Shifty, a young crack cocaine dealer in London, sees his life quickly spiral out of control when his best friend returns home. Stalked by a customer desperate to score at all costs, and ...
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Title: Shifty (2008)
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Cast
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| Riz Ahmed | ... | Shifty | |
| Daniel Mays | ... | Chris | |
| Jason Flemyng | ... | Glen | |
| Nitin Ganatra | ... | Rez | |
| Jay Simpson | ... | Trevor | |
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Dannielle Brent | ... | Jasmine |
| Francesca Annis | ... | Valerie | |
| Kate Groombridge | ... | Loretta | |
| Jason Maza | ... | Malik | |
| Jordan Long | ... | Lenny | |
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Rory Jennings | ... | Otis |
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Courtney Day | ... | Otis' Girlfriend |
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Gracie Fitch | ... | Katie Palmer |
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Nathaniel Gleed | ... | Freddie Palmer |
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Eddie Webber | ... | Bob Moran |
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Shifty, a young crack cocaine dealer in London, sees his life quickly spiral out of control when his best friend returns home. Stalked by a customer desperate to score at all costs, and with his family about to turn their back on him for good, Shifty must out-run and out-smart a rival drug dealer intent on setting him up for a big fall. As his long time friend Chris confronts the dark past he left behind him, Shifty is forced to face up to the violent future he's hurtling towards.
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character name as title | nickname as title | return home | drug dealer | crack cocaine |Taglines:
24 hours to deal yourself outParents Guide:
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When Trevor is discussing the holiday hire car with his wife, the boom microphone is clearly visible in the reflection of the glass cabinet above her head. See more »Alternate Versions
The UK release was cut, the distributor chose to remove some aggressive and directed uses of very strong language ('cunt') in order to obtain a 15 classification. An uncut 18 classification was available. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
24 April 2009 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Shifty See more »Filming Locations:
Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UKEdit
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GBP244,579 (estimated)Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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Well its something we Brits are good at, making gritty dramas like Adulthood and even Bulletboy. Here we return to the genre with Shifty, set in a turbulent London gangland but also those it affects who are not a part of it. Violent and shocking, but its this quality that wins it for me unlike most movies that make the young viewers want to be a part of this world this movie shows us the other side of the glamour, the guns and the power. Those we love can get entangled in it and become at risk or in danger.
To many of us that is the one drawback of this life, again a stellar cast and top notch acting that could shame some of the more poor gritty films of this calibre out there. A star film pure and simple, a great addition to British cinema.