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Bullet Boy

Synopsis

Ricky (played by Ashley Walters, aka So Solid Crew's Asher D) is just out of a young offenders' institute, heading home to Hackney and determined to go straight. Instead, he heads straight for trouble when he becomes involved in a street confrontation, siding with his best friend Wisdom (Leon Black) against a local rude boy. The trouble escalates into a series of tit for tat incidents that threaten to spiral out of control. Ricky's 12-year-old brother Curtis (Luke Fraser), hero-worships Ricky, though he appears smart enough to know he doesn't want to follow his example. Yet, despite the stern warnings from his mother (Claire Perkins) and support from her friends in the community, might Ricky's bad boy allure be too attractive for Curtis to resist?
 

Details

Year
2004
Type of film
Features
Running time
91 mins
Format
35mm, Kodak
Director
Saul Dibb 1st Feature
Producer
David M. Thompson, Paul Trijbits, Paul Hamann
Editor
John Mister, Masahiro Hirakubo
Screenwriter
Saul Dibb, Catherine Johnson
Director of Photography
Marcel Zyskind
Sound
Albert Balley
Principal cast
Ashley Walters, Luke Fraser, Claire Perkins, Leon Black

Genre

Action Black Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Shine Limited

108 Palace Gardens Terrace
London W8 4RT
UK

T+44 (0) 20 7313 8000

info@shinelimited.com

Sales Company

Portman Film and Television Ltd

21-25 St Anne's Court
London
W1F 0BJ
UK

T+44 (0) 20 7494 8024

sales@portmanfilm.com

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