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Peterloo

The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre in which British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.

Director

Mike Leigh

Year

Genre

Box Office

$151,971

Production

Thin Man Films,Film4 Productions,BFI,Lipsync Productions

Awards

4 wins & 8 nominations

Homepage

https://www.peterloo.movie

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Henry Hunt

Nellie

Joshua

Joseph

Mary

Rachel Finnegan

Robert

Esther

Lord Liverpool - The Prime Minister

Lord Sidmouth - The Home Secretary

Mr. Hobhouse

Mr. Grout

Mr. Golightly

Mr. Cobb

Tom Edward-Kane

Mrs. Moss

Lizzy McInnerny

General Sir John Byng

Alastair Mackenzie

Samuel Bamford

Jemima Bamford

John Knight

John Thacker Saxton

John-Paul Hurley

Joseph Johnson

Mrs. Johnson

James Wroe

Dr. Joseph Healey

Wroe's Printer

John Bagguley

Nico Mirallegro

Samuel Drummond

John Johnston

Deputy Chief Constable Nadin

Oliver The Spy

Chippendale The Spy

Singing Weaver

Dorothy Atkinson

Prince Regent

Lady Conyngham

Magistrate Rev Ethelston

Vincent Franklin

Magistrate Rev Hay

Mrs. Hay

Magistrate Col Fletcher

Philip Whitchurch

Magistrate Norris

Magistrate Hulton

Magistrate Rev Mallory

Magistrate Rev Gutteridge

Magistrate Clowes

Fine Time Fontayne

Magistrate Warmley

Robert Gillespie

Magistrate Tatton

Jonathan Jaynes

Magistrate Rev Perryn

Nicholas Lumley

Magistrate Bolt

Shaun Prendergast

Magistrate Marriott

Mary Fildes

Susannah Saxton

Victoria Moseley

Female Reformer

Christine Bottomley

Female Reformer

Samantha Edwards

Female Reformer

Julie Hesmondhalgh

Female Reformer

Female Reformer

Richard Carlile

John Tyas

Edward Baines

John Smith

Colonel L'Estrange

Patrick Kennedy

Lieutenant Colonel Dalrymple

Tuke, The Painter

Bessie, Johnson's Servant

Nadin's Constable

Nadin's Constable

Young Sarah

Young George

Baby Sarah

Baby Sarah

Man Giving Directions

A Lord

Mill Worker

Laura Elphinstone

Pie Buyer

Egg Seller

Farrier

Drunken Servant

Watch Thief

Coat Thief

Outraged Reformer

Potato Thrower

Potato Thrower's Wife

Man Drilling Reformers

Stable Man

Stone Clearing Boss

Mill Owner

Mill Overseer

Paul Popplewell

Abusive Bystander

Abusive Bystander

Jane Hazlegrove

Servant at Magistrates' Breakfast

Hayley Jayne Standing

Chadderton Woman

Her Husband

Her Father

Her Daughter

Angry Citizen

Angry Citizen

Philip Martin Brown

Mr. Buxton

Sidney Livingstone

Magistrates' Messenger

Wigan Man

His Sister

Woman Recognising Yeoman

Polly Hemingway

Passerby

Lady at Races

Gentlemen at Races

Miles Richardson

Gentlemen at Races

Vicar

Manchester & Salford Yeomanry

Manchester & Salford Yeomanry

Jimmy Fairhurst

Manchester & Salford Yeomanry

Manchester & Salford Yeomanry

Manchester & Salford Yeomanry

Manchester & Salford Yeomanry

Manchester & Salford Yeomanry

Jonathan Oliver

Manchester & Salford Yeomanry

Manchester & Salford Yeomanry

Manchester & Salford Yeomanry

15th Hussar

Michael Chadwick

15th Hussar

Tristram Davies

15th Hussar

15th Hussar

15th Hussar

31st Foot Regiment

31st Foot Regiment

Musician

Musician

Musician

James Dangerfield

Musician

Thomas Dyer-Blake

Musician

Jacob Flather

Musician

Musician

Musician

Musician

Musician

Gary Mitchinson

Musician

Musician

Musician

Andrew Roberts-Palmer

Musician

Musician

Musician

Gareth Williams

Musician

Lord

Lindsay Townley

Samuel Cleator - Musician

Oliver Ashworth

Magistrates' Clerk

Working-Class Man

Mark Braithwaite

Working-Class Man

Working-Class Man

House of Lord's Baron

Georgian Gent

Working-Class Man #1

Working-Class Man

Lord

Angry Citizen

Middle-Class Reformer

Working-Class Man

Villager

Stone Labourer

Arresting Constable #1

Revolting Peasant

Michael Hennessy

Mill Child

Townsman

Middle-Class Male

Mill Child

Working-Class Man

Stuart D. Latham

Constable

Proletarian

Farmer

Reformer

Constable

Lord

Footman of the Duke Of Wellington

Christopher McMullen

Stall Holder

Catherine Monfils

Working-Class

Amie-Louise Pilgrim

Working-Class Male

Reformer

Blanard Prior-Byrne

Reformer

Guillaume Rivaud

Working-Class Woman

Laura-Jayne Ross

Citizen #2

Young Radical

Reformer

Reformer

Judge

Factory Worker

Member of the House of Lords

Working-Class Man

Michael Southgate

Working-Class Woman

Foreman

Reformer

Protester

Ellen Claire Sutherland

Constable

Roy Martin Thorn

Rioting Townsman

Reformer

Police

Working Class Reformer

Upper-Class Lady

Patricia Winker

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Our enemies are resolved
upon destroying - Peterloo

Our enemies are resolved upon destroying

For as well
might they attempt - Peterloo

For as well might they attempt

We cannot bear - Peterloo

But we must tear them asunder - Peterloo

But we must tear them asunder

The founder of Christianity,
Jesus Christ, - Peterloo

The founder of Christianity, Jesus Christ,

Sisters, the bitter cup
of oppression - Peterloo

Sisters, the bitter cup of oppression

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) - Peterloo

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

It's true! It's true is that. - Peterloo

It's true! It's true is that.

They beat us back to work - Peterloo

They beat us back to work

Let us move on to the next
subject on the agenda. - Peterloo

Let us move on to the next subject on the agenda.

So... let me
get this straight, now. - Peterloo

So... let me get this straight, now.

- I know, it's daft.
- Second Monday in August. - Peterloo

- I know, it's daft. - Second Monday in August.

I know they will, - Peterloo

I know they will,

Aye, but people have been
practising marching peacefully. - Peterloo

Aye, but people have been practising marching peacefully.

I know, love, but we've all
got to be careful, though. - Peterloo

I know, love, but we've all got to be careful, though.

(BELL TOLLS IN DISTANCE) - Peterloo

(BELL TOLLS IN DISTANCE)

Your message is strong
and clear... and true. - Peterloo

Your message is strong and clear... and true.

BAGGULEY: Friends...
thank you for being here today. - Peterloo

BAGGULEY: Friends... thank you for being here today.

But let me state
this meeting will be short, - Peterloo

But let me state this meeting will be short,

(MURMURING) - Peterloo

That when the power...
of any government... - Peterloo

That when the power... of any government...

Is in the hands of
an agreed number of persons, - Peterloo

Is in the hands of an agreed number of persons,

..well, so then such is
the case, - Peterloo

..well, so then such is the case,

- Hear, hear! Hear, hear.
- (APPLAUSE) - Peterloo

- Hear, hear! Hear, hear. - (APPLAUSE)

Thank you. My friend, Samuel
Drummond, will now speak. - Peterloo

Thank you. My friend, Samuel Drummond, will now speak.

Friends, I will only speak
very briefly today. - Peterloo

Friends, I will only speak very briefly today.

Our chief intention
is to restore to you - Peterloo

Our chief intention is to restore to you

For my part, - Peterloo

If the whole host of hell
come against me, - Peterloo

If the whole host of hell come against me,

Give me my liberty,
or let me die. - Peterloo

Give me my liberty, or let me die.

..the time has come
to rise from your lethargy. - Peterloo

..the time has come to rise from your lethargy.

No longer will our blood,
sweat and toil - Peterloo

No longer will our blood, sweat and toil

No longer will the curdled
screams of starving children - Peterloo

No longer will the curdled screams of starving children

Our French brethren
have shown us the way. - Peterloo

Our French brethren have shown us the way.

(MURMURS OF AGREEMENT) - Peterloo

(MURMURS OF AGREEMENT)

I declare to that God
that gave me being, - Peterloo

I declare to that God that gave me being,

And, if I cannot effect it, - Peterloo

And, if I cannot effect it,

Bring pistols, guns,
swords and pikes, - Peterloo

Bring pistols, guns, swords and pikes,

- (CHUCKLING)
- Be ready, lads, - Peterloo

- (CHUCKLING) - Be ready, lads,

We will never give up
the fight for liberty! - Peterloo

We will never give up the fight for liberty!

You cannot confine us to these
receptacles of the damned! - Peterloo

You cannot confine us to these receptacles of the damned!

(MEN SHOUTING) - Peterloo

(JOHNSTON COUGHS AND GROANS) - Peterloo

(JOHNSTON COUGHS AND GROANS)

Help! (WHIMPERS) - Peterloo

Help! (WHIMPERS)

(BAGGULEY SCREAMS) - Peterloo

(BAGGULEY SCREAMS)

Er... This is Mr Knight,
Mr Saxton and Mrs Saxton, - Peterloo

Er... This is Mr Knight, Mr Saxton and Mrs Saxton,

I shall indeed look forward
to a good night's repose - Peterloo

I shall indeed look forward to a good night's repose

Mr Hunt, I regret to inform you
that the meeting - Peterloo

Mr Hunt, I regret to inform you that the meeting

It has been postponed, Mr Hunt, - Peterloo

It has been postponed, Mr Hunt,

Our intention was that
the meeting should consider - Peterloo

Our intention was that the meeting should consider

Mr Johnson, did I not
stipulate that my attendance - Peterloo

Mr Johnson, did I not stipulate that my attendance

We were not planning
to hold an election, sir, - Peterloo

We were not planning to hold an election, sir,

Mr Hunt, as you very well know, - Peterloo

Mr Hunt, as you very well know,

That is why I cannot spend one
week of my life in Manchester. - Peterloo

That is why I cannot spend one week of my life in Manchester...

Sir, there will be a great
outcry if you do not appear. - Peterloo

Sir, there will be a great outcry if you do not appear.

- It will be carnage.
- Only your presence - Peterloo

- It will be carnage. - Only your presence

With my name,
any longer than one night - Peterloo

With my name, any longer than one night

Then we must find
more secluded accommodation. - Peterloo

Then we must find more secluded accommodation.

Indeed.
Sarah, show Mr Hunt upstairs. - Peterloo

Indeed. Sarah, show Mr Hunt upstairs.

Mrs Johnson, if you could
bring me a light repast? - Peterloo

Mrs Johnson, if you could bring me a light repast?

Always good to see you, Guy.
Now, to be clear, - Peterloo

Always good to see you, Guy. Now, to be clear,

I have other matters
to attend to, - Peterloo

I have other matters to attend to,

We are in a state of
painful uncertainty, Sir John. - Peterloo

We are in a state of painful uncertainty, Sir John.

And we feel comforted
and assured by your presence, - Peterloo

And we feel comforted and assured by your presence,

However, at this stage, I would
urge you to show caution, - Peterloo

However, at this stage, I would urge you to show caution,

General,
with the greatest of respect, - Peterloo

General, with the greatest of respect,

Sir, I am of the opinion
that the presence alone - Peterloo

Sir, I am of the opinion that the presence alone

Indeed. Moreover we cannot
allow these radicals - Peterloo

Indeed. Moreover we cannot allow these radicals

Mr Norris, the General's
very attendance upon the day - Peterloo

Mr Norris, the General's very attendance upon the day

Gentlemen, regarding
my attendance upon the day. - Peterloo

Gentlemen, regarding my attendance upon the day.

My attention may be called
to other quarters, - Peterloo

My attention may be called to other quarters,

Am I to understand
that you will have - Peterloo

Am I to understand that you will have

But, I have
the utmost confidence - Peterloo

But, I have the utmost confidence

Mr Tuke, is this to take up
much more of my time? - Peterloo

Mr Tuke, is this to take up much more of my time?

You may use your right arm as
long as it does not impede - Peterloo

You may use your right arm as long as it does not impede

(HE CLEARS HIS THROAT) - Peterloo

(HE CLEARS HIS THROAT)

It concerns
the inalienable civil liberties - Peterloo

It concerns the inalienable civil liberties

My wife expresses
something of an interest - Peterloo

My wife expresses something of an interest

No. I'm not one
for too much talk. - Peterloo

No. I'm not one for too much talk.

The young lady is providing me
with assistance, Mrs Johnson. - Peterloo

The young lady is providing me with assistance, Mrs Johnson.

I will not be paraded like
some beast in a menagerie. - Peterloo

I will not be paraded like some beast in a menagerie.

- Oh, yes.
- (FOOTSTEPS ON STAIRS) - Peterloo

- Oh, yes. - (FOOTSTEPS ON STAIRS)

May I ask what thee would like
to speak to Mr Hunt regarding? - Peterloo

May I ask what thee would like to speak to Mr Hunt regarding...

Aye.
Well, it would appear Mr Hunt - Peterloo

Aye. Well, it would appear Mr Hunt

Oh. Well, we all have matters
that need attending to, Joe. - Peterloo

Oh. Well, we all have matters that need attending to, Joe.

And I'm sure Mr Hunt
can spare a few moments - Peterloo

And I'm sure Mr Hunt can spare a few moments

(FOOTSTEPS DESCENDING STAIRS) - Peterloo

(FOOTSTEPS DESCENDING STAIRS)

How are you going on
at our end o' t'country, sir? - Peterloo

How are you going on at our end o' t'country, sir?

Sadly, I have been immured
within these four walls - Peterloo

Sadly, I have been immured within these four walls

Though I am grateful to
the kind hospitality - Peterloo

Though I am grateful to the kind hospitality

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The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre in which British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Mike Leigh

Writer: Mike Leigh

Production: Thin Man Films,Film4 Productions,BFI,Lipsync Productions

Genre: drama, history

Year: 2018

MetaScore: 66/100

ImdbRating: 6.5

BoxOffice: $151,971

Released: 05 Apr 2019

Awards: 4 wins & 8 nominations

Homepage: https://www.peterloo.movie

Also watch: Trashed, Ae Fond Kiss, The Happy Prince, Rabbit Proof Fence, The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot, Wounds, Cats, Thelma, Leave No Trace, Le Brio, Once, Polaroid, The Highwaymen, Coming 2 America, Darkest Hour, Fantastic Mr Fox