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Fords on Water (1983) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1983 · 83 mins · English
- Directed by
- Barry Bliss
- Starring
- Pete Postlethwaite, Mark Wingett, Andrew Bicknell, Steve Michaels, Jeremy Swift, David Ryall
An influential cult‑classic UK buddy road film follows a white and a black man who, disillusioned by boredom and unemployment under Thatcher’s Britain, strike up a friendship and set off on a restless journey across the English landscape, seeking freedom and purpose in the 1980s.
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