This is England [videorecording] / FilmFour and the UK Film Council present in association with EM Media and Screen Yorkshire a Warp Films production in association with Big Arty Productions ; produced by Mark Herbert ; written and directed by Shane Meadows.
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FilmPublisher number: 80762 | IFC FilmsPublication details: [New York, N.Y.] : IFC Films ; [Solana Beach, Calif.] : Distributed by Genius Products, [2007]Description: 1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1594449082
- 9781594449086
- Director of photography, Danny Cohen ; editor, Chris Wyatt ; music, Ludovico Einaudi ; costume designer, Jo Thompson ; production designer, Mark Leese.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
British filmmaker Shane Meadows looks back at his own youth in this semi-autobiographical comedy drama that examines skinhead culture in the U.K. It's the summer of 1983, and Shaun (Thomas Turgoose) is a 12-year-old boy edging into adolescence without a father, his dad having lost his life the year before in the Falkland Islands War. A gang of skinheads -- tough guys in their teens and early twenties who shave their heads, wear Ben Sherman polo shirts, and Dr. Martens boots, and listen to ska music -- walk the streets in Shaun's neighborhood, and one day they start picking on him. Shaun, however, shows he can give as good as he gets, and gang leader Woody (Joe Gilgun) takes a liking to the boy. Woody takes Shaun under his wing, and he starts hanging out with the skins, getting advice on dressing right from Woody's girlfriend, Lol (Vicky McClure), and learning about Jamaican music from West Indian skinhead Milky (Andrew Shim). However, the gang begins to change when Combo (Stephen Graham) is released from prison and returns to the neighborhood; like many skinheads, Combo has been recruited by the National Front, an openly racist right-wing political party, and soon the gang begins to fracture, with Combo taking one faction toward violence and petty crime against blacks, Indians, and Pakistanis, while Woody and his friends follow a more benign path. This Is England received its North American premiere at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
DVD release of the 2006 motion picture.
Director of photography, Danny Cohen ; editor, Chris Wyatt ; music, Ludovico Einaudi ; costume designer, Jo Thompson ; production designer, Mark Leese.
Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley, Andrew Shim, Vicky McClure, Joe Gilgun, Rosamund Nanson, Andrew Ellis, Perry Benson, George Newton.
School is out for the summer and twelve-year-old Shaun is about to find a dangerous new group of friends. Having lost his father in the Falkland War, life has been lonely in this grim coastal town in northern England. But when Shaun meets the local skinheads, their companionship, and even their violence, appeal to Shaun's hurt and rage. Combo is an older volatile skinhead whom Shaun finds to be like a big brother and under his leadership, the gang and young Shawn will arrive at an irreversible act of violence.
Not rated.
DVD ; Region 1 ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital, DTS.
Closed-captioned.