I, Daniel Blake
By: a Le Pacte release of a Sixteen Films, Why Not Productions, Wild Bunch, BFI, BBC Films [and others] production ; produced by Rebecca O'Brien ; screenplay written by Paul Laverty ; directed by Ken Loach
Contributors: Johns, Dave, actor; Squires, Hayley, actor; McKiernan, Dylan, actor; Fenton, George, composer (expression)
Edition: [Director-approved edition].
Series: The Criterion collection -- 906; Criterion collection -- 906.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 100
Subjects: Drama; Single parents; Public welfare; Carpenters
Other titles: Versus, the life and films of Ken Loach (Motion picture)
Description: When a carpenter has a heart attack and goes on state welfare, he is joined by a single mother who is in a similar situation.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 2016.

Dolby digital 5.1, wide screen 1.85:1.

Essay by critic Girish Shambu in container.

Features: audio commentary from 2016 featuring Loach and screenwriter Paul Laverty; documentary "How to make a Ken Loach film" (2016) on the production of "I, Daniel Blake" featuring interviews with Loach, Laverty, actors Dave Johns and Hayley Squires, director of photography Robbie Ryan, producer Rebecca OBrien, and casting director Kahleen Crawford; documentary "Versus : the life and films of Ken Loach" (2016, 93 min.) directed by Louise Osmond; deleted scenes; trailer.

Cinematography, Robbie Ryan ; production designer, Fergus Clegg, Linda Wilson ; editor, Jonathan Morris ; music, George Fenton.

Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Dylan McKiernan, Briana Shann, Kate Rutter.

MPAA rating: R.

For private home use only.

In English with optional English subtitles.