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This Is England is a
2006 film written and directed by
Shane Meadows, director of other films such as
Dead Man's Shoes and
A Room for Romeo Brass. The film is a drama centred on young
skinheads, set in
England in
July of
1983.
The film was shown at various international
film festivals, including
London, and special permission was granted to Meniscus for it to be shown at Grimsby's Whitgift Film Theatre.
The film was given an 18 certificate by the
BBFC due to its racist language and incidence of violence. However, some councils such as Bristol, Camden and Westminster have chosen to overturn this, feeling the film should reach its target audience of teenagers.
Turgoose has appeared on TV and radio shows such as
Soccer A.M.,
South Bank Show and
GMTV, and has been interviewed by Edith Bowman on her
BBC Radio One slot. Turgoose had never acted before, had been banned from his school play for bad behaviour, and demanded £5 to turn up for the film's auditions. The film was dedicated to Turgoose's mother, Sharon, who died of cancer on
December 29,
2005; she never did get to see the film though she saw a short preview.
Much of the film was shot in predominantly residential areas of Nottingham, including
St Ann's,
Lenton and
The Meadows amongst others, with one section involving some abandoned houses being filmed at the former airbase
RAF Newton just outside of Bingham,
Nottinghamshire. Additional scenes were filmed in
Grimsby,
Thomas Turgoose's home town.
Themes
The film highlights the fact that the
skinhead subculture, which is partly based on elements of
black culture (especially
ska,
rocksteady,
reggae and
soul music), eventually became adopted by
white nationalist groups such as the
National Front. The story focuses on young Shaun (Thomas Turgoose), who, following bullying at school, falls in with a bunch of older skinheads. When National Front member Combo (
Stephen Graham) returns from prison and asserts his leadership, the group splits into two factions: non-racist skinheads and
white power skinheads. What follows is an often-disturbing view of
1980s England featuring the ramifications of the
Falklands War and the rise of white nationalism.
Critical reception
The film received very positive reviews from critics. As of
January 5,
2008, the review aggregator
Rotten Tomatoes reported that 93% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 82 reviews.
Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 86 out of 100, based on 23 reviews — indicating "universal acclaim". The film appeared on several critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2007.
The film won the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film at the
2007 British Academy Film Awards. It also won the Best Film category at the 2006
British Independent Film Awards, with Thomas Turgoose winning the Most Promising Newcomer award.
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