The Pigeon Tunnel
moderate violence, disturbing images
Director(s)ERROL MORRIS
Production year2023
Genre(s)Documentary
Approx. running minutes92m
CastJake Dove, Charlotte Hamblin, Garry Cooper, Simon Harrison, Arlo Dodgson, William Dodgson, Douglas Rankine, Dominik Dervaics, Alan Mehdizadeh, Richard Durden, Errol Morris, Errol Morris, John le Carré, Simon Cornwell, Stephen Cornwell, Dominic Crossley-Holland, Steven Hathaway, Philip Glass, Paul Leonard-Morgan, Igor Martinovic, Steven Hathaway, Shaheen Baig, Jonny Boutwood, Peter Francis, Mark Scruton
The Pigeon Tunnel
moderate violence, disturbing images
THE PIGEON TUNNEL is a documentary focusing on an interview with celebrated author John Le Carré, who discusses his earl ...
THE PIGEON TUNNEL is a documentary focusing on an interview with celebrated author John Le Carré, who discusses his early life, his Cold War experiences in the intelligence services and his writing career.
violence
A woman carrying a child's body is shot dead by soldiers, with sight of other dead bodies at her feet, in a clip from 1925 film Battleship Potemkin. We see people shot, grabbed or punched in scenes of mild violence from other films and television programmes adapting the works of John Le Carré.
disturbing images
We see real documentary footage of people falling from windows. Documentary photos of real unrest in the Philippines show burning buildings and people held at gunpoint; there are verbal references to an attempted genocide in the context of these images. There are close-up images of pigeons being shot for sport in a dramatic reconstruction, resulting in brief sight of blood and impact damage to their bodies; the birds are clearly not real, however.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('bloody', 'bastard', 'arse) as well as milder terms such as 'God', 'Jesus', 'hell' and 'damn'. A man makes discriminatory use of the term 'queer' in a clip from a 1960s film. There is reference to the suicide of a fictional character and how it may relate to the author's real life. There are verbal references to adulterous relationships. We see a man parachute from a plane during a storm; a baby appears to be shut in a car boot in a dramatic reconstruction of a man's memory; this scene has a comic context.
moderate violence, disturbing images
Classified Date:
06/10/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Dogwoof
violence
A woman carrying a child's body is shot dead by soldiers, with sight of other dead bodies at her feet, in a clip from 1925 film Battleship Potemkin. We see people shot, grabbed or punched in scenes of mild violence from other films and television programmes adapting the works of John Le Carré.
threat and horror
We see a man parachute from a plane during a storm; a baby appears to be shut in a car boot in a dramatic reconstruction of a man's memory; this scene has a comic context.
language
There is mild bad language ('bloody', 'bastard', 'arse) as well as milder terms such as 'God', 'Jesus', 'hell' and 'damn'.
sex
There are verbal references to adulterous relationships and "ladies of the night".
discrimination
A man makes discriminatory use of the term 'queer' in a clip from a 1960s film.
suicide and self-harm
There is reference to the suicide of a fictional character and how it may relate to the author's real life.
disturbing images
We see real documentary footage of people falling from windows. Documentary photos of real unrest in the Philippines show burning buildings and people held at gunpoint; there are verbal references to an attempted genocide in the context of these images. There are close-up images of pigeons being shot for sport in a dramatic reconstruction, resulting in brief sight of blood and impact damage to their bodies; the birds are clearly not real, however.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('bloody', 'bastard', 'arse) as well as milder terms such as 'God', 'Jesus', 'hell' and 'damn'. A man makes discriminatory use of the term 'queer' in a clip from a 1960s film. There is reference to the suicide of a fictional character and how it may relate to the author's real life. There are verbal references to adulterous relationships. We see a man parachute from a plane during a storm; a baby appears to be shut in a car boot in a dramatic reconstruction of a man's memory; this scene has a comic context.
moderate violence, disturbing images
Classified Date:
11/10/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Apple
violence
A woman carrying a child's body is shot dead by soldiers, with sight of other dead bodies at her feet, in a clip from 1925 film Battleship Potemkin. We see people shot, grabbed or punched in scenes of mild violence from other films and television programmes adapting the works of John Le Carré.
disturbing images
We see real documentary footage of people falling from windows. Documentary photos of real unrest in the Philippines show burning buildings and people held at gunpoint; there are verbal references to an attempted genocide in the context of these images. There are close-up images of pigeons being shot for sport in a dramatic reconstruction, resulting in brief sight of blood and impact damage to their bodies; the birds are clearly not real, however.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('bloody', 'bastard', 'arse) as well as milder terms such as 'God', 'Jesus', 'hell' and 'damn'. A man makes discriminatory use of the term 'queer' in a clip from a 1960s film. There is reference to the suicide of a fictional character and how it may relate to the author's real life. There are verbal references to adulterous relationships. We see a man parachute from a plane during a storm; a baby appears to be shut in a car boot in a dramatic reconstruction of a man's memory; this scene has a comic context.
Classified Date:
10/10/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Dogwoof
Classified date11/10/2023
LanguageEnglish
violence
A woman carrying a child's body is shot dead by soldiers, with sight of other dead bodies at her feet, in a clip from 1925 film Battleship Potemkin. We see people shot, grabbed or punched in scenes of mild violence from other films and television programmes adapting the works of John Le Carré.
disturbing images
We see real documentary footage of people falling from windows. Documentary photos of real unrest in the Philippines show burning buildings and people held at gunpoint; there are verbal references to an attempted genocide in the context of these images. There are close-up images of pigeons being shot for sport in a dramatic reconstruction, resulting in brief sight of blood and impact damage to their bodies; the birds are clearly not real, however.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('bloody', 'bastard', 'arse) as well as milder terms such as 'God', 'Jesus', 'hell' and 'damn'. A man makes discriminatory use of the term 'queer' in a clip from a 1960s film. There is reference to the suicide of a fictional character and how it may relate to the author's real life. There are verbal references to adulterous relationships. We see a man parachute from a plane during a storm; a baby appears to be shut in a car boot in a dramatic reconstruction of a man's memory; this scene has a comic context.
Director(s)ERROL MORRIS
Production year2023
Genre(s)Documentary
Approx. running minutes92m
CastJake Dove, Charlotte Hamblin, Garry Cooper, Simon Harrison, Arlo Dodgson, William Dodgson, Douglas Rankine, Dominik Dervaics, Alan Mehdizadeh, Richard Durden, Errol Morris, Errol Morris, John le Carré, Simon Cornwell, Stephen Cornwell, Dominic Crossley-Holland, Steven Hathaway, Philip Glass, Paul Leonard-Morgan, Igor Martinovic, Steven Hathaway, Shaheen Baig, Jonny Boutwood, Peter Francis, Mark Scruton
moderate violence, disturbing images
Classified Date:
06/10/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Dogwoof
violence
A woman carrying a child's body is shot dead by soldiers, with sight of other dead bodies at her feet, in a clip from 1925 film Battleship Potemkin. We see people shot, grabbed or punched in scenes of mild violence from other films and television programmes adapting the works of John Le Carré.
threat and horror
We see a man parachute from a plane during a storm; a baby appears to be shut in a car boot in a dramatic reconstruction of a man's memory; this scene has a comic context.
language
There is mild bad language ('bloody', 'bastard', 'arse) as well as milder terms such as 'God', 'Jesus', 'hell' and 'damn'.
sex
There are verbal references to adulterous relationships and "ladies of the night".
discrimination
A man makes discriminatory use of the term 'queer' in a clip from a 1960s film.
suicide and self-harm
There is reference to the suicide of a fictional character and how it may relate to the author's real life.
disturbing images
We see real documentary footage of people falling from windows. Documentary photos of real unrest in the Philippines show burning buildings and people held at gunpoint; there are verbal references to an attempted genocide in the context of these images. There are close-up images of pigeons being shot for sport in a dramatic reconstruction, resulting in brief sight of blood and impact damage to their bodies; the birds are clearly not real, however.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('bloody', 'bastard', 'arse) as well as milder terms such as 'God', 'Jesus', 'hell' and 'damn'. A man makes discriminatory use of the term 'queer' in a clip from a 1960s film. There is reference to the suicide of a fictional character and how it may relate to the author's real life. There are verbal references to adulterous relationships. We see a man parachute from a plane during a storm; a baby appears to be shut in a car boot in a dramatic reconstruction of a man's memory; this scene has a comic context.
moderate violence, disturbing images
Classified Date:
11/10/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Apple
violence
A woman carrying a child's body is shot dead by soldiers, with sight of other dead bodies at her feet, in a clip from 1925 film Battleship Potemkin. We see people shot, grabbed or punched in scenes of mild violence from other films and television programmes adapting the works of John Le Carré.
disturbing images
We see real documentary footage of people falling from windows. Documentary photos of real unrest in the Philippines show burning buildings and people held at gunpoint; there are verbal references to an attempted genocide in the context of these images. There are close-up images of pigeons being shot for sport in a dramatic reconstruction, resulting in brief sight of blood and impact damage to their bodies; the birds are clearly not real, however.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('bloody', 'bastard', 'arse) as well as milder terms such as 'God', 'Jesus', 'hell' and 'damn'. A man makes discriminatory use of the term 'queer' in a clip from a 1960s film. There is reference to the suicide of a fictional character and how it may relate to the author's real life. There are verbal references to adulterous relationships. We see a man parachute from a plane during a storm; a baby appears to be shut in a car boot in a dramatic reconstruction of a man's memory; this scene has a comic context.
Classified Date:
10/10/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Dogwoof
Classified date11/10/2023
LanguageEnglish
