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Jimmy's Hall
Director: Ken Loach
Writer: Paul Laverty
Producer: Rebecca O'Brien
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Barry Ward, Simone Kirby, Andrew Scott, Jim Norton, Brían F. O'Byrne
The good news...
Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.