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Dead Man's Shoes

  • 20042004
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
54K
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POPULARITY
3,419
1,785
Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
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A disaffected soldier returns to his hometown to get even with the thugs who brutalized his mentally-challenged brother years ago.A disaffected soldier returns to his hometown to get even with the thugs who brutalized his mentally-challenged brother years ago.A disaffected soldier returns to his hometown to get even with the thugs who brutalized his mentally-challenged brother years ago.
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
54K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,419
1,785
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Shane Meadows
    • Writers
      • Paddy Considine
      • Shane Meadows
      • Paul Fraser(additional material)
    • Stars
      • Paddy Considine
      • Gary Stretch
      • Toby Kebbell
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Shane Meadows
    • Writers
      • Paddy Considine
      • Shane Meadows
      • Paul Fraser(additional material)
    • Stars
      • Paddy Considine
      • Gary Stretch
      • Toby Kebbell
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 296User reviews
    • 99Critic reviews
    • 52Metascore
    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 4 wins & 13 nominations total

    Videos1

    Dead Man's Shoes
    Trailer 1:46
    Dead Man's Shoes

    Photos88

    George Newton in Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
    Paddy Considine in Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
    Paddy Considine in Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
    Paddy Considine in Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
    Neil Bell, Seamus O'Neill, Gary Stretch, and George Newton in Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
    Neil Bell, Gary Stretch, Stuart Wolfenden, and Paul Sadot in Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
    Paddy Considine and Toby Kebbell in Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
    Paddy Considine and Toby Kebbell in Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
    Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
    Sean Bean, Bob Hoskins, Tom Sizemore, Brian Cox, Danny Dyer, and Toby Kebbell in Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
    Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
    Dead Man's Shoes (2004)

    Top cast

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    Paddy Considine
    Paddy Considine
    • Richard
    Gary Stretch
    Gary Stretch
    • Sonny
    Toby Kebbell
    Toby Kebbell
    • Anthony
    Stuart Wolfenden
    Stuart Wolfenden
    • Herbie
    Neil Bell
    Neil Bell
    • Soz
    Paul Sadot
    • Tuff
    Seamus O'Neill
    • Big Al
    • (as Seamus O'Neal)
    Jo Hartley
    Jo Hartley
    • Marie
    Paul Hurstfield
    Paul Hurstfield
    • Mark
    Emily Aston
    Emily Aston
    • Patti
    George Newton
    George Newton
    • Gypsy John
    Craig Considine
    • Craig
    Matt Considine
    • Matthew
    Andrew Shim
    Andrew Shim
    • Elvis
    Arthur Meadows
    • Mourner
    Gill Meadows
    • Mourner
    Neil Dodd
    • Mourner
    Benn Dodd
    • Mourner
    • Director
      • Shane Meadows
    • Writers
      • Paddy Considine
      • Shane Meadows
      • Paul Fraser(additional material)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The end credits state the message "In memory of Martin Joseph Considine", this is Paddy Considine's father. Just before Martin died, he kept saying he wanted Paddy to work with Shane Meadows again.
    • Goofs
      When Sonny, Soz and Herbie set off up the stairs with weapons to check for Richard's presence, they get to the top of the stairs in a different order than they started.
    • Quotes

      [first lines]

      Richard: [narrating] God will forgive them. He'll forgive them and allow them into Heaven. I can't live with that.

    • Connections
      Featured in WhatCulture Originals: 9 Awesome Films That Never Got The Cult Following They Deserved (2021)
    • Soundtracks
      Vessel in Vain
      Written by Bill Callahan

      Performed by Bill Callahan (as Smog)

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    User reviews296

    Review
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    Top review
    A complex, dark and compelling film told with style – there are holes to be picked in the plot but the good vastly outweighs the weak
    Having left the army, Richard returns to the rural Midlands where he grew up. His brother Anthony is mentally a bit slow but has suffered at the hands of a group of small time pushers and dealers. Calming sleeping rough with his brother in a ruined farm just outside the sleepy little town, Richard makes first contact with one of the men before making his intentions clear. As the warning shots end, Richard begins to cut through the group that harmed his family.

    There are plot holes here; there are gaps in "real world" logic that, if you want to, you can pick at and annoy yourself before dismissing the whole film as nonsense and going back to the telly to watch action movies. Several reviewers on this site have done that and I'm not entirely sure why. I didn't feel I was allowed out of the grip of the film for long enough at any point to start to think about these things because to me it was dark, gripping, very well written and complex enough to keep me gripped throughout. The story appears to be about revenge, but it is as much about an avenging force as it is about revenge – the latter sounds harsh and emotional, Richard is cold and cleansing. This aspect of the story is interesting mainly because it is tense and quite gripping, but the film works so well because it is only one of the aspects that works. The flashback scenes are gripping in the way that we don't know where they are leading but we know how very serious it must be because the actions led us to this place. Meanwhile the film's main triumph is that we spend most of our time with the dealers and users – the "baddies". Doing this stops us just rooting for Richard and seeing them as "bad men" who we just want to see dead; by getting to see their characters, we may not care for them but we certainly don't see them as fodder.

    The cast are roundly good and play it very naturally and convincing as real people. The script helps them a lot of course but I got the impression that a lot of it came from them. Considine has a complex character and I won't pretend to totally understand who he was but I thought he great a great job leading the film – I suppose writing it must have helped a little bit! Kebbell is also strong, not allowing Anthony to just be a character of pity but one that we do feel for. Support from Stretch, Bell, O'Neal, Sadot and the others may seem basic but their "chav" clichés are actually convincing characters (sadly) and their emotions, fears and pain is convincingly real. The main star for me though was Meadows, who has done a great job structuring the film and also delivering it with a great deal of style – but not to the point where it gets in the way of the film.

    Overall this is a dark, compelling film that has great writing, acting and directing. It has plot holes if that is what you want, but I was so gripped by the film that I didn't mind. An impacting film that is like a breath of disturbing fresh air compared to what is usually in the multiplexes.
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    8
    • bob the moo
    • Apr 22, 2005

    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 1, 2004 (Ireland)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Черевики мерця
    • Filming locations
      • Matlock, Derbyshire, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Warp Films
      • Big Arty Productions
      • EM Media
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • £695,393 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $6,408
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $1,825
      • May 14, 2006
    • Gross worldwide
      • $203,450
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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