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Eric Love, 19, is locked up in prison. On his first day, he assaults another inmate and several guards. He's offered group therapy and his dad, an inmate as well, tries to talk sense into him. Can he be rehabilitated?

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Eric Love
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Principal Officer Scott
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Officer Gentry
Edna Caskey ...
Officer Evans
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MacDonald
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Jago
Duncan Airlie James ...
Officer White
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Hassan
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Tyrone
Jerome Bailey ...
Reames
Basil Abdul-Latif ...
Mubarak
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Neville Love
Matt Faris ...
Officer Hall
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Nurse Bankford (as Aisha Walters)
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Deputy Governor Haynes
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Ashley
Tommy McDonnell ...
Officer Self
James Doran ...
Officer Smith
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Officer Johnson
C.C. Smiff ...
Officer Corsair
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Oliver Baumer
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Des
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Ryan
Sian Breckin ...
Governor Cardew
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Denton
Paul Lewis Ferguson ...
Worsley
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Dennis Spencer
Jonathan Asser ...
Officer Edwards
Paddy Rocks ...
Officer Henry (as Patrick Rocks)
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O'Sullivan
Anthony Adjekum ...
Officer Wilson
Amma Boateng ...
Officer Stokes
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Trevor Adams ...
Prison Officer (uncredited)
Neil Brownlee ...
Prisoner Gilliland (uncredited)
Sanjay Ghosh ...
Prison Inmate (uncredited)
Hugh Irvine ...
Prisoner (uncredited)
Ryan Johnston ...
Inmate / Ping Pong player (uncredited)
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Prisoner Mitchell (uncredited)
Gerald McMullan ...
Prison Inmate (uncredited)
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Prison Officer (uncredited)
Chus Prieto ...
Prison inmate (uncredited)
Craig Stafford ...
Prisoner (uncredited)
Michael Stuart ...
Prisoner (uncredited)
Taylor Topal ...
Prison Inmate (uncredited)

Directed by

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David Mackenzie

Written by

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Jonathan Asser ... (written by)

Produced by

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James Atherton ... executive producer
Gillian Berrie ... producer
Andrew Boswell ... executive producer
Katherine Butler ... executive producer
Brian Coffey ... co-producer
Sam Lavender ... executive producer
Alexander O'Neal ... line producer
Jan Pace ... executive producer

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Michael McDonough

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Nick Emerson
Jake Roberts

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Dan Bentham ... post producer
Linden Brownbill ... post-production engineer
James Clarke ... head of digital intermediate: Lipsync Post
Sarah Hughes ... negative checker
Adam Inglis ... colorist
Zuzana Klimova ... assistant editor
Iain Miller ... assistant editor
Diana Vasquez ... on-line editor

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Shaheen Baig

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Tom McCullagh

Art Direction by

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Gillian Devenney

Costume Design by

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Susan Scott

Makeup Department

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Judith Laverty ... daily makeup artist
Kristyan Mallett ... prosthetics (as Kristian Mallett)
Deborah McCarthy ... hair stylist
Victoria Money ... makeup artist
Nicole Stafford ... make up and hair designer.

Production Management

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Robert Huffam ... unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Stephen Darragh ... second assistant director
Jamie Hamer ... third assistant director
Colin Kennedy ... second unit director
Graeme Livingston ... trainee assistant director
Joseph Quinn ... trainee assistant director (as Joe Quinn)
Neil Wallace ... first assistant director
Hussain Yasin ... trainee assistant director

Art Department

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Michael Cullen ... set dresser
Shea Doherty ... joiner
Kevin Fraser ... scenic painter
Nicholas Keogh ... Dressing Props
Darren Lyttle ... property master
Peter Marley ... props
Tom McCullagh ... set designer
Neil McNally ... standby props
Christopher Moore ... standby props
Christopher Smith ... set dresser
Sara Jo Mhic An Tsaoir ... Stand By Art Director (as Sara-Jo Baugh)
Lynn Wilson ... art department assistant

Sound Department

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Anna Bertmark ... adr editor (as AnnaMy Bertmark)
Paula Boram ... foley artist
Sandy Buchanan ... foley recordist
Robert Farr ... re-recording mixer
Ronan Hill ... production sound mixer
Rob Hughes ... re-recording mixer
Kevin McAlpine ... adr recordist
Daniel McCabe ... second assistant sound (as Daniel David McCabe)
Christer Melén ... sound effects editor
John Soukup ... sound recordist
Joakim Sundström ... supervising sound editor

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Sean Farrow ... visual effects supervisor
Taz Lodder ... senior systems engineer: Lipsync Post
Abigail McKenzie ... digital lab operator
Andy Quinn ... digital compositor
Katie Roehrick ... visual effects producer
Roger Serrabassa Vilar ... digital compositor
Daniel Tomlinson ... i/o manager

Stunts

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Rob Inch ... stunt coordinator
Florian Robin ... stunt double: Jack O'Connell
C.C. Smiff ... stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department

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Cosmo Campbell ... camera operator: steadicam operator
Stephen Catney ... electrician
John Connon ... grip
Liam Devine ... second assistant camera
Tony Devlin ... gaffer
Sam Donaghy-Bell ... first assistant camera (as Sam Donaghy Bell)
Andy Gardner ... a camera focus puller
Scott Jamison ... data wrangler / digital imaging technician assistant
Ian Marrs ... digital imaging technician
Aidan Monaghan ... still photographer
Glenn Wootton ... camera trainee

Casting Department

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Aisha Bywaters ... casting associate (as Aisha Walters)
Maria Mulhall ... extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Caroline Hill ... costume trainee
Margaret Pescott ... costume maker
Cathy Young ... wardrobe supervisor

Location Management

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Catherine Geary ... location manager
Seán Logan ... location assistant

Music Department

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Tony Doogan ... music mixer / music producer / music recordist
David Geddes ... additional instrumentation
David Mackenzie ... music producer

Additional Crew

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Megan Britton ... production assistant
Sam Ferguson ... assistant to producer (as Samuel Ferguson)
Karina Gechtman ... head of international marketing and publicity
Calum Gray ... sales manager
Julia Hall ... senior designer: titles
Sarah Lebutsch ... director of sales
Helen Logan ... production assistant
Katrina McBriarty ... production coordinator
Stephen McConnell ... production accountant
Donnchadh McNicholl ... legal and business affairs: Film4
Stephen Nex ... head of development: Sigma Films
Andrew Orr ... international sales
Louise Purvis ... technical support
Ruby Savage ... Production Assistant Work Experience
Sudie Smyth ... completion guarantor
Howard Watkins ... head of design: titles

Thanks

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Alexis Alexanian ... special thanks
Brett Allen ... special thanks
Wayne Armstrong ... thanks
Kate Buckley ... thanks
Michael Cooper ... thanks
Isabel Davis ... thanks
Chris Dennis ... thanks
Phelim Devlin ... thanks
Chris Donnelly ... special thanks
Donna Eperon ... thanks
Peter Garde ... thanks
Sean Gascoine ... special thanks
Douglas Graham ... very special thanks
John Grant ... special thanks
Malte Grunert ... thanks
Ryan Heck ... thanks
Olivia Hetreed ... thanks
Neil Hunter ... thanks
Kevin Hussey ... thanks
Ben Johnson ... thanks
Jennifer Joseph ... thanks
A.L. Kennedy ... thanks
Colin Kennedy ... special thanks
Hazel Mall ... special thanks
Martin McDermott ... thanks
Ken McGuire ... thanks
Micky McMahon ... thanks
Cathy Mooney ... thanks
Pauline Morgan ... thanks
Chris Myers ... thanks
Gary Neil ... special thanks
John O'Neil ... thanks
David Pirie ... thanks
Ciaran Quinn ... thanks
Luke Rickman ... thanks
Cori Roberts ... thanks
Roy Snodden ... thanks
Mick Sullivan ... special thanks
Ben Turner ... thanks
Sue Upton ... special thanks
Rupert Walters ... thanks
Deirdre Waterworth ... thanks
Andreas Wiseman ... thanks
Penny Woolcock ... with thanks
Esther Wouda ... thanks

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Juvenile repeat offender Eric Love (19) earns by incorrigible insolence and violent rebellion a 'promotion' from reformatory to adult prison, where his reckless provocative attitude towards staff and fellow inmates bodes grave trouble for all. Eric's ever)absent father Neville is a veteran there, a trusted deputy of informal prison leader Dennis Spencer, who agrees to help trying to get Eric on the road to rehabilitation. Despite Eric's gross abuse of (also hard-handed) jailers, earning deputy governor Hayes's grim hatred, they get him admitted to voluntary therapist Oliver Baumer's group, where 'kid' Eric stirs trouble, misbehaves, needs to be dragged back by Neville who lacks paternal authority or parental tenderness, yet finds support, camaraderie and some sense. But the rowdy already made too many enemies, out for vengeance on the Loves, undermining Dennis's position as guardian of a delicate order among prison scum. Written by KGF Vissers

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Taglines We're all different on the inside See more »
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Also Known As
  • Les Poings contre les murs (France)
  • Mauern der Gewalt (Germany)
  • Convicto (Starred Up) (Spain)
  • 超危險人物 (Taiwan)
  • Les Poings contre les murs (Canada, French title)
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Runtime
  • 106 min
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Box Office

Opening Weekend United Kingdom $816,355, 21 Mar 2014

Did You Know?

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Trivia Based on screenwriter Jonathan Asser's experiences working as a voluntary therapist at HM Prison Wandsworth. See more »
Goofs When Neville jumps the food queue behind Eric, he joins in front of a prisoner with long blonde hair. When the camera switches to a front view the prisoner has changed to a shaven headed male. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Starred Up (2014). See more »
Quotes Eric: I'm just saying. Said this therapy goes well and it changes my life and I rehabilitate. And then you lay it on for the next geezer and it works for him, and the next. And everything's sweet yeah? Crime rates starts to come down, police got less people to nick, courts got less people to convict.
Eric: Pretty soon you're out of a job.
Eric: [Prison Guard moans and twitches in discomfort] Do you mind?
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