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This Is England (2006)
7.8
Ratings: 7.8/10 from 43,522 users
Metascore:
86/100
Reviews: 163 user | 153 critic | 23 from Metacritic.com
A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows. Director:Shane MeadowsWriter:Shane Meadows |
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Won BAFTA Film Award.
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Cast
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Andrew Shim | ... | |
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Vicky McClure | ... | |
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Woody
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Andrew Ellis | ... | |
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Perry Benson | ... | |
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George Newton | ... | |
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Frank Harper | ... | |
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Jack O'Connell | ... | |
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Kriss Dosanjh | ... | |
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Kieran Hardcastle | ... | |
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Chanel Cresswell | ... | |
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Storyline
This is England: Mods, New Romantics, and Skinheads are the major youth sub-cultures of this very English summer of 1983 and young 12-year-old Shaun is left wandering aimlessly alone and lost during the start of his school holidays, until his chance meeting with Woody and his fun and friendly Skinhead pack. Finding a new lease of life; girls, parties, Ben Sherman shirts, Doc Martin boots and shaven hairstyles young Shaun is welcomed, life during this summer holiday has got a whole lot better. That is until Combo arrives on the scene bitter, dangerous, racist, militant and psychotic life for young Shaun has just approached his first major crossroads. This is England is a look back at the early eighties of British working-class life through the eyes of young Shaun and his new gang, and dealing with the bitterness of outside influences such as racism and xenophobia, of mass unemployment and the fall out of the Falkland's War; Thatcher's Britain: Did we ever have it so good... Written by Cinema_Fan
Plot Summary | Plot SynopsisTaglines:
Run with the crowd, stand alone, you decide.Parents Guide:
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
(Ireland) See more »Also Known As:
Afti einai i Anglia See more »Box Office
Budget:
£1,500,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£207,676 (UK) (29 April 2007) (62 Screens)Gross:
$327,919 (USA) (18 November 2007)Company Credits
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1.85 : 1
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Written by Kevin Rowland, James Paterson and Kevin Adams
Performed by Dexys Midnight Runners
Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
Courtesy of Mercury Records (London) Ltd.
Licensed by kind permission from the Film & TV licensing Division, Part of the Universal Music Group See more »
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Trivia
At a Q&A period following this film's world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, director Shane Meadows noted that the grim skinhead influenced upbringing of the 11-year-old protagonist was a true portrayal of his own childhood and many of the events depicted were drawn from his early life. See more »Goofs
Anachronisms: Modern day lamp post visible in the streets. See more »Soundtracks
"Come On Eileen"Written by Kevin Rowland, James Paterson and Kevin Adams
Performed by Dexys Midnight Runners
Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
Courtesy of Mercury Records (London) Ltd.
Licensed by kind permission from the Film & TV licensing Division, Part of the Universal Music Group See more »
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