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This is England

Synopsis

This Is England tells the story of Shaun, a 12-year-old kid growing up without a father in the north of England. Set during the summer holidays of 1983, we chart his rites of passage from scruffy misfit grieving the loss of his father into a shaven-headed thug whose anger and pain are embraced by the local skinhead fraternity. With a shell of a mother and no father to guide him, Shaun seems set for self-destruction, but it's not long before things turn sour with his new-found 'friends' and Shaun soon learns that violence is the coward's answer.

Details

Year
2006
Type of film
Features
Running time
104 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Shane Meadows
Producer
Peter Carlton, Kate Ogborn, Will Clarke, Paul Trijbits, Hugo Heppell, Peter Touche
Editor
Chris Wyatt
Screenwriter
Shane Meadows
Director of Photography
Danny Cohen
Production Designer
Mark Leese
Sound
Dave Sansom
Principal cast
Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley, Joe Gilgun

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Warp Films Ltd

33 Riding House Street
London W1W 7DZ
UK

T +44 (0)20 7436 9126

production@warpfilms.com

Sales Company

The Works International

4th Floor, Portland House
4 Great Portland Street
London W1W 8QJ
UK

T +44 (0)20 7612 1080

http://www.theworksfilmgroup.com/

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