It's 1983 and school is out. Twelve-year-old Shaun is a lonely boy growing up in a grim coastal town in northern England, whose father died fighting in the Falklands War. Over the course of the summer holiday he befriends a group of local skinheads. With his pent-up rage and frustration, Shaun finds exactly what he needs in the gang-mischief, mayhem and brotherhood. He also meets the volatile and boorish Combo, an older skinhead who sees himself in Shaun. Adopting Shaun as his protege, Combo leads the gang down a hate spewing path that culminates in an irreversible act of violence.
Production Big Arty Productions [gb]; EM Media [gb]; Film4 [gb]; Optimum Releasing [gb]; Screen Yorkshire [gb]; UK Film Council [gb]; Warp Films [gb];
Cast Names David Claridge; Duran Duran; Simon Le Bon; Prince Charles; Ronald Reagan; Robert Stone; Princess Diana; Margaret Thatcher; Thomas Turgoose; Stephen Graham; Jo Hartley; Andrew Shim; Vicky McClure; Joseph Gilgun; Rosamund Hanson; Andrew Ellis; Perry Benson; George Newton; Frank Harper; Jack O'Connell; Kriss Dosanjh; Kieran Hardcastle; Chanel Cresswell; Danielle Watson; Sophie Ellerby; Hannah Walters; Dave Laws; Michael Socha; Ian (XXV) Smith; Dave Blant;
Box Office USD 327,919
Release Date 2007-05-25 (Seattle International Film Festival) 2007-07-27 (limited)