Project Detail

Nil by Mouth

Name: Nil by Mouth
Director: Gary Oldman
Genre: Drama
Released: 1997
Duration: 128 min

Synopsis

Set in the same south-east London streets where he himself had grown up, and drawing on his own experience of a violent family home, Oldman’s debut as a writer-director captures a particular corner of London life – one marked by petty crime, drug-taking, domestic abuse and hair-trigger violence – with an unflinching authenticity rarely seen in British cinema. Oldman draws stunning performances from his cast, in particular from Ray Winstone as the rage-filled patriarch Ray, and Kathy Burke as his wife Val, who yearns for more from life than the cycle of abuse and low expectations. Shot with a visceral, up-close intimacy, the film has been remastered to 4K from the original camera negative, and its impact remains every bit as searing today.
(London Film Festival)

Details

Year: 1997
Type of project: Features
Running time: 128 min
Director: Gary Oldman 1st Feature
Producer: Luc Besson, Gary Oldman, Douglas Urbanksi
Editor: Brad Fuller
Screenwriter: Gary Oldman
Director of Photography: Ron Fortunato
Composer: Eric Clapton
Principal cast: Ray Winstone, Kathy Burke, Charlie Creed-Miles

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

EuropaCorp

SE8 GROUP

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