Moo-Man comes to Tyneside Cinema
An extra-ordinary tale
of British independent moo-vie making
(or how one farmer and his cows went to Sundance!)
(or how one farmer and his cows went to Sundance!)
A special screening of
the most talked about British documentary of the year with Scottish filmmaker
Andy Heathcote at
TYNESIDE CINEMA,
NEWCASTLE
The filmmaker
who led a cast of dairy cows to surprise stardom comes to Newcastle this week with
a special showing of hit indie documentary The Moo Man (97 mins, U).
Described as the “number one movie of the Sundance
2013 Film Festival” The Moo Man follows a year in the life of farmer Steve Hook
and his unruly 55-strong herd as they battle to keep their family farm afloat.
Director and cameraman Andy Heathcote took four years
to make the movie, most of them spent flat on his stomach in a damp field,
trying to keep the shot steady while half a tonne of dairy cow nibbled at his
sleeve.
Andy will be at Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle on
Thursday August 22
to lead a question and answer session with the audience on the most challenging
film of his career. There will also be an earlier showing on Wednesday August
21.
Undisputed star is leading lady Ida, a shapely
Friesian Holstein with a natural talent for showmanship and Steve’s secret
weapon as he pulls out all the marketing stops when he breaks from the big
dairies to go it alone.
We accompany Steve through night-time calvings and
punishingly early dawn milkings, as all the while he builds a doorstep delivery
service for the herd’s organic pintas. It’s a job he undertakes with passion
and great dollops of humour but one he knows is impossible without the
co-operation of his cows. A
farmer all his life, he’s still they’re number one fan.
“The
film started out being about one farmer bucking the trend by not going down the
big numbers route. In the end, though, what came across most strongly were the
cows’ characters. They’re just beautiful animals,” says Steve.
A heart-warming and often hilarious tale set on the
stunning Pevensey Levels in East Sussex, The Moo Man takes viewers on a
rollercoaster ride of emotions that brings you face to face with the reality of
farming in an era driven by supermarket economics.
In a charming, understated way Andy’s film challenges
our relationship with food, the environment and the person we rely upon for
both – the farmer.
This is what people have been saying about it:
"The number one movie of the
Sundance 2013 Film Festival."
Scene Stealers
Scene Stealers
“As an advert for steering clear of supermarket
milk, this is hard to beat...
A low-key pleasure.”
The Guardian
A low-key pleasure.”
The Guardian
“The charming documentary The Moo Man captures
an England lost long ago, a green and pleasant time when farmers actually knew
their animals’ names.”
The Times
The Times
“The Moo Man is a very old-fashioned documentary, a gentle, bucolic
account of a man at peace with himself and his environment.”
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
You
can watch The Moo Man trailer at http://themooman.co.uk/
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