    1hr 45m
  • Genre
    Drama
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English
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  • Production
    Baby Dog Films

Crew

Karlton Parris
Director
Karlton Parris
Writer
Karlton Parris
Producer
Keywords:
lgbt gay pride coal miner 1950s gay theme transgender

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Cast

Kyle Brookes

Kyle Brookes
Eddy
Macaulay Cooper

Macaulay Cooper
Tommy
Wendy Laurence James

Wendy Laurence James
Gladys Bracegirdle
Elizabeth Coombs

Elizabeth Coombs
Alice Price
Linda Clark

Linda Clark
Red Ethel
Dominic McCavish

Dominic McCavish
James Elbridge / Phyllis
Joel McVeagh

Joel McVeagh
Karlton
Julia Haworth

Julia Haworth
Sandra Green
Michał Szpak

Michał Szpak
Milo
Steven Arnold

Steven Arnold
Reg Green
Tony Richardson

Tony Richardson
Hubert Corkhill
Vicki Glover

Vicki Glover
Nurse Bickerstaff
Laura Ellen Wilson

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Charlie Price

Charlie Price
Young Eddy

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A Review by Geronimo1967 5

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2023-10-21

If only this had had a more focussed auteur then it could have made for a far more potent tale of growing up gay in England in the 1950s. In... read more

If only this had had a more focussed auteur then it could have made for a far more potent tale of growing up gay in England in the 1950s. Instead, Karlton Parris rather misses his open goal and provides us with a meandering film that largely underwhelms. That said, there are two strong performances here from Kyle Brookes ("Eddy") and Macauley Cooper's "Tommy" as we relive a story told by way of a retrospective of their forbidden love. The pair have been friends since they were nippers and have been having a clandestine relationship, the odd shag in the pigeon shed, for a while before they embark on their family's annual holiday to the coast - and Blackpool. Homosexuality is still very much illegal - and frowned upon - in Britain and before they travel we, but not "Tommy", know that "Eddy" has a secret. The holiday is like any gathering - people get fractious, fed up and rattled by each other - and the two men, increasingly frustrated by their inability to be open like everyone else, find their relationship severely tested as truths come out on all fronts. Add to this frequently toxic mix their new friendship with local transvestite "James" (an engaging, if sparing, effort from Dominic McCavish) and the scene is set for plenty of familial set-toos and a denouement that, unfortunately, the flashback nature of the story telling has already largely revealed. There's far too much script, the scenarios are often over-contrived and the essential love story between these two men fighting for their identity is largely lost amongst a clutter of too many other characters and sub-plots. Bluntly, the narrative is a mess. At times it does resonate. Being gay here, then, was dangerous and nigh-on impossible - but this really doesn't capitalise well enough on the point it is really hoping to make. Pity - when it is just the two men by themselves, it sort of works.

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A Review by CinemaSerf

If only this had had a more focussed auteur then it could have made for a far more potent tale of growing up gay in England in the 1950s. Instead, Karlton Parris rather misses his open goal and provides us with a meandering film that largel...

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A Review by Geronimo1967 5

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2023-10-21

If only this had had a more focussed auteur then it could have made for a far more potent tale of growing up gay in England in the 1950s. Instead, Karlton Parris rather misses his open goal and provid...

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