Search a film or person :
FacebookConnectionRegistration
Home > All films > Films Drama > Hunky Dory
Hunky Dory is a British film of genre Drama directed by Marc Evans released in USA on 22 march 2013 with Minnie Driver

Hunky Dory (2011)

Hunky Dory
If you like this film, let us know!
Released in USA 22 march 2013
Length 1h50
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Musical
Rating61% 3.0991853.0991853.0991853.0991853.099185

Hunky Dory is a British independent musical film about the trials of an idealistic drama teacher as she tries to put on the end of year show. It was written by Laurence Coriat and directed by Welsh director Marc Evans and stars Minnie Driver, Aneurin Barnard, Kimberley Nixon and Robert Pugh. It premièred at the 55th BFI London Film Festival on 25 October 2011, and was officially released on 2 March 2012 in the UK.

Synopsis

Set in a Welsh comprehensive school during the long hot summer of 1976, keen drama teacher Vivienne (Minnie Driver) fights sweltering heat and general teenage apathy to put on an end of year rock and roll musical version of Shakespeare's The Tempest, that David Bowie would be proud of. To engage her students, she uses hits of the time, performed by a fresh young cast led by Davey (Aneurin Barnard).

Actors

Minnie Driver

(Vivienne)Aneurin Barnard

(Davey)Kimberley Nixon

(Vicki)Robert Pugh

(Headmaster)Haydn Gwynne

(Mrs Valentine)
And :
Steve Speirs
Aled Pugh
George MacKay
Owen Teale
Trailer of Hunky Dory

Bluray, DVD

Streaming / VOD

Source : Wikidata

Comments


Leave comment :

Suggestions of similar film to Hunky Dory

There are 55 films with the same actors, 14 films with the same director, 87376 with the same cinematographic genres (including 797 with exactly the same 3 genres than Hunky Dory), 6250 films with the same themes, to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.

If you liked Hunky Dory, you will probably like those similar films :
Beautiful Mistake
Beautiful Mistake (2000)
, 1h15
Directed by Marc Evans
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
Actors John Cale
Rating62% 3.131733.131733.131733.131733.13173
This documentary film follows a group of Welsh musicians interacting and playing in the studio. Premiered at the Cardiff International Film Festival in November 2000.
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
, 2h23
Directed by Joel Schumacher
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Ghost films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Minnie Driver, Simon Callow
Rating72% 3.60023.60023.60023.60023.6002
In the year 1919, the Opéra Populaire holds a public auction to clear the theatre's vaults. The Vicomte de Chagny purchases a papier-mâché music box in the shape of a monkey and eyes it sadly as Madame Giry, an aged woman dressed in black, watches him. The auctioneer then presents a shattered chandelier as the next item up for bid, explaining that it once played a key role in "the strange affair of the Phantom of the Opéra." As the chandelier is displayed for all to see, it flickers to life and slowly ascends to its original place in the rafters as the audience is transported back in time to the year 1870.
Tarzan
Tarzan (1999)
, 1h28
Directed by Chris Buck, Kevin Lima
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Mise en scène d'un éléphant, Films about apes, L'enfance marginalisée, Musical films, Tarzan films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Tony Goldwyn, Minnie Driver, Rosie O'Donnell, Glenn Close, Brian Blessed, Lance Henriksen
Rating73% 3.6512953.6512953.6512953.6512953.651295
In the 1880s, an English couple and their infant son escape a burning ship, ending up on land near uncharted rainforests off the coast of Africa. The couple craft themselves a treehouse from their ship's wreckage, but are subsequently killed by Sabor, a rogue leopardess. Kala, a female gorilla who recently lost her own child to Sabor, hears the cries of the orphaned human infant and finds him in the ruined treehouse. Though she is attacked by Sabor, Kala and the baby manage to escape. Kala takes the baby back to the gorilla troop to raise as her own, an act of which her mate, Kerchak, disapproves. Kala raises the human child, naming him Tarzan. Though he befriends other gorillas in the troop and other animals, including the young female gorilla Terk and the paranoid male elephant Tantor, Tarzan finds himself unable to keep up with them, so he takes great efforts to improve himself. As a young man, Tarzan is able to kill Sabor with his crude spear and protect the troop, gaining Kerchak's reluctant respect.
Beyond the Lights
Beyond the Lights (2014)
, 1h56
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about suicide, Musical films
Actors Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Minnie Driver, Nate Parker, Danny Glover, Hayley Marie Norman, Aisha Hinds
Rating68% 3.400573.400573.400573.400573.40057
Noni Jean is a hot new artist who has just won a Billboard Music Award without releasing an album and is primed for super-stardom, but the pressures of success compel her to nearly end her life. She is saved by a young police officer, Kaz Nicol, who has political ambitions. Drawn to each other, Noni and Kaz fall fast and hard, despite the protests of those around them who urge them to put their career ambitions ahead of their romance. But it is ultimately Kaz's love that gives Noni the courage to find her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be.
Stage Fright
Stage Fright (2014)
, 1h29
Directed by Jérôme Sable
Origin Canada
Genres Horror comedy, Musical theatre, Horror, Musical, Slasher
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Serial killer films, Musical films, Comedy horror films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Minnie Driver, Meat Loaf, Douglas Smith, Allie MacDonald, Brandon Uranowitz, Melanie Leishman
Rating52% 2.6040652.6040652.6040652.6040652.604065
Ten years ago, Broadway diva Kylie Swanson opened the musical The Haunting of the Opera (a reference to real-life musical The Phantom of the Opera) to a packed audience. That same night, she was murdered backstage by an unknown assailant wearing the mask of the play's villain, Opera Ghost. Years later, Kylie's children Camilla and Buddy have grown into teenagers raised by Roger McCall, a former lover of Kylie's and the producer of a musical theater summer camp on the brink of bankruptcy. When Camilla hears that the camp will be producing a kabuki version of The Haunting of the Opera, she decides that she will sneak into auditions one way or another. She manages to convince a camper overseeing the auditions, Joel Hopton, to let her in and Camilla easily impresses the stage director Artie and wins the lead role of Sofia - much to Buddy's dismay.
Ex Drummer
Ex Drummer (2007)
, 1h44
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Horror, Musical, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Musical films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Sam Louwyck, François Beukelaers, Jan Hammenecker
Rating68% 3.4480253.4480253.4480253.4480253.448025
In Ostend three handicapped musicians are looking for a drummer for their band, consisting entirely of disabled people. They want to perform only one time at a music competition. They want famous writer Dries to be their drummer and his handicap is the fact that he cannot play the drums. They only plan on mastering one song; Devo's "Mongoloid."
Hearts Beat Loud
Hearts Beat Loud (2018)

Directed by Brett Haley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Musical films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Nick Offerman, Kiersey Clemons, Ted Danson, Sasha Lane, Blythe Danner, Toni Collette
Rating69% 3.4506053.4506053.4506053.4506053.450605
Un père et sa fille, Frank et Sam, forment un duo de compositeurs peu probable avant le départ de cette dernière pour l'université.
All Dogs Go to Heaven
All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
, 1h25
Directed by Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, Gary Goldman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Films about religion, Films about dogs, Films about angels, Musical films, Buddy films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Judith Barsi, Vic Tayback, Melba Moore, Charles Nelson Reilly
Rating66% 3.349873.349873.349873.349873.34987
In 1939 New Orleans, a roguish German Shepherd named Charlie B. Barkin escapes from a dog pound with the help of his friend, a dachshund named Itchy Itchiford. They return to a casino riverboat on the bayou, which is formerly run by Charlie with his partner, a bulldog named Carface Caruthers. Not wanting to share the profits with Charlie, Carface persuades him to leave town with 50% of the casino's earnings. Charlie agrees, but is later intoxicated and murdered by Carface. He is sent to Heaven where a whippet angel named Annabelle (who was named in the sequel) tells him that a gold watch representing his life has stopped. He steals and winds it, sending Charlie back to Earth, but is told that if he dies again, he will go to Hell. After reuniting with Itchy, they discover that Carface is holding an orphan girl named Anne-Marie (presumably kidnapped from the orphanage by Carface), who has the ability to talk to animals and gain knowledge of a race's results beforehand, allowing Carface to rig the odds on the rat races and become rich. They rescue her, intending to use her abilities to get revenge on Carface, though Charlie tells her that they plan to give their winnings to the poor and help her find parents.
Jubilee
Jubilee (1978)
, 1h40
Directed by Derek Jarman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Musical films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Jenny Runacre, Ian Charleson, Nell Campbell, Toyah Willcox, Richard O'Brien, Sam Spruell
Rating59% 2.9504352.9504352.9504352.9504352.950435
In Jubilee, Queen Elizabeth I (Jenny Runacre) is transported forward in time by the occultist John Dee (Richard O'Brien) through the spirit guide Ariel (a character from Shakespeare's The Tempest). Elizabeth arrives in the shattered Britain of the 1970s. Queen Elizabeth II is dead, killed in an arbitrary mugging, and Elizabeth I moves through the social and physical decay of the city observing the activities of a group of sporadic nihilists, including Amyl Nitrite (Jordan), Bod (Runacre in a dual role), Chaos (Hermine Demoriane), Crabs (Nell Campbell), and Mad (Toyah Willcox).