Jesús Guerrero N°16 5B

A.V. Discussion

1.Technical info:

-Director: Shane Meadows

-Producers: Mark Herbert,Peter Carlton,Will Clarke,Lizzie Francke,Hugo Heppell,Louise

Meadows,Kate Ogborn,Tessa Ross,Paul Trijbits,Julia Valentine,Helen de Winter,Richard
Knight,Gerardine O'Flynn,Rebekah Wray Rogers,Barry Ryan and Nina Sagemoen.

-Cast of Characters: Thomas Turgoose as Shaun Field, Stephen Graham as Andrew Combo
Gascoigne, Joe Gilgun as Richard Woody Woodford, Andrew Shim as Milky, Vicky McClure
as Frances Lol Jenkins, Rosamund Hanson as Michelle Smell, Andrew Ellis as Gary Gadget,
Jack O'Connell as Pukey Nicholls, Kieran Hardcastle as Kes, Sophie Ellerby as Pob, Perry
Benson as Meggy, George Newton as Banjo, Kriss Dosanjh as Mr. Sandhu, Jo Hartley as
Cynthia, Michael Socha as Harvey, Danielle Watson, Frank Harper as Lenny, Chanel
Cresswell as Kelly, Danielle Watson as Trev, Hannah Walters as shop assistant, Dave Laws
as Mr. Dudley, Ian Smith as a teacher, Dave Blant as a teacher, Matthew Blamires as a kid
who mocks, James Burrows as a kid who Mocks, Harpal Hayer as a footballer child, Terry
Haywood as a footballer child, Nimesh Jani as a footballer boy, David Claridge as Roland
Rat, Duran Duran as himself, Simon Le Bon as himself, Carl Os de Gal He is like himself,
Diana of Wales as herself, Ronald Reagan as himself, Robert Stone and Margaret Thatcher
as herself.

-Production company: Warp Films and Film4 Productions

-Distribution: The independent distributer Opimun Releasing had huge success. The
American distributer were an independent distributer IFC Films based in New York.

-Release date: 12 September 2006 (TIFF) 27 April 2007 (United Kingdom)

-Budget: £1.5 million

2. What was the context in which they all lived? Both time and place.
(15 words minimum): This film takes place in the England of the 1980s, at the time of the
Falklands War between Argentina and the United Kingdom.

3. Why did Shaun feel he did not belong to anything at the beginning
of the film? (20 words minimum): I think he felt that he did not belong to anything
because after the death of his father, he had a great impact on his life, since he even
moved to another city and was rejected by everyone. That is why when Combo invites him
to be part of England, he accepts without thinking because of the pride of the death of his
father who died in the war.

4. Why do you think Shaun’s mom was more concerned with his son’s new
hairstyle rather with the gang?. (20 words minimum): I think she was more worried about
her new haircut because in England there is not much that insecurity that you can go to at
night at any time, which is not common for we that live in Latin America.

5. Why was there a rivalry between Gadget and Shaun? (10 words minimum): The rivalry
that he had with Shaun was that as in the group Shaun was the only child they treated him
better.

6. What happens at the party when they meet Combo and Banjo that
causes discomfort among the gang? (15 words minimum): What happened was that when
Combo and Banjo arrived at the party, they started talking about their racist nationalist
ideals. Basically, they were not supporting any different people than the people of
England. That is to say that if they were black or Hindu they hated them, that is why there
was discomfort in the gang, they wanted equality.

7. What is your opinion about Shaun agreeing with nationalist ideals?

(15 words minimum): I think it is silly because equality has to be for everyone but I
understand it because in the end it is a child and he believes it is the right thing for his
father.
8. What do you think was Woody’s political point of view? (15 words minimum): for me it
was a good point of view since he always remained calm giving to represent peace
without getting into trouble

9. What is the meaning of Shaun throwing the flag into the sea? (20
words minimum): what it means is that england eventually became independent but at
what cost? Thousands of deaths for the freedom? including that of his father. Then he
understood this and with anger and sadness dropped the flag.

10. Is there only one type of skinhead? How many of them are portrayed
in the movie? (15 words minimum): In this movie you can notice two types of skinhead.
The Nazi skinhead of a racist attitude and anti-fastic skinhead that were quite calm. The
Nazi skinhead were represented by Combo and the others by Woody.

11. Favourite part of the movie and why. (15 words minimum): my favorite part was when
Combo said the rudeness because he said 5 per second and I laughed too much his British
accent when saying it

12. Favourite character of the movie and why. (15 words minimum): my favorite character
was woody because he looks like me since he is very calm and the actor Joe Gilgun knew
how to give life and feeling to the character