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THIS IS ENGLAND

Warp Fims' THIS IS ENGLAND, directed by Shane Meadows is out now on DVD.

This is England: Mods, New Romantics, and Skinheads are the major youth sub-cultures of this very English summer of 1983 and young 12-year-old Shaun is left wandering aimlessly alone and lost during the start of his school holidays, until his chance meeting with Woody and his fun and friendly Skinhead pack. Finding a new lease of life; girls, parties, Ben Sherman shirts, Doc Martin boots and shaven hairstyles young Shaun is welcomed, life during this summer holiday has got a whole lot better. That is until Combo arrives on the scene bitter, dangerous, racist, militant and psychotic life for young Shaun has just approached his first major crossroads. This is England is a look back at the early eighties of British working-class life through the eyes of young Shaun and his new gang, and dealing with the bitterness of outside influences such as racism and xenophobia, of mass unemployment and the fall out of the Falkland's War; Thatcher's Britain.

The film met with rave reviews on its release in April 2007:

"..one of the most valuable and important British films of the year.."
MARK KERMODE

...This Is Brilliant."
THE OBSERVER

Upon its release, This is England opened in 62 nationwide cinemas, to an incredibly strong box office. Thanks to great word of mouth the film had expanded to 150 cinemas by its fourth week. It performed incredibly well having to slug it out with blockbusters such as Spiderman 3 and has now grossed over £1.5m - an incredible feat for an independent British film.

Winning the 'Best Film' award at the British Independent Films Awards THIS IS ENGLAND beat BAFTA winners 'The Queen' and 'The Last King of Scotland' and Palme d'Or victor 'The Wind That Shakes The Barley' to the top prize in November 2006. 14 year old star of THIS IS ENGLAND, Thomas Turgoose picked up 'Best Newcomer'. The film also won the Special Jury Prize at the Rome Film Festival.

THIS IS ENGLAND was released on 27 April 2007.