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Dead man's shoes - Paddy Considine, Gary Stretch, Toby Kebbell, Shane Meadows

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Movie propaganda

He's in all of us.

From the director of 24/7 and A room for Romeo Brass comes Dead man's shoes, a story of two brothers: Richard (Paddy Considine) is an ex-paratrooper, out for bloody revenge against the local wideboys who once amused themselves by torturing his vulnerable younger brother; and Anthony (Toby Kebbell), a gentle, affectionate soul with learning difficulties. The town he left eight years ago is still run by the same coven of losers and wasters whose only gainful employment is selling drugs on behalf of the chief lowlife, a preening body-builder called Sonny (Gary Stretch). Richard's return is enough to instil suspicion and paranoia. One by one, Richard tracks the gang members down, striking fear into their hearts and turning them against one another.

With a soundtrack featuring Aphex Twin, Smog, Calexicio and M Ward and an utterly magnetic performance by Paddy Considine, this is an uncompromising and completely gripping film.

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film UK revenge drama thriller crime drugs gang murder brother family

Persons of interest

Paddy Considine .... Richard
Gary Stretch .... Sonny
Toby Kebbell .... Anthony
Emily Aston .... Patti
Neil Bell .... Soz
Craig Considine .... Craig
Matt Considine .... Matt Considine
Ben Dodd .... Mourner
Jordan Dodd .... Mourner
Lauren Dodd .... Mourner
Neil Dodd .... Mourner
Jo Hartley .... Marie
Paul Hurstfield .... Mark
Arthur Meadows .... Mourner
Gill Meadows .... Mourner
George Newton .... Gypsy John
Seamus O'Neal .... Big Al
Paul Sadot .... Tuff
Andrew Shim .... Elvis
Stuart Wolfenden .... Herbie
Paddy Considine .... Screenwriter
Paul Fraser .... Screenwriter
Shane Meadows .... Screenwriter
Shane Meadows .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Dead man's shoes official movie site
Dead man's shoes film production notes
Dead man's shoes QuickTime movie trailers
Awards and film festivals:

British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) 2005: Nominated: Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film (Mark Herbert, Shane Meadows)
British Independent Film Awards 2004: Nominated: Best Achievement in Production, Best Actor (Paddy Considine), Best British Independent Film, Best Director (Shane Meadows), Best Screenplay (Shane Meadows, Paddy Considine), Best Supporting Actor/Actress (Gary Stretch), Best Technical Achievement (Lucas Roche, Chris Wyatt Editors), Most Promising Newcomer (Toby Kebbell)
Dinard British Film Festival (Festival du Film Britannique de Dinard) 2004: Won: Golden Hitchcock (Shane Meadows)
Directors Guild of Great Britain 2005: Won: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in British Film (Shane Meadows)
Empire Awards, UK 2005: Won: Best British Actor (Paddy Considine); Nominated: Best British Director (Shane Meadows), Best British Film
Evening Standard British Film Awards 2005: Won: Best Actor (Paddy Considine)

See also Get Carter
Studios and distributors:

Hopscotch Films

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

You wouldn't want to wear a dead man's shoes, let alone walk a mile in them, but there's something compelling about the journey on which these shoes will take you. In this case, it's a pilgrim's progress of pathological retribution. Hitting, stabbing, killing, bleeding, running, hiding, drinking, shooting, smoking. Sometimes it's the goodie and sometimes it's the baddie but whichever, it's a good way to get the low-life crim action going. What distinguishes Dead man's shoes from, say, Payback is the fact that no matter how many men die you never know exactly why they are shuffling off the old mortal coil. Until the big twists, which took a while for me to figure out (before it appeared on the screen - you know how prophetic I am) but which is perfectly consistent with Richard's methods of revenge. I can't say that this film deserves an R rating for the violence but it does deserve a look: the "High level themes" are nice and meaty, for sure.