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Download Detailseite Berlinale 2007 THIS IS ENGLAND Generation THIS IS ENGLAND 14plus THIS IS ENGLAND Regie: Shane Meadows Großbritannien 2006 Darsteller Shaun Thomas Turgoose Länge 97 Min. Combo Stephen Graham Format 35 mm, 1:1.85 Cynth Jo Hartley Farbe Milky Andrew Shim Lol Vicky McClure Stabliste Woody Joe Gilgun Buch Shane Meadows Smell Rosamund Hanson Kamera Danny Cohen Gadget Andrew Ellis Kameraassistenz Adrian O’Toole Meggy Perry Benson Schnitt Chris Wyatt Banjo George Newton Sounddesign Ben Harvey Lenny Frank Harper Matthew Hall Pukey Nicholls Jack O’Connell Ton Dave Sansom Mr. Sandhu Kriss Dosanjh Tonassistenz Paul Watson Kes Kieran Hardcastle Musik Ludovico Einaudi Kelly Chanel Cresswell Production Design Mark Leese Art Director Caroline Grebbell Kostüm Jo Thompson Maske Catherine Scobel Regieassistenz Griffin Tony Ahearne Matt Huntley Nickie Sault Peter Foster THIS IS ENGLAND Christian Rigg England 1983. In einer heruntergekommenen Hafenstadt lebt Shaun, ein Herstellungsltg. Julia Valentine 12-jähriger Junge, dessen Vater im Falklandkrieg getötet wurde. In Schlag - Produktionsltg. Nina Sagemoen hosen, die ihm noch sein Vater gekauft hat, schlendert er die Straße hinun- Aufnahmeleitung Richard Knight ter. Hier trifft er Woody und seine Skinheadfreunde. Sie freunden sich an, Produzent Mark Herbert Co-Produzentin Louise Meadows und Shaun wird einer von ihnen. Auch wenn es im örtlichen Schuh geschäft Ausführende nicht die gewünschten kirschroten Doc Martens gibt und auch das Ben- Produzenten Tessa Ross Sherman-T-Shirt unerreichbar ist, stimmt das Outfit, denn Woodys Freun din Peter Carlton Lol hat Shaun den Kopf rasiert. Bei einer Party lernt Shaun nicht nur Smell Paul Trijbits kennen, von der er seinen ersten Kuss bekommt, sondern auch Combo. Der Kate Ogborn Will Clarke ist gerade aus dem Knast entlassen worden und das große Vorbild für Hugo Heppell Woody. Die Kids liegen dem Älteren zu Füßen, auch wenn er mit seinen rassistischen Sprüchen verstört. Immer wieder schwadroniert Combo über Produktion den Falklandkrieg oder über Ausländer, die den Briten die Jobs weg - Warp Films nehmen würden. Woody hält das nicht aus und zieht sich zurück, 33 Riding House St. GB-London W1W 7DZ wäh rend Shaun Combos Sprüche begierig aufsaugt. Kurz darauf besucht Tel.: 207-436 91 26 die Gang unter Combos Führung ein Treffen der rechtsradikalen National Fax: 207-284 83 60 Front. Nicht lange und die Gang terrorisiert die Nachbarschaft mit rechtsra- [email protected] dikalen Pöbeleien, Anschlägen und Graffiti. Aber auch Combo ist kein so harter Bursche, wie es zuerst erscheint. Dass Lol, seine ehemals große Weltvertrieb The Works International Liebe, nichts mehr von ihm wissen will, macht ihn fertig, und eigentlich Portland House, 4 Great Portland St. träumt er, wie die anderen Mitglieder der Gang, sowieso von einem ganz GB-London W1W 8QJ anderen Leben. Tel.: 207-612 10 80 Fax: 207-612 10 81 THIS IS ENGLAND [email protected] England in 1983. Twelve-year-old Shaun lives in a run-down harbour town. Shaun’s father was killed during the war in the Falklands. Wandering about the streets in the bell-bottoms his father bought for him, Shaun runs into Woody and his skinhead mates. They become friends and Shaun joins their gang. Even if he can’t find the coveted red Doc Martens in the local shoe shop and a Ben Sherman t-shirt is way beyond what he can afford, he still looks the part because Woody’s girlfriend Lol has shaved Shaun’s head. At a 286 party Shaun meets Smell, who gives him his first kiss, and Combo, who has Filmografie just been released from prison. He is Woody’s role model. Soon all the kids 1999 KING OF THE GYPSIES are in awe of the older man – even if his racist comments shock them. Time WHERE’S THE MONEY RONNIE? SMALLTIME and again, Combo rants on about the Falkland war, or about the immi- 1997 TWENTYFOURSEVEN grants who are stealing jobs from British people. After a while Woody has (TWENTYFOURSEVEN) had enough. But Shaun can’t get enough of Combo’s cant and eagerly 1999 A ROOM FOR ROMEO BRASS takes it all in. Shortly after this, the gang follows Combo to a meeting of the 2002 ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE right-wing radical National Front. Before long, the gang starts terrorising the MIDLANDS 2004 DEAD MAN’S SHOES neighbourhood with right-wing slogans, assaults and graffiti. But Combo is 2005 MONKEY TRAP by no means as tough as he appears. It kills him to know that Lol, who used THE STAIRWELL to be his great love, won’t have anything more to do with him. Like all the Werbeclip other members of the gang, he dreams of having a different life entirely. 2006 THIS IS ENGLAND THIS IS ENGLAND Angleterre 1983. Shaun, un garçon de 12 ans qui a perdu son père à la guerre des Malouines, vit dans une ville portuaire délabrée. Il se balade dans la rue en pantalon à pattes d’éléphant, acheté par son père. Shaun Shane Meadows rencontre Woody et ses copains skinhead. Ils sympathisent et Shaun est admis dans leur bande. Même si l’on ne trouve pas les indispensables Doc Biografie Martens rouge cerise chez le marchand de chaussures local et que le t-shirt Geboren am 26.12.1972 in Uttoxeter, Ben Sherman est à un prix inabordable, la tenue est convenable depuis que Staffordshire, England. Drehte über 60 zum Lol, la petite amie de Woody, a rasé le crâne de Shaun. Au cours d’une fête, Teil preisgekrönte Kurzfilme, bevor er mit TWENTYFOURSEVEN (1997) auch interna- Shaun fait non seulement la connaissance de Smell, qui lui donne son pre- tional Aufsehen erregte. mier baiser, mais aussi de Combo. Tout juste sorti de prison, c’est un modèle pour Woody. Les gamins adulent leur aîné même s’ils sont troublés par ses Biography propos racistes. Combo affabule sans cesse sur la guerre des Malouines ou Born in Uttoxeter in Staffordshire, England sur les étrangers qui prennent leurs emplois aux Britanniques. Woody ne le on 26.12.1972. He made over 60 short films, some of which received awards, supporte plus et il s’éloigne, tandis que Shaun boit littéralement les paroles before his film TWENTYFOURSEVEN (1997) de Combo. Quelque temps plus tard, la bande, menée par Combo, se rend caused a stir at home and abroad. à un meeting des radicaux de droite du National Front. Et peu après, les gamins se mettent à terroriser le voisinage avec des insultes nationalistes, Biographie des agressions et des graffitis. Mais Combo n’est pas non plus un type aussi Né le 26-12-1972 à Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, Angleterre. Auteur de plus de 60 courts dur qu’il en a l’air. Il est désespéré que Lol, qui fut son grand amour, ne veuille métrages dont certains sont primés avant plus entendre parler de lui et il rêve en fait comme les autres d’une tout de percer sur le plan international avec autre existence. TWENTYFOURSEVEN (1997). 287.
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