This is England [videorecording] / Big Arty Productions ; EM Media ; Film4 ; Optimum Releasing ; Screen Yorkshire ; UK Film Council ; Warp Films ; produced by Mark Herbert ; written by Shane Meadows ; directed by Shane Meadows.
Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : [Solana Beach, Calif.] : IFC Films ; Distributed by Genius Products, [2007]
Description: 1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject: Skinheads England Drama.
Youth and violence England Drama.
Gangs England Drama.
White supremacy movements England Drama.
Youth and violence England Drama.
Gangs England Drama.
England Drama.
England Drama.
Feature films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.).
Films for the hearing impaired.
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Credits: Director of photography, Danny Cohen ; editor, Chris Wyatt ; music, Ludovico Einaudi ; costume designer, Jo Thompson ; production designer, Mark Leese.
Performers: Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley, Andrew Shim, Vicky McClure, Joe Gilgun, Andrew Ellis, Perry Benson, George Newton.
Target Audience: Not rated.
Notes: Closed-captioned.
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2006.
Summary: School is out for the summer and 12-year-old Shaun is about to find a dangerous new group of friends. Having lost his father in the Fakland War, life has been lonely in this grim coastal town in northern England. But when Shaun meets the local skinheads, their companionship, and even their violence, appeal to Shaun's hurt and rage. Combo is an older volatile skinhead whom Shaun finds to be like a big brother and under his leadership, the gang and young Shawn will arrive at an irreversible act of violence.