'This is England' (2006)

Director: Shane Meadows
Genre: Crime, Drama

Plot Synopsis:

This Is England is a very personal film for Meadows. Much of the story is based on his own association with skinhead gangs in the early eighties. This Is England tells the story of Shaun, a 12-year-old kid growing up without a father in the North of England. Set during the summer holidays of 1983, we chart his rites of passage from scruffy misfit grieving the loss of his father into a shaven-headed thug whose anger and pain are embraced by the local skinhead fraternity. With a shell of a mother and no father to guide him, Shaun seems set for self-destruction, but it's not long before things turn sour with his new-found 'friends' and Shaun soon learns that violence is the coward's answer.

Production:

The production companies were Big Arty Productions and Warp Films.

Distribution:
The film never reached the cinemas, it went straight to DVD release and was aired on channel four.

Budget: £1,500,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend: $18,430 (USA) (29 July 2007) (1 Screen) 
Gross: $327,919 (USA) (18 November 2007)