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This Is England (2006)

UNRATED  101 min  -  Crime | Drama   -  27 April 2007 (Ireland)
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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.

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Shane Meadows

Writer:

Shane Meadows
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This Is England -- 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. This Is England -- Clip: A proper skinhead This Is England -- Clip: Hanging out
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Thomas Turgoose ...
Stephen Graham ...
Jo Hartley ...
Andrew Shim Andrew Shim ...
Vicky McClure Vicky McClure ...
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Joseph Gilgun ...
Woody (as Joe Gilgun)
Rosamund Hanson ...
Andrew Ellis Andrew Ellis ...
Perry Benson Perry Benson ...
George Newton George Newton ...
Frank Harper Frank Harper ...
Jack O'Connell Jack O'Connell ...
Kriss Dosanjh Kriss Dosanjh ...
Kieran Hardcastle Kieran Hardcastle ...
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Chanel Cresswell 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  

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Plot Keywords:

Skinhead | Gang | School | England | Falklands War  | See more »

Taglines:

Run with the crowd, stand alone, you decide.

Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release 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)
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Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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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: In one long shot of some houses small black Sky TV satellite dishes are visible. Sky TV did not begin broadcasting until the late 1980s, and this style of satellite dish was not rolled out until the launch of Sky Digital in the late 1990s. See more »

Quotes

Mr. Sandhu: [after Shaun finally leaves the shop] Oh, and you're banned.
Shaun: Oh, and you're a mong.
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Connections

References Dance Craze (1981) See more »

Soundtracks

"Dietro casa"
Written, Composed and Performed by Ludovico Einaudi
Published by Chester Music Limited
Courtesy of Decca Music Group
Licensed by kind permission from the Film & TV Licensing Division
Part of the Universal Music Group See more »