1. Film Review: 'The Specials' - Variety
Jun 22, 2019 · “The Specials,” the social-issue drama that closed the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, dramatizes a true story based on the figure of Stephane ...
Vincent Cassel plays a caretaker of autistic youths in a film from Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano that's more editorial than drama.
2. 'The Specials': Cannes review - Screen Daily
May 26, 2019 · Opening a door into the world of teenagers and young adults who are profoundly autistic, The Specials is clearly a personal film, made through ...
The festival closes with a powerful and accomplished film from Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache
3. 'The Specials' ('Hors normes'): Film Review | Cannes 2019
Jun 7, 2019 · It's a classic feel-good interlude in a film that has a very sobering message about access to care in a supposedly egalitarian country like ...
Vincent Cassel and Reda Kateb topline 'The Specials,' the latest feature from French filmmaking duo Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache ('Intouchables'), which closed this year's Cannes Film Festival.
4. Film Review: 'The Specials' - Yahoo
Jun 22, 2019 · The film lacks a vibrant structure, but more than that, it never brings us close to the people it shows us. Despite the clear devotion of the ...
Making a dramatic feature about people who are autistic presents a steep challenge. How do you get an audience to connect with individuals whose defining trait is their inability to connect? "Rain Man," a popular entertainment that I take utterly seriously, was structured almost entirely around the dramatic conundrum posed by that question. Dustin Hoffman’s […]
5. Hors Normes (The Specials) ⋆⋆⋆ - The Berliner
Dec 5, 2019 · Loosely based on the true story of Stephane Benhamou, who ran a shelter for autistic children and adolescents in Paris, welcoming anyone who ...
OUT NOW! An awkwardly-titled social-issue drama with great heart and strong acting from perfectly cast Vincent Cassel and Reda Kateb.
6. The Specials: 'Respect people. Be kind to people. What else have we ...
Feb 3, 2019 · Much of the Specials' impact back then was collective: a group of street-tough individuals, the band as gang. Their gigs were raucous, ...
On the eve of their first album in four decades, 2 Tone’s finest talk to Miranda Sawyer and, further down, answer questions from readers and famous fans
7. Review: The Specials - Cineuropa
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28/05/2019 - CANNES 2019: Vincent Cassel delivers a superb performance in this film by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, based on a true story, which deals with associations looking after young people with autism
8. The Specials TV Review | Common Sense Media
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Webby-winning reality show encourages respect for diversity. Read Common Sense Media's The Specials review, age rating, and parents guide.
9. The Specials Talk Reunion Album & Recording With Viral ... - Billboard
Jan 22, 2019 · “The Specials, for me, reignited the idea of honor and unity being intrinsic to all anti-racist struggles,” Khan tells Billboard. “They are ...
The Specials didn’t need anyone to validate Encore, their first album of new material since 1980 or 1998, depending on how you count.
10. The Specials (2019) — The Movie Database (TMDB)
For twenty years, Bruno and Malik have lived in a different world—the world of autistic children and teens. In charge of two separate nonprofit ...
For twenty years, Bruno and Malik have lived in a different world—the world of autistic children and teens. In charge of two separate nonprofit organizations (The Hatch & The Shelter), they train young people from underprivileged areas to be caregivers for extreme cases that have been refused by all other institutions. It’s an exceptional partnership, outside of traditional settings, for some quite extraordinary characters.
11. The Specials | Rotten Tomatoes
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Bruno and Malik train underprivileged youth to care for children and adolescents with autism, but without official certification, their future is suddenly unclear.
12. Send us your questions for the Specials - The Guardian
Jan 12, 2019 · The only way forward for stylish progressives – specifically, a group of young Coventry bucks in thrall to punk, pop, ska and rocksteady – was ...
Want to ask Terry Hall, Lynval Golding or Horace Panter about the golden age of 2 Tone? Here’s your chance
13. UK Ska Legends the Specials Honored for Unique Legacy in LA
Jun 7, 2019 · Multi-racialism is also intrinsic to the Specials music, something that stems from their unique status as one of the first multi-racial bands to ...
We spoke to the groundbreaking ska band.
14. The Specials Takeover Brooklyn Steel | Concert Review
Jun 27, 2019 · Seeing them live and reading what they've done philanthropically, it's no wonder that The Special are indeed really special and will win a part ...
Seeing The Specials' show just proved how amazing music can be at bringing people together and the audience's deep affection for them.
15. The Specials | Film Pittsburgh
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16. RECORD ON: THE SPECIALS - A MESSAGE TO YOU
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17. Ghost Town: The story behind a very special song | by Gary Marlowe
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Do you remember the good old days before the ghost town?
18. The Big Read – The Specials and Saffiyah Khan: “What we said has ...
Apr 5, 2019 · Celebrating their 40th anniversary and back with a chart-topping third album, 'Encore', The Specials are still pushing the boundaries of ...
Celebrating their 40th anniversary and back with a chart-topping third album, 'Encore', The Specials are still pushing the boundaries of social and racial injustice – with a little help from a new recruit. Dan Stubbs meets one of Britain's most iconic bands and collaborator Saffiyah Khan, activist, model and all-round badass, ahead of their major UK tour.
19. Vincent Cassel Film 'The Specials' to Close Cannes Film Festival - Yahoo
May 6, 2019 · “The Specials,” which was submitted at the last minute to the selection committee, evokes social and contemporary issues, where the collective ...
Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano’s new film “The Specials” will close this month’s Cannes Film Festival, organizers announced on Monday.The film, a social comedy starring Vincent Cassel and Reda Kateb and a cast of nonprofessional actors and teens with autism, will play following the festival’s May 25 awards ceremony in what the festival now bills as Last Screening. Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu is leading this year’s jury of competition titles.“The Specials,” which was submitted at the last minute to the selection committee, evokes social and contemporary issues, where the collective world is once again at the heart of everything: social workers, volunteers, health professionals all striving to take care of teens with autism.“This film is more than contemporary and carries great promises for the future,” festival general delegate Thierry Frémaux said in a statement.This year’s festival opens on May 14 with Jim Jarmusch’s star-studded “The Dead Don’t Die.”Read original story Vincent Cassel Film ‘The Specials’ to Close Cannes Film Festival At TheWrap
20. Ghost Town, by The Specials - The Music Aficionado
Jun 1, 2017 · Matters did not improve when it became clear during the work on the second album that Jerry Dammers wanted a change in direction while the rest ...
If you were a young man in the summer of 1981 and you lived in one of Britain’s urban areas, you had, as the title of UB40’s song, a one in ten chance of being on the dole. Two years after the conservative party won the election with Margaret Thatcher at the helm, the aggressive economic policy of increasing interest […]
21. Revisiting Ghost Town: Watch our behind the scenes video with The ...
Jan 28, 2019 · It is almost 38 years since they were last on this tidal mudbank together, at 5am, rounding off a riotous night shoot for the video to accompany ...
It’s 1981. Britain is two years into the Thatcher era.
22. Terry Hall: Tributes to The Specials singer who was 'one of the greats'
Dec 20, 2022 · Billy Bragg recalled: "The Specials were a celebration of how British culture was invigorated by Caribbean immigration but the onstage ...
The music world pays tribute to The Specials frontman and how his group soundtracked British life.
23. The Specials | Encyclopedia.com
The group's influence is seen both by the trail it blazed for other ska ... Soon after, 2-Tone expanded its influence, releasing the movie Dance Craze ...
The Specials Ska pop band Led Ska Revival by Forming 2-Tone Records Splintered into Numerous Offshoots Reformed and Began Comeback Selected discography Sources Source for information on The Specials: Contemporary Musicians dictionary.
