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Shane Meadows returns with 'This is England'

The 'Dead Man's Shoes' director will draw on his own experiences to examine the rise of the National Front's y

May 13 2005

UPDATE - 'This is England' feature here.

After last year's brilliant, unforgettable 'Dead Man's Shoes', Shane Meadows has announced his next film, a hard-hitting drama that will deal with homegrown racism in the UK.

'Oi! This is England' will be set in the Midlands in the summer of 1983, and tell the tale of an 11-year-old boy who loses his father, shaves his head and falls in with the local division of the National Front.

The uncompromising story will revolve around the race riots that were tearing Thatcher's Britain apart at the time, and Meadows admits that much of it is inspired by his own experiences growing up in Uttoxeter in the early 1980s.

'The pulsing music and the skin-tight fashion, the "fuck the state" attitude and the primal violence left an enormous emotional print on me,' he told Variety. 'I believe this period of my life is the reason I became a filmmaker.'

The 'TwentyFourSeven' director is also calling the project his most overtly political film to date.

Filming is due to start soon, although there's no word yet as to whether Paddy Considine, Meadows' longtime collaborator and sometime writing partner, will play any part in proceedings.

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Lex Angel said...

April 27th, aparrently in the UK. Posted on Feb 22 2007 16:22

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jasmin said...

hi! i was in the film and wondering when it is too be released- or when it is coming out to be watched Posted on Feb 17 2007 21:18

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Kris said...

Oi! This is england no I was going to write- OI! thats not nice. To be honest you should write properly this isn't a mobile..
Can we stick to the subject though *laughs* My friend says its coming out in April, its already out in Italy. I've seen it on Film four too. Posted on Feb 02 2007 18:43

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sarah said...

ha ha ha Posted on Feb 01 2007 18:40

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Lex Angel said...

I take it he taught you to spell? Posted on Feb 01 2007 17:28

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sian said...

duz ne1 no wen itz gettin released or bein shown?? heard about it on filmfour but still no luk in gettin 2 see it !!! me dad woza NF member so im lookin bludy 4ward 2 seein dis film !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Posted on Feb 01 2007 16:47

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Lex Angel said...

March/April I think. You can check out www.shanemeadows.co.uk for info. Shane uses the forum himself. Posted on Jan 11 2007 20:16

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sarah said...

yea, when's it meant 2 be released? Posted on Jan 11 2007 16:55

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Kris said...

I was in this! I was an extra, I got lucky to cause i got to be in one more scene then the rest of the extra's! does anybody know when its coming out? Posted on Jan 06 2007 18:47

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Lex Angel said...

It's about the transition of a trad gang into a National Front gang, apparrently. Posted on Jan 04 2007 13:09

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GrobOi!d.exe said...

This film about nazi skins or trad?? Posted on Dec 12 2006 14:45

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gary firth said...

does anybody know when this film is released Posted on Nov 17 2006 13:51

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Mary said...

I am not in the film either but would have loved to as am huge Shane Meadows fan. Posted on Sep 22 2006 09:32

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BILLY BAKER said...

I dont play any part in the film but i'd like to be involved in Shane's next.
Billy Baker Posted on Aug 07 2006 13:52

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ANDY L.P ELLIS said...

HI I PLAY ONE OF THE MAIN ROLES IN THE FILM. THE PART OF GADGET IN THE SKIN HEAD GANG. THE FILMING WENT GREAT AND I THINK WERE LOOKING AT A SEPTEMBER RELEASE :D
AND HI TO JOES SISTER!
ANDY. Posted on Jun 28 2006 22:07

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