England Is Mine (2017)

A portrait of Morrissey and his early life in 1970s Manchester before he went on to become the lead singer of seminal alternative rock band The Smiths.

Director:

Mark Gill

Writers:

Mark Gill, William Thacker

Stars:

Jodie Comer, Jessica Brown Findlay, Jack Lowden

4 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Jodie Comer	...	Christine
Jessica Brown Findlay	...	Linder Sterling
Jack Lowden	...	Steven Patrick Morrissey
Simone Kirby	...	Elizabeth Morrissey
Peter McDonald	...	Peter Morrissey
Graeme Hawley	...	Mr. Leonard
Laurie Kynaston	...	Johnny Marr
Katherine Pearce	...	Anji Hardie
Adam Lawrence	...	Billy Duffy
Finney Cassidy	...	Darren
Nicola-Jayne Wells	...	Rock Chick
Marc Graham	...	Gordon
Rosanna	...	Siobhan
Joseph Carter	...	Gary

Storyline

A portrait of Morrissey and his early life in 1970s Manchester before he went on to become the lead singer of seminal alternative rock band The Smiths.

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Taglines:

On Becoming Morrissey

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | Music

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 August 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Steven

Filming Locations:

Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Honlodge Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39:1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The record store owner in the movie is played by Nigel Young, the real-life owner of the Reel Around The Fountain Records shop in Stretford Arndale shopping centre. Reel Around The Fountain Records is named after a song written by Morrissey and Johnny Marr on the Smiths debut album, the fountain in question was in the Stretford Arndale centre, inspiring Nigel to name his shop after it. The movie producers fitted out an empty shop unit in the upper level of Stretford Arndale as a 1970s record shop to use as the set for the film, Nigel's actual shop was in the lower level at the time of filming in 2016 but he assisted in creating the filming set. Since then, the redevelopment of the shopping centre has seen Reel Around The Fountain Records move to a new unit in the upper level, a curious case of life imitating art.

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Quotes

Steven Patrick Morrissey: The most used noun in the English language is time. And I'm running out of it. You win, Christine. You've won. Some of us want to dream and keep on dreaming.Think of us. And protect us. The lion and the lamb shall lie down together. Down together we go.

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Soundtracks

Picture On The Exhibition
Written by Baldwin Li
Performed by Baldwin Li

User Reviews

A Wikipedia Page in Film

What a disappointing pile of garbage. This film could have been so much more but all it did was take a few key events from wikipedia and make a movie. "If you have five seconds to spare, then I'll tell you the story of my life / Sixteen, clumsy and shy / That's the story of my life." The film was Clumsy in the making, shy in the facts and was a waste of more than 5 seconds of my life.