Kidulthood (2006)

Director:

Menhaj Huda

Writer:

Noel Clarke (written by)

Release Date:

3 March 2006 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Before adulthood comes...

Plot:

A day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London. |

Plot Keywords:

Growing Up | Love | Thief | Stealing | Throwing A Bottle Against A Wall

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Aml Ameen	...	Trife
Red Madrell	...	Alisa
Noel Clarke	...	Sam
Adam Deacon	...	Jay
Jaime Winstone	...	Becky
Femi Oyeniran	...	Moony
Madeleine Fairley	...	Claire
Rebecca Martin	...	Katie
Nicholas Hoult	...	Blake
Adem Bayram	...	Vinnie
Stephanie Di Rubbo	...	Shaneek (as Stefanie Di Rubbo)
Kate Ajike	...	Carleen (as Kate-Line Okoro)
Medhavi Patel	...	Sophie
Ben McKay	...	Rapper
Cornell John	...	Uncle Curtis
Rafe Spall	...	Lenny
Kate Magowan	...	Stella
Pierre Mascolo	...	Andreas
Ray Panthaki	...	Mark
Christopher Villiers	...	Mr. Fineal
Ortis Deley	...	Derek (as Ortis Dealey)
Hannah Miles	...	Mrs. Fineal
Leila Bertrand	...	Alisa's Mum
Stephen Taylor	...	Rupert
Tom Burroughs	...	Hamish
Bhasker Patel	...	Shopkeeper
Cleo Sylvestre	...	Sam's Mum
Alexander Hanson	...	Manager
Sam Callis	...	Security Guard
Sushil Hunjan	...	Nisha
David Schaal	...	Taxi Driver (as David Schall)
Marsha Miller	...	Trife's Mum
Toby Dantzic	...	Shop Assistant
Alison Newman	...	Claire's Mum
Paul Putner	...	Mr. Hardy
Natalie Wright	...	Debbie
Richard Angol	...	Street Guy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Ajala	...	Desmond (uncredited)
Amir Madani	...	Himself (uncredited)

Directed by
Menhaj Huda

Writing credits
Noel Clarke		(written by)

Produced by
Clark N. Anthony	....	associate producer
James Armitage	....	associate producer
Tim Cole	....	line producer
Marco Costa	....	executive producer
Tania Costa	....	executive producer
Menhaj Huda	....	producer
George Isaac	....	producer
Damian Jones	....	producer
Richard Lever	....	co-producer
Douglas Lochhead	....	co-producer
Amir Madani	....	executive producer
Pierre Mascolo	....	executive producer
Michael McCoy	....	associate producer
Marcello Moscarello	....	executive producer
Ray Panthaki	....	co-producer
Louise A. Stewart	....	assistant producer
Alexandra Stone	....	co-producer
Joshua Varney	....	associate producer

Original Music by
The Angel

Cinematography by
Brian Tufano		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Victoria Boydell

Casting by
Amanda Tabak

Production Design by
Murray McKeown
Nic Tuft

Art Direction by
Paul Harvey

Costume Design by
Andy Blake

Makeup Department
Vikki Lawson	....	additional makeup artist (as Vicky Lawson)
Sarah Lee	....	additional makeup artist
Sarah Owen	....	makeup artist: Ms Magowan
Isabel While	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Kim Robinson	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Iain Atkinson	....	second assistant director: pre-production
Nick Simmonds	....	second assistant director (as Nick Simmons)
Cedric St. Clair	....	trainee assistant director
Paul Stevenson	....	third assistant director
Lee Tailor	....	first assistant director
Jeff Taylor	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Mirko Sekulic	....	art department assistant
Bart Tuft	....	art department assistant

Sound Department
Stuart Bagshaw	....	foley editor
Stuart Bagshaw	....	foley recordist
Alistair Crocker	....	sound recordist
David Gerard	....	assistant sound editor
Simon Gershon	....	supervising sound editor
Dan Green	....	adr recordist
Mike Grimes	....	sound effects editor
Tirso Guinon	....	dubbing assistant
James Harbour	....	boom operator
Hugh Johnson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Andrea King	....	foley artist
Melissa Lake	....	foley artist
Gareth Llewellyn	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Ben Meechan	....	sound effects editor
Zak Melemendjian	....	adr editor
Zak Melemendjian	....	dialogue editor
Jo Miller	....	foley artist
David Turner	....	sound technical coordinator

Visual Effects by
James Clarke	....	visual effects
William Foxwell	....	film recorder operator: Lip Sync Post (as Will Foxwell)
Daniel Tomlinson	....	film recorder operator

Stunts
Bill Davey	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Sean Bobbitt	....	additional photographer
Mark Collins	....	additional still photographer
Nic Cupac	....	grip
Carlos De Carvalho	....	second focus puller
Thomas English	....	Steadicam operator (as Tom English)
Mike Farr	....	lighting technician
Kevin Gorman	....	camera trainee
Zoe Guilford	....	additional still photographer
David Hedges	....	focus puller
Rollo Hollins	....	still photographer
John Jordan	....	second focus puller (as Johny Jordan)
Jennie Paddon	....	clapper loader
Robert Pye	....	gaffer
Luis Santos	....	generator operator
Bob Shipsey	....	second camera operator
Ryan Taggart	....	second clapper loader
Lee Wooster	....	electrician

Animation Department
Ben Bradley	....	digital artist

Casting Department
Holly McAlister	....	casting associate (as Holly McAllistair)
Helen Power	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Fatima Ibrahim	....	wardrobe trainee
Jessica Mautner	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Greg Barrett	....	digital intermediate producer
Stephen Bearman	....	film scanner (as Steve Bearman)
Ben Bradley	....	film scanner
Rebecca Budds	....	digital media coordinator
John Claude	....	supervising grader
Selina Macarthur	....	assistant editor
Jamie Moreton	....	digital intermediate grader
Paul Shore	....	digital media supervisor
Tom Balkwill	....	post-production assistant (uncredited)

Music Department
The Angel	....	music producer
DJ Drez	....	musician: scratches
James Hyman	....	music supervisor
Ian Neil	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Malcolm Cooper	....	driver: camera truck
Paulo Fernandes	....	driver
Claude Johnson	....	driver

Other crew
Ajay Bhatt	....	paramedic
James Clarke	....	digital laboratory supervisor
Neil Hodge	....	chef
Simon Hooson	....	location assistant
Lita O'Sullivan	....	production accountant
Robert Rayner	....	location manager (as Robbie Rayner)
Louise A. Stewart	....	production coordinator (as Louise Stewart)
Ben Deen Swaray	....	set runner
Simon van der Borgh	....	script consultant

Production Companies

• Stealth Films
• Cipher Films
• TMC Films
• UK Film Council (developed with the assistance of)

Distributors

• Revolver Entertainment (2006) (UK) (theatrical)
• Capelight Pictures (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Focus Filmes (2007) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2007) (United Arab Emirates) (all media) (Middle East)
• Future Film (2007) (Finland) (DVD)
• HanWay Films (2006) (worldwide) (all media) (sales)
• Image Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Revolver Entertainment (2006) (UK) (all media)

Other Companies

• Aimimage / Ice Film  cameras supplied by
• Kodak  motion picture film supplied by
• Midnight Transfer  post-production facilities
• Midnight Transfer  telecine transfer services
• Sapex Scripts  post-production services
• Soho Images  film laboratory services
• Soho Screening Rooms  screening room
• Translux  facilities
• Videosonics Cinema Sound  sound post-production
• Videosonics Cinema Sound  sound re-recording
• Wood Hall Catering  catering

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive language, violent content, sexual material, drug and alcohol use - all involving teens

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

UK:15 | Ireland:18 | Australia:MA | New Zealand:R18 | Finland:K-15 | Portugal:M/16 | Germany:16 | USA:R | Norway:15 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Ladbroke Grove Underground Station, Notting Hill, London, England, UK

Company:

Stealth Films

Trivia:

The CD case that Becky racks out lines of cocaine on is "Out Of The Ghetto" by Isaac Hayes. She uses a Slipknot branded Visa card to cut them.

Quotes:

Alisa:It's morning sickness.
Becky:But it's not morning.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Student Pocket Guide: An Exclusive Interview with Danny Dyer" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Real Life

Good film - absurdly low rating

Like one of the other reviewers on this site I am going to vote 10 out of 10 for Kidulthood to try to redress the anomaly of its incredibly low score. Something is surely wrong with the IMDb system when most of the reviews on the site are positive yet the film has such a low rating. Anyway I thought Kidulthood was a very realistic 'urban streetkids' film which captured perfectly the style, speech and violence that happens every day around London's inner city schools. I thought the acting was absolutely fine especially considering the age of most of the actors - have those criticising the actors actually seen the way that teenage kids behave because I think they were all very believable. The film was tense, violent and gripping and is a nice London take on the issues of teenage gang violence.