A usually quiet street in Britain has turned into a waterfall after a burst water main sent huge volumes of water plummeting downhill. Dramatic video footage captures the shocking scenes in Oldham, Greater Manchester, which has left hundreds of homes without water. The constant stream of water can be seen pouring down the road, leaving streets at the bottom of the stream submerged in flood water. A pub has been left damaged, reports Manchester Evening News , and a section of pavement outside the public house has collapsed under the weight of the warter. Damage has also been caused to electric cabling underground, with the burst threatening to close a nearby school on Monday - Waterhead Academy - which teaches over 1,000 pupils. It is reported on social media, where the video footage was posted onto by Daniel Garforth, that shops and supermarkets in the area are now running low on water as a result. At least 120 calls have been made to the local water company, but due to the damage to electric cables a spokesman says the engineers cannot start work until the wiring is made safe.
The spokesman for United Utilities said: “Our engineers are still on site at Huddersfield Road. “However, they are currently waiting for the arrival of the electricity board due to damage to the electric cables before continuing with the repair. “We’re sorry for the trouble this is causing you. “We are moving water around the network to restore supplies to the area. The water main has been damaged and repairs are continuing. We are working as quickly as possible to get supplies back to normal. “We had 120 calls into our call centre and hopefully taps should be flowing again as soon as possible.” & FREE Shipping on orders over $35. 20 used & new from Start your 30-day free trial to stream thousands of movies & TV shows included with Prime. Start your free trial FREE Shipping on orders over . DetailsWendy and Lucy FREE Shipping on orders over . DetailsNight Moves FREE Shipping on orders over . A true American independent film (Boston Globe), Kelly Reichardt's achingly exquisite Old Joy has been hailed at film festivals worldwide for its unparalleled beauty, profound insight into the human condition and transcendent, meditative narrative, creating "a shared adult experience of lost possibilities and present realities" (Entertainment Weekly).
Based on Jonathan Raymond's short story and featuring a soundtrack from Yo La Tengo, Reichardt's second feature chronicles a short camping trip by two old friends to a quasi-mystical oasis, the Bagby Hot Springs, in Oregon's lush Cascade Mountains. The actors in this Cain-Abel story are Kurt (cult musician Will Oldham), a post-hippie with never-present promise; and Mark (Daniel London), the father-to-be, intent on putting the Kurt part of his life behind him, but also silently nostalgic for a more carefree, radical past. Far more than a lo-fi indie riff on Brokeback Mountain, the intricately layered Old Joy is in part an elegy for the '70s American cinematic revolution -- with shades of Easy Rider and the Oregon-shot Five Easy Pieces -- but also fits square into the minimalism of present-day art house cinema. A gorgeous nature film, Old Joy is sensatory and full of room for interpretation. Reichardt considers what it means to be free in Bush's America, throws two kinds of individual freedom together, watches the muted sparks fly and hopes for common ground, creating "one of the finest American films of the year" (New York Times).
Based on a 50-page script by Jon Raymond, and shot in ten days, Old Joy has a quiet energy that propels it further in its simplicity than many big budget movies. Director Kelly Reichardt, a former assistant on early Todd Haynes films, has enlisted Haynes as an executive producer and Yo La Tengo for soundtrack, lending Old Joy a hipness that it exploits to reveal the relationship between the two main characters. Mark (Daniel London) leaves his pregnant wife, Tanya, at home for an excursion into the woods with his hippified buddy, Kurt (Will Oldham). Leaving Portland in Mark's Volvo, with dog in tow, Kurt smoke bowls while Mark navigates into the Cascades backcountry, where the two get temporarily lost then camp until morning, for a hike to paradisiacal Bagby Hot Springs. Slight tension arises out of their divergent lifestyles. Mark's a liberal yuppie, while Kurt's easy drifting underpins his idealism. In key scenes, Kurt verbalizes his fears that the two old friends are losing intimacy.
But Kurt's sweetness, for example when he asks, "Is it cool if I sleep in the tent with you?" or massages Mark's shoulders, overrides any real conflict. Cuts to birds chirping, slugs crawling, and campfires raging also relax the viewer as illustrations of the forest's healing power. More a meditation than a packed adventure film, some may find Old Joy slow and meandering, while others will enjoy this pace as precisely the film's point. Actors: Daniel London, Will Oldham, Tanya Smith, Robin Rosenberg, Keri Moran Writers: Kelly Reichardt, Jonathan Raymond Producers: Anish Savjani, Jay Van Hoy, Joshua Blum, Julie Fischer, Lars Knudsen Format: Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Widescreen Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.) Number of discs: 1 Studio: Kino Lorber films DVD Release Date: May 1, 2007 Run Time: 76 minutes Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #63,600 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
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