This is England hits cinemas this Friday (27th April) and it's already got the critics' tongues a-wagging. The film by Shane Meadows won Best British Independent Film and the Most Promising Newcomer Award (Thomas Turgoose) at the British Independent Film Awards. This follows on from the Jury Prize awarded at the Rome Festival and Mark Herbert’s Dunhill award at the London Film Festival.
WIN WIN WIN
We're teaming up with the movie This is England to offer one lucky couple a top weekend in a positively English cottage, plus 5 runners up prizes of Dead Mans Shoes on DVD (another Shane Meadows film) and 5 movie posters. To enter the competition email us with the subject line ENGLAND and your name and address. Sorry, this competition is now closed.
This Is England, is the story of a summertime school holiday - we remember them so well! Those long weeks between terms where life changing events can take place. It’s 1983 and school is out. 12-year-old Shaun (Thomas Turgoose) is an isolated lad growing up in a grim coastal town, whose father has died fighting in the Falklands war. Over the course of the summer holiday he finds fresh male role models when those in the local skinhead scene take him in. With his new friends Shaun discovers a world of parties, first love and the joys of Dr Martin boots. Here he meets Combo (Stephen Graham), an older, racist skinhead who has recently got out of prison. As Combo’s gang harass the local ethnic minorities, the course is set for a rite of passage that will hurl Shaun from innocence to experience.
The ensemble cast includes newcomer Thomas Turgoose playing the role of Shaun, Stephen Graham (Gangs of New York), Jo Hartley (Dead Man’s Shoes), Joe Gilgun (‘Emmerdale’), Andrew Shim (A Room for Romeo Brass, Once Upon a Time in the Midlands) and Vicky McClure (A Room for Romeo Brass).
Check out the film's official website and book your VUE cinema tickets here
Release date: 27 April 2007 / Running time: 100mins / Cert: 18
Pssssssst. There are thousands of cottages for you to choose from and it's not too late to get away this weekend! Late bookers need to call us on 0870 197 1602, or search for cottages here
Working for peanuts and trying to save up to get a flat, me and my boyfriend could really use a break...pretty please.
Posted by: Alex Taubman | 01/05/2007 at 03:10 PM