[pressgang] Charlie Creed-Miles in DRIVE BACK HOME

[Vince Deehan]

Dear all,

This afternoon I was at the BFI Flare film festival watching a film, in the
presence of two Press Gang actors!

I was at this afternoon's screening of the film DRIVE BACK HOME, starring
Alan Cumming and Charlie Creed-Miles. They play two brothers in 1970s
Canada, one brother is gay (Cumming) and one is straight (Creed-Miles).

Just before the film started, a door opened at the front of the screening
room and in walked a few men. One, I later realised, was the film's
director Michael Clowater, and with him were two men - one was Charlie
Creed-Miles (!!) and walking in with him was
another Press Gang actor, Jake Wood (!!).

Jake Wood is not in the film, but I assume he was there to watch the film
as a friend of Charlie Creed-Miles.

Jake Wood is an actor who appears in two episodes of Press Gang, as
different characters. He is very famous in the UK, for his role in the TV
soap EASTENDERS.

The director and Charlie gave a short introduction to the film, and then
they took seats
in the cinema to watch it with us.

I assume that Jake and Charlie sat together.

I shared the film trailer here recently and was fully expecting a really
good film, but I was not prepared for how amazing the film was. It was so
powerful and very moving in places.

Alan Cumming was superb, as always. However, it was Charlie Creed-Miles,
who gives a really wonderful, subtle and ultimately deeply moving portrayal
of brotherly love. He was so brilliant. I totally believed he was a
Canadian man from a small town in 1970.

The film got a great reception and I enjoyed the Q+A afterwards with the
director and Charlie.

The film has been released in Canada, but doesn't yet have a US or UK
release date listed on imdb.com

I do hope it will be released, as I am positive that many of us here would
enjoy it.

https://youtu.be/nyykHpEmLec?si=kbiuUbgJk_pmX2Ow

Vince Deehan
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