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April 1999 (USA) moreTagline:
a love story from the writer of "The Full Monty".Plot:
A manager hires Ray, off the books, to paint all the power towers in a 15-mile stretch of high-tension wires outside Sheffield... more | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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(Complete credited cast) | Pete Postlethwaite | ... | Raymond 'Ray' |
 | Rachel Griffiths | ... | Gerry |
 | James Thornton | ... | Steven 'Steve' |
 | Lennie James | ... | Shovel |
 | Andy Serkis | ... | Bob |
| Rob Jarvis | ... | Weasel |
| Alan Williams | ... | Frank |
| Emma Cunniffe | ... | Barmaid |
| Steve Huison | ... | Derek |
| Sharon Bower | ... | Lyn, Ray's Wife |
| David Webber | ... | Billy |
| Alvin Blossom | ... | Steve's Dad |
| Sam Wilkinson | ... | Ray's Son |
| Jo Wilkinson | ... | Ray's Daughter |
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As a drama set in working class Yorkshire, Among Giants certainly has its antecedants: The Fully Monty, with which it shares a screenwriter, Sheffield and an interest in full male nudity (which in this film, we actually get to see!); Brassed Off, which also featured Pete Poselthwaite, a collection of emotional but never histrionic performances, and a slightly charicatured depiction of free market economics; and sitting above them all, the memory of Ken Loach's Kes. The film lacks Loach's realism, and the plot is full of holes. Against that, both Poselthwaite and Rachel Griffiths are superb, and it's shot with a great feel for landscape, both inside and outside the city. It's not perfect, and it lacks the Monty's cheap selling points, but in spite of that, it's done with real feeling and is arguably the better film.