Small Faces (1996)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Gillies MacKinnon

Writers:

Billy MacKinnon (written by)
Gillies MacKinnon (written by)

Release Date:

14 August 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Three teenage brothers, gang-member Bobby, troubled mama's boy Alan and self-assured prankster Lex, reside in a downtrodden section of Glasgow...

Plot Keywords:

Gang | Brother | Beating | Shotgun | Gang Brawl

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Iain Robertson	...	Lex Maclean
Joe McFadden	...	Alan Maclean (as Joseph McFadden)
Steven Duffy	...	Bobby Maclean (as J.S. Duffy)
Laura Fraser	...	Joanne Macgowan
Garry Sweeney	...	Charlie Sloan
Clare Higgins	...	Lorna Maclean
Kevin McKidd	...	Malky Johnson
Mark McConnochie	...	Gorbals
Steven Singleton	...	Welch
David Walker	...	Fabio
Ian McElhinney	...	Uncle Andrew
Paul Doonan	...	Jake
Colin Semple	...	Dowd
Colin McCredie	...	Doug
Debbie Welsh	...	Rebecca

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:14 | Australia:M | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK

Company:

Billy MacKinnon

Trivia:

The scene where Alan's gang breaks in to a museum is shot at "Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum" in Glasgow, Scotland.

Quotes:

Lex Maclean: [about a sick-looking portrait by Bacon] It looks just like our Bobby after a bad night out!

GET THIS MOVIE!

If you see this in the TV listings, local videoshop, wherever, Get It! You will not find a more accurate movie that conveys the state of Glaswegian upbringing as it was and still is today. The violence, the course language and the way the young 'gangs' live and breathe on machismo and fights. The film shows an artist boy who is somewhat out of place in the world he finds himself living in. With his rather maniacal brother Bobby who just loves to go and fight the 'TONGS'. There is a younger brother in this family who becomes more of a central character as the film progresses. I don't want to give the story away so I will just say, if you want a true drama with no frills, fluff or effects, violence shown as it is, brutal and frightening (although I dont mean to put you off as it is highly watchable and not TOO brutal) -the utter desperation that some people live in and not only when this film is set in but today too. I know, I have lived in a similiar world. Nothing has really changed. If you want to find out just what this is like..GET THIS MOVIE! If you are from Glasgow or most places in central scotland - GET THIS MOVIE! Thats all :)

(Just GET THIS MOVIE..)