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Bullet boy - Ashley Walters, Leon Black, Luke Fraser, Saul Dibb
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Movie propaganda
You only get one shot at life.
Ricky (Ashley Walters) is just out of a young offenders institute, heading home to Hackney and determined to go straight. Instead, he heads straight for trouble when he becomes involved in a street confrontation, siding with his best friend Wisdom (Leon Black) against a local rude boy. The trouble escalates into a series of tit for tat incidents that threaten to spiral out of control.
Ricky's 12-year-old brother Curtis (Luke Fraser), hero-worships Ricky, though he appears smart enough to know he doesn't want to follow his example. Yet, despite the stern warnings from his mother (Claire Perkins) and support from her friends in the community, might Ricky's bad boy allure be too attractive for Curtis to resist?
Evocatively filmed in East London, and with terrific performances throughout, Saul Dibb's début feature is a striking portrait of two black boys growing up in inner city London, a terrifically realised, provocative and pertinent social drama, and a timely damning of gun crime and its devastating effects.
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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda
- Film UK crime drama brother London urban inner city gun
Persons of interest
- Leon Black .... Wisdom
- Chris Callendar .... Ricky's Solicitor
- Louise Delamere .... Probation Officer
- Luke Fraser .... Curtis
- Clark Lawson .... Godfrey
- Claire Perkins .... Beverley
- Sharea-mounira Samuels .... Shea
- Rio Tison .... Rio
- Jadiel Vitalis .... Meadow
- Curtis Walker .... Leon
- Ashley Walters .... Ricky
- Sylvester Williams .... Neville
- Jamie Winstone .... Natalie
- Catherine Johnson .... Screenwriter
- Saul Dibb .... Screenwriter
- Saul Dibb .... Director
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- Awards and film festivals:
- British Independent Film Awards 2004: Won: Most Promising Newcomer (Ashley Walters); Nominated: Douglas Hickox Award: (Saul Dibb)
- Dinard British Film Festival (Festival du Film Britannique de Dinard) 2004: Nominated: Golden Hitchcock (Saul Dibb)
- Emden International Film Festival 2005: Won: Award of the German Unions Association (Saul Dibb)
- Studios and distributors:
- BBC Films * 21st Century Pictures
Intelligence analyst
Special Agent Matti
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Media intelligence (DVD)
- Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
- Languages: English
- Picture: Widescreen 16:9
- Special features:
- Trailers: Upcoming movies
Security censorship classification
MA 15+ (Strong sex scene, violence, coarse language)
Surveillance time
89 minutes (1:29 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
DVD rental: 26 April 2006
VHS rental: 26 April 2006
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