FILM4, BFI, SCREEN YORKSHIRE and CREATIVE SCOTLAND present
A CRAB APPLE FILMS and WARP FILMS production
’71
A FILM BY
STARRING
YANN DEMANGE
JACK O’CONNELL
RUNNING TIME: 99mins
CERTIFICATE: 15
RELEASE INFORMATION: 10th October
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Or
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SHORT SYNOPSIS
A young British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on
the streets of Belfast in 1971. Unable to tell friend from foe, and increasingly
wary of his own comrades, the raw recruit must survive the night alone and
find his way to safety through a disorientating, alien and deadly landscape.
LONG SYNOPSIS
England, 1971. New recruit Private Gary Hook (Jack O’Connell) expects to be
stationed in Germany. His superiors have other plans. “Because of the
deteriorating security situation in Belfast,” his platoon is coldly informed, “your
regiment is now being deployed there on an emergency basis.” Before he’s
stationed to Northern Ireland, Hook breaks the news to his 10 year-old brother,
Darren (Harry Verity). He has a farewell kick around and returns Darren to the
Children’s Home where they have both been brought up, promising he’ll be
“back soon”.
Hook and his platoon are marched into their Belfast barracks by their
Corporal (Babou Ceesay). The platoon’s makeshift dorm in an abandoned
school is bleak and dilapidated. “Don’t worry,” the Corporal reassures them,
“you’ll only be staying here ‘til one of the paddies shoot you.” Lieutenant
Armitage (Sam Reid) introduces himself to the platoon of which he is newly in
charge. Hook and the other men sense the officers’ inexperience and are
amused by his awkward manner. Later that night, unable to sleep, Hook gets
some air. Three men in civvies walk past. “MRF – undercover guys,” warns the
corporal, “nothing to do with us.”
A group of junior officers, including Armitage, are briefed about the Belfast
situation by their Commanding Officer (Sam Hazeldine). The city is divided
between Protestant Loyalist areas (“friendly”), and the Catholic Nationalist
areas (“hostile”), both with paramilitary factions. To complicate matters, the
Nationalist movement is at war with its own: the “official” IRA (Irish Republican
Army) against the younger, radical street-gangs – the “Provisional” IRA. The
officers are warned not to enter a particularly dangerous housing estate
which is a Republican stronghold, the Divis Flats. The platoon’s first assignment
is to assist the RUC (the Royal Ulster Constabulary) in a house search in the
Catholic Community. Armitage vetoes the use of riot gear and the platoon
leave in their truck, without helmets or shields.
Armitage’s men arrive at their RV point. Nationalist kids greet them with a
barrage of urine-filled balloons and parcels of excrement. The platoon laugh
it off. Led by an armoured Humber Pig, the RUC arrive and the convoy
continues to a terraced Catholic street. There are signs of fortification, streets
and alleys blocked by burnt out, and burning, vehicles. There are obvious
signs of previous trouble and the street resembles a war zone. Women bash
dustbin lids on the pavement to signal the army’s arrival. The soldiers dismount
and cordon off the target house which the RUC quickly enter. A crowd
gathers on the street. A suspect escapes the raid house and is beaten in the
street by the RUC. The crowd are incensed and as the suspect is bundled into
the Humber, the angry crowd break through the army line. A warning shot is
fired. The mob respond with rocks and a soldier is hit. In the chaos, a boy
steals an army rifle and vanishes into the crowd. Hook and his comrade
Thommo (Jack Lowden) are ordered to retrieve the gun. When they catch
the boy, they realise they are marooned further down the street away from
the main unit and in the midst of the mob. They are attacked and quickly
kicked to the ground, a group of locals led by a woman step in to shield the
soldiers from their attackers. Armitage panics and in a state of chaos the
other troops are chased from the street by the mob. They fail to see they
have left the two men behind. Two young local men, Sean (Barry Keoghan)
and Haggerty (Martin McCann) approach the soldiers as the woman holds
off the mob. Haggerty pulls out a gun and Thommo is shot, point-blank,
through the head. This in turn spooks the crowd and the gunmen are
momentarily unable to execute Hook. The confusion allows Hook to make a
desperate run for it. The two gunmen hunt Hook through a maze of rat-runs
and back alleys. He takes cover in an outhouse; his face is still spattered with
Thommo’s blood. Hook finally breaks down.
The two gunmen return to the empty Belfast Street where Thommo’s body lies.
Boyle (David Wilmot), an IRA veteran, confronts Haggerty over his
unsanctioned actions while warning the more impressionable Sean not to get
involved. As Sean leaves with Boyle, Haggerty jumps in a car with gang
leader, Quinn (Killian Scott). They drive off to find “the Brit”.
At the barracks, the MRF, headed by Officer Browning (Sean Harris), hear
about the missing soldier. Unmoved, Browning intends to go ahead with an
undercover operation his unit have planned for that night. As Thommo’s body
is recovered by the regiment, Hook, lost and alone, nervously leaves the
outhouse under cover of night. He takes a jumper from a clothes-line to
conceal his uniform. Skirting around the fringes of a riot between Catholics
and Protestants, Hook dodges the Molotov cocktails, and encounters a
young boy who is an enthusiastic participant in the action. Hook makes an
uneasy alliance with the loyalist boy, Billy (Corey McKinley), who is delighted
to meet a real soldier and offers to take him to safety. Hook warily accepts.
“Are you Protestant or Catholic?” Billy asks. Hook shrugs: “I don’t know.”
Hook is escorted to a loyalist pub. In a back room, the MRF’s Sgt Lewis (Paul
Anderson) is handing Loyalists a seized IRA bomb for a retaliation attack. It
seems that Hook catches a glimpse of the explosive device Lewis is working
on. Lewis meets Hook at the bar, calms him and then leaves to meet
Browning in a waiting car. Browning orders him to remove Hook from the pub.
When Billy joins Hook at the bar, Hook goes outside to see where Lewis has
gone. In the backroom, Loyalists place the bomb in a sports bag – clumsily. As
Billy opens a packet of crisps, the bomb accidentally detonates in the pub.
Hook is hurled onto the pavement by the blast. Shaken, he returns to the
wreckage, retrieves Billy and passes his body to a Loyalist woman. Hook
stumbles away from the blast. As the adrenalin wears off, he collapses,
clutching a serious wound to his stomach. Driving away from the blast, Lewis
and Browning clash over the explosion. Lewis adds that Hook may have seen
the bomb in the backroom. Their covert operation may be compromised.
They convince themselves he can’t have survived the blast.
Slumped in a terrace street, Gary is rescued by a father and daughter –
Eamon (Richard Dormer) and Brigid (Charlie Murphy). He’s carried back to
their flat in a Catholic estate. The same estate the soldiers were warned not to
enter in the briefing. As they remove his jumper to dress his wound, they
discover Hook’s uniform. Hook screams in agony as Eamon – a former army
medic – sews up the wound without anaesthetic.
In an IRA pub, Quinn confronts Boyle over the pub explosion. Both suspect
each other. Quinn is told if he disobeys orders again, Boyle won’t be able to
protect him. Quinn leaves, and orders Haggerty to stake-out Boyle. They plan
to kill him that night. Quinn goes to get Sean and the guns he has stashed.
Aware that Hook’s presence endangers their own safety, Eamon contacts
Boyle, who visits the flat as Haggerty watches. Boyle tells Eamon he’ll take
care of Hook. Overhearing from the bedroom, fearing for his life, Hook takes a
knife and escapes the flat.
The MRF and a unit led by Armitage leave the barracks to find Hook. The MRF
meet with Boyle in a car, where a deal is struck: in return for the missing
soldier, the MRF will kill Quinn. Hook sees Quinn’s car arrive at the estate and
his obvious escape route is blocked. He staggers along the walkways of the
estate trying to avoid the gang and find another way out. When he arrives at
the flat expecting to find and kill Boyle, Brigid reveals to Quinn that a soldier
had been hiding in the flat. They believe he is still in the estate and
immediately head off in pursuit. One of the gunmen is left to stand guard
while they hunt for Hook. Hook stumbles through the dark corridors of the
estate as Quinn’s men close in. Hook is forced in to a confrontation with
Haggerty and kills him with the knife. He takes Haggerty’s gun and escapes,
only to be cornered and captured by Quinn and Sean.
With Boyle, the MRF enter the flat, shooting Quinn’s guard. Holding a gun to
Eamon’s head, Browning demands to know Hook’s location. Boyle interrupts
and says he knows where Quinn is likely to have taken Hook.
In the cellar of a disused pub on the estate, Hook is forced to his knees ready
to be executed. Quinn urges Sean to pull the trigger, to prove himself. Sean
hesitates. The MRF arrive and Quinn goes to investigate. A gunfight crackles
through the bar. Gary and Sean are left alone in the cellar. As Sean is about
to show mercy and lower his gun, Lewis enters and shoots him. Lewis
embraces Hook then begins to choke him determined to silence this witness
to his unit’s collusion with the loyalists. Hook fights for his life. Armitage creeps
in to the room. He can’t believe his eyes as he sees Lewis attempting to kill
Hook. Before he can intervene, Sean, wounded, rises and shoots Lewis. Hook
and Sean exchange glances, but Armitage instinctively shoots Sean and kills
him before Hook has a chance to stop him. Outside, in the rain, Officer
Browning finds Quinn and forces him to his knees with a gun to his head. He
tells him about Boyle’s bargain to have him killed. He tells Quinn that they
“can work together” and that Boyle “should be dealt with” then lets him go.
They’ll be seeing each other again. In the aftermath, a shell-shocked Hook
watches from a troop carrier as bodies are collected from the estate.
At a military de-briefing, Armitage explains to the Commanding Officer that
he saw Lewis trying to kill Hook. Browning counters that it was “a confused
situation”. The C.O backs up Browning’s version and Armitage is silenced. The
truth will be covered up. Hook is marched in, told he’s lucky to be alive and
should thank the MRF for rescuing him. “We look after our own in the army,”
the C.O adds, Hook is dismissed.
A ship sails back across the Irish Sea. Hook stands at the rail, alone. He looks at
his dog tags in his hand. He throws them in to the sea. Back home Hook is
reunited with Darren. The pair leave on a coach, it drives into the distance in
the low winter sun.
’71 PRODUCTION STORY
After completing the critically acclaimed and multi award winning Channel 4
series ‘Top Boy’, director Yann Demange was ready to embark on his debut
feature film. Despite developing and reading numerous scripts he had not
found his next project. One screenplay he did not anticipate connecting with
was a thriller set in Northern Ireland during the early years of the Troubles.
However, after reading the script, he was gripped by the story of ’71, it struck
a chord and the main character resonated with Demange.
The project was conceived a few years earlier as an original idea by
producer Angus Lamont of Crab Apple Films. “I had a friend at school who
joined the army at 15,” he said. “He’d already been to Cyprus and Northern
Ireland while we were still doing our exams, he was so young to be in those
situations. I’d also been researching The Troubles, and had come across a
piece from the perspective of a Loyalist gang member. He talked about
seeing a teenage British soldier crouched in a doorway, terrified, confused
and crying in the middle of a sectarian riot. This young soldier, like most of the
public on mainland UK, had no concept whatsoever of what was happening
in Northern Ireland. I thought there was a story in his experience in that
environment.”
It was this human experience that also attracted Demange. He immediately
connected with the powerful narrative of the young man, which seemed
universal and relevant in the modern world. This was a timeless story which
would continue to appeal and captivate.
“I’d never had a burning desire to tell a story about Northern Ireland in that
period” says Demange. “But it was a remarkable piece of writing. It was
muscular, visceral and utterly engaging. Above all, the idea of young men
sent to fight dirty wars also struck me as pertinent. Often, they have more in
common with the kids they’re pitted against than the men they’re taking
orders from. It could be Iraq or Afghanistan. In ’71’s protagonist, Gary, I saw
the opportunity to explore the vulnerable masculinity of an anchorless boy,
with no family, looking for a tribe to belong to and ultimately finding it in the
army, only to be betrayed…”
To move the script forward, Lamont had joined forces with Robin Gutch of
Warp Films and they both had the same writer in mind - playwright Gregory
Burke - who had crafted his multi-award winning play ‘Black Watch’ from
interviews conducted with Iraq war veterans. “I really wanted someone who
could capture the voice of young squaddies,” says Lamont, “Gregory
immediately got it. The screenplay was commissioned with finance from
Creative Scotland, Northern Ireland Screen, and Warp Films (using BFI Vision
Award funding). Burke’s powerful first draft soon gained the attention of Film4,
the BFI and STUDIOCANAL. It was at this point that we asked Yann to read it".
“When we met Yann,” Gutch says, “he pitched almost exactly the same film
we’d imagined.” “It can happen like that,” remembers Demange.
“Sometimes you immediately know exactly how it will look and sound. Then
when I met the writer Greg, he and I just clicked and after three months he’d
rattled through five drafts.”
As part of Demange’s own research, he visited Northern Ireland. “While we
were developing the script I went to Belfast and met with both sides - active
Republicans and active loyalists. I also met with families of victims. It quickly
became apparent to me this was about shades of grey. I’m not a polemicist,
we demonised and humanised in equal measure. But I was struck and
surprised at just how young many of the key players were in that era. They
were 21 year-olds and younger, very similar ages to the lads in the British
army, just boys.”
“Film4, the BFI and STUDIOCANAL got right behind the project” says Gutch.
“They showed complete belief and support for what Yann was planning. Their
enthusiasm was matched by positive financing decisions from Screen
Yorkshire and Creative Scotland and with such a solid set of partners we were
able to move quickly towards shooting”.
When it came to casting his lead, the candidates to play Private Gary Hook
came down to a short-list of one: Jack O’Connell. “We sent him the script,
and he came in to read and just blew us away. It was obvious we’d found
our man. Jack has an unusual quality that you don’t see in many young
actors of his generation” says Demange. “He’s got an old-school quality, a
raw vivid masculinity that he’s quite at ease with. He has a soulfulness and
complexity within him that was right for the role. He could genuinely
empathise and understand Gary Hook.”
“What I love about Greg’s script,” says O’Connell, “is there are no answers, no
attempt to shift the blame. I’m half-Irish myself, and could see that these
events were realities to people. I wanted to normalise Gary as much as
possible, make him someone who existed in that time.”
Filmed in the UK over nine weeks, seven of which were night shoots, ’71’s
production was as arduous as it was invigorating. “It was a tough shoot,
man,” laughs O’Connell, “but we knew it was going to be brutal. I was on set
only a little less than Yann, so a good relationship between us was key, I
trusted him totally.” Together, Demange and O’Connell cut back dialogue on
set to craft a sparser characterisation. “It’s a very expressive performance,”
says Demange, “Jack’s pretty alpha, he’s got real fight in him, so he found it
quite taxing holding back. It’s an exhausting part to play - you can’t hide
behind the lines. I think he’s brave and committed and incredible to watch.”
The challenge, for O’Connell, wasn’t just the physical endurance – it was
getting under the skin of the era. “To me, ’71 is truly a period film,” he says. “I
couldn’t modernise Gary in any way. I hope I was immersed enough to kill
any of my own contemporary mannerisms and do the character justice.”
Although the production benefitted from Northern Ireland Screen’s backing
from the outset, filming took place on location in England. “The Belfast of 1971
doesn’t exist in Belfast today,” Lamont explains. “To make it look as authentic
as possible it had to be fake.”
Blackburn and Liverpool were cast as an uncanny double to Belfast’s terraces
(it’s all in the red bricks), while Sheffield’s Park Hill Estate served as a brutalist
doppelganger to the notorious Divis Estate. “Fundamentally, ’71 is a thriller,”
notes Gutch “but Yann wanted to create a sense of credible action, and for
that we needed credible locations. Throughout, ex-military were posted on
set to advise cast and crew”, “from the way to hold a specific rifle to the
squaddie lingo,” says O’Connell, who found himself drawing on his previous
work-experience in the army. “At one point I was determined to join it after
my football career messed up,” he said.
It was Blackburn where the film’s alarming and explosive riot was staged, the
turning point of the film. “It was extremely intense,” says Demange. “We
filmed over five days, rehearsed the whole sequence, and then ran it in real
time, over and over again. Making sure the energy levels stayed up. The
supporting actors were unbelievable and they really helped to make that
scene come alive. One of the older gents got so into it that he was collecting
the rocks -all rubber – and pocketing them to throw at the army.”
“We’d already shot the boot camp and training sequences,” continues
O’Connell “so me and the boys felt like a unit by the time we were shooting
the riot. That part of it I loved – I’ve made some great friends on the film - but
over those five days there was a heat wave, we were all in ‘70s costume, and
everything was made of wool. Respect to Yann for his focus during those
scenes - we spent a lot of effort ensuring the riot felt volatile and risky.”
With his regular cinematographer Tat Radcliffe, Demange opted to shoot on
16mm for ’71’s daytime sequences, switching to digital for its night scenes.
“We also shot anamorphic to give a more epic feel to the landscape”.
Demange also created a Tone Book, which he invited the HOD’s (Heads of
Department) to contribute to. The result was a reference book heaving with
visuals from the period, it also included photographic references, music and
film clips. Ranging from, Jean-Pierre Melville’s Le Samurai, to the work of
Walter Hill and John Carpenter.
Speaking about the aesthetics of the film, Demange says: “When I started
researching the period, the visuals immediately struck me strongly as
apocalyptic with road-blocks, burnt-out cars, smoke, dystopic, disturbing
landscapes. Although the film is set in a recognisable urban environment of
terraced houses and estates, for me, Gary’s journey is one that becomes
more mythical and desperate as night draws in. I didn’t want us to be tied to
realism the whole time. I imagined the post bombing scene, for instance, to
look like a purgatory, a transient unsettling place between life and death.”
Gary’s experience, and his oppressive environment, is echoed in the sound of
’71. “I didn’t want a classic score that underlined the emotional highs and
lows,” Demange says. “I wanted something sparse to match Jack’s
performance, almost Carpenter-esque, a soundscape.” The Belfast-born
music composer David Holmes, renowned for his funk-fusion scores for Steven
Soderbergh, recalls his earlier, ambient work for ’71. “I’d worked on a project
with David before,” says Demange. “When he heard I was doing a movie set
in Belfast, he read the script and told me, ‘When I was four years old, I was
sitting in the bath tub my house was bombed. I’ve got to do this movie’. I
don’t even think he was ever offered the job. It just happened.” Unusually,
Demange asked Holmes to compose the music before ’71 even started
shooting. “He’d never done that before,” says Demange, “but it worked
great for me, especially filming at the Park View estate for ’71’s third act. I’d
direct a sequence, with David’s music on my headphones, and immediately
feel a tone for the scene.”
The result is a desperate, urgent manhunt thriller set in a fierce, fluid period in
British history rarely represented on screen. “Most of the films about the
Troubles are relatively modern,” says Lamont. “But in contemporary footage
from 1971, Belfast and its people look like they were from a previous era, a
distinct look, more ‘50’s than ‘70’s, that was mirrored even in the British Army
uniforms. It was 1972 that saw a spike in violence, close to 500 murders, but if
you want to know why that happened, you have to look at the period before
it.”
The film captures that turbulent era, when the IRA, Loyalists, police and
military were all trying to figure their way around the situation they found
themselves stuck in. That chaos seems unknown today, forgotten. So it’s
appropriate that the central character has the same perspective as most of
the audience. Dropped in the middle of it and trying to understand which
side is which. Lamont says “Through his eyes we're hoping to provide insight
into what was a dark, dark time”. O’Connell follows “From the reaction we’ve
had, from people who lived through the Troubles, it feels like the film is an
honest portrayal. There’s no incrimination – it’s the story of a war, and in war,
the rules get bent.” He pauses and smiles, “it should make for a boss film.”
CAST BIOGRAPHIES
Jack O’Connell - Gary Hook
A graduate from Performing Arts College Jack made his acting debut in 2005.
In 2006 his film debut followed with the role of ‘Pukey’ in the critically
acclaimed This is England. Following this he appeared in Eden Lake opposite
Michael Fassbender and Kelly Reilly, and in Harry Brown with Michael Caine.
Other film credits include Private Peaceful, Tower Block, The Liability and
Weekender. Jack reprised the character he played in Skins in the recent TV
special ‘Skins Rise’. He also starred in TV movies Wuthering Heights and Dive.
This year Jack can be seen in 300: Rise of an Empire and in David Mackenzie’s
Starred Up, which premiered to great acclaim at the Toronto and London film
festivals and earned Jack a BIFA nomination for Best Actor. Most recently
Jack shot Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken, a chronicle of the life of Olympic runner
Louis Zamperini which is set for release in December 2014.
In TV Jack has starred in the critically acclaimed Sky drama The Runaway and
as Bobby Charlton in United but Jack is perhaps best known for his recurring
role in the E4 drama Skins. Jack’s recent theatre credits include
‘Scarborough’, ‘The Spidermen’, ‘The Musicians’ and ‘Just’.
Paul Anderson – MRF NCO Leslie Lewis
Paul Anderson’s feature film credits include Nick Love’s The Firm, Guy
Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, The Sweeney and Brian De
Palma’s Passion. On television he has appeared in the BBC's ‘Peaky Blinders’
alongside Cillian Murphy and Sam Neill, Peter Kosminsky’s ‘The Promise’, as
well as ‘Top Boy’, ‘Lewis’, ‘Ashes to Ashes’, ‘Doctor Who’ and ‘The Great Train
Robbery’. Theatre credits include ‘Major Barbara and Market Boy’ at the
National Theatre, and ‘On Tour’ at the Royal Court. Paul is currently working
on Ron Howard's In The Heart Of The Sea.
Richard Dormer – Eamon
Award-winning actor Richard Dormer first shot in to the limelight in 2003,
starring in his own play ‘Hurricane’, as Northern Irish Snooker star Alex Higgins.
His theatre credits include Frank McGuinness' ‘Observe the Sons of Ulster
Marching Towards the Somme’, George Bernard Shaw’s play ‘You Can Never
Tell’, William Shakespeare's ‘Much Ado About Nothing’, Noël Coward's
‘Private Lives’ and Samuel Beckett's ‘Waiting for Godot’. He also continues to
write, and his play ‘Drum Belly’, which was commissioned by the Abbey
Theatre in Dublin, has since been published by Bloomsbury Publishing. Richard
has also provided the voices for over twenty BBC Radio 4 plays,
documentaries and advertising campaigns.
Dormer is also well-known for his TV appearances in drama series ‘Hunted’,
BBC One's ‘Hidden’ and the successful HBO series ‘Game of Thrones’. In 2012
Richard was cast in his first lead film role in Good Vibrations which saw him
nominated in the 'best actor' award in the 2013 Irish Film & Television Awards.
He recently filmed Shooting for Socrates with John Hannah.
Sean Harris – MRF officer Sandy Browning
A versatile actor, Sean is recognisable for his performance as Joy Division
frontman Ian Curtis from the 2002 film 24 Hour Party People. A successful film,
television and stage actor Sean’s credits include Prometheus, the ‘Red
Riding’ Trilogy, The Borgias, A Lonely Place to Die, Brighton Rock, Harry Brown,
‘Waking the Dead’, ‘Ashes to Ashes’ and ‘Cape Wrath’ to name but a few.
Sean was recently be seen in Channel 4’s critically acclaimed ‘Southcliffe’,
directed by Sean Durkin and written by Tony Grisoni. Other recent projects
include Deliver Us from Evil with Eric Bana and Edgar Ramirez, The Goob with
first time director Guy Myhill, ‘Jamaica Inn’, the series based on Daphne Du
Maurier’s novel and Serena with Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper and Rhys
Ifans.
Barry Keoghan – Sean Bannon
Barry is an up and coming young actor who has had a successful start to his
career. In 2013 he appeared in the film Stay which starred Taylor Schilling and
Aidan Quinn. He also appeared in the short film Wasted in 2013 and in TV
movie ‘Jack Taylor: Priest’ in 2012. His TV credits include the series ‘Love/Hate’
and ‘Fair City’ and past film credits include Stalker, Life’s A Breeze, King of the
Travellers, A Score and Between the Canals. He has recently completed
Standby and he will also have a starring role in Martin Radich’s thriller Norfolk
in 2014.
Martin McCann – Paul Haggerty
Martin was recommended for Spielberg’s TV series ‘The Pacific’ by Lord
Richard Attenborough who saw Martin in a stage production of ‘A Clockwork
Orange’ for which he was then cast. His film credits include Jump, Shadow
Dancer with Clive Owen and Andrea Riseborough, Killing Bono for which he
played the title role and Clash of the Titans. In 2011 Martin won the Irish Film
and Television Award for best male performance in a feature film for his
performance in Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne, beating fellow Irish actors
Liam Neeson, Cillian Murphy and Colm Meaney. Other TV credits include
‘Ripper Street’, ‘Titanic: Blood and Steel’ and TV movie ‘My Boy Jack’` with
Daniel Radcliffe and Carey Muligan. Martin recently completed Fishbowl, a
film which he also wrote and directed, and X Plus Y with Asa Butterfield, Rafe
Spall, Eddie Marsan and Sally Hawkins.
Charlie Murphy – Brigid
Charlie is a graduate of the Gaiety School of Acting. Her theatre credits
include ‘Romeo and Juliet’, ‘The Sound of Music’, ‘Cabaret’, ‘The Taming of
the Shrew’, ‘4.48 Psychosis’, ‘Once a Catholic’, ‘This is Our Youth’, ‘Anatomy
of a Seagull’, ‘The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui’, ‘The Colleen Bawn’, ‘The Silver
Tassie’, ‘Disco Pigs’, ‘Big Maggie’ and ‘Pygmalion’ at the National Theatre of
Ireland for which she was awarded the Irish Times Theatre Best Actress Award
2011 for her portrayal of Eliza Doolittle.
Charlie starred in the multi award-winning TV drama ‘Love/Hate’ for which
she won Best Actress at The Irish Times Film and Television Awards 2013. She
has also appeared in ‘Ripper Street’, ‘The Village’, ‘Misfits’, ‘Single Handed’,
‘Touchpaper’, ‘Open House’, ‘Bluebeard’, ‘Jenny Was A Friend of Mine’ and
‘Camelot’. She will soon be seen in the BBC drama ‘Quirke’ and the BBC’s
‘Happy Valley’. Other recent film projects include Stephen Frears’ Philomena
and Northmen: A Viking Saga.
Sam Reid – Lt Armitage
Sam Reid is known for the 2011 film Anonymous which starred Rhys Ifans and
Vanessa Redgrave. The following year he appeared in Australian horror film
Inhuman Resources and then in The Railway Man alongside Nicole Kidman
and Colin Firth. His TV credits include ‘Marple: Greenshaw’s Folly’,
‘Whitechapel’, ‘Hatfields & McCoys’, and ‘Spooks’. Sam also stars in the
upcoming Susanne Bier’s Serena with Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper
and Lone Scherfig’s The Riot Club. He is currently shooting The Second
Coming and will appear in Despite the Falling Snow alongside Charles Dance
in 2014.
Killian Scott – Quinn
Killian can currently be seen in the fourth series of Love/Hate on RTE One.
Other recent productions include John Michael McDonagh’s Calvary with
Brendan Gleeson and Chris O’Dowd. His past credits include Good
Vibrations, Clean Skin, Triple Bill, Single Handed and Creatures of Knowledge
and his forthcoming releases include John Carney’s The Rafters and the latest
Jack Taylor film for TV. He has just wrapped on Call the Midwife and is now
shooting the British comedy series ‘Siblings’ for BBC3.
David Wilmot – Boyle
A well known Irish actor from film television and theatre, David has a fantastic
list of film credits including Gold, Anna Karenina, Good Vibrations, Shadow
Dancer, The Guard, King Arthur, Laws of Attraction and John Crowley’s
Intermission with Cilian Murphy and Colin Farrell for which he won an IFTA for
Best Supporting Actor in 2003. His most recent film Cavalry with Brendan
Gleeson and Chris O’Dowd is set for release in 2014. In TV he has appeared in
a number of series including ‘Ripper Street’, ‘The Tudors’, ‘Father and Son’
and ‘The Clinic’ and TV movies ‘Saving the Titanic’ and ‘Treasure Island’. His
stage performances include ‘The Lieutenant of Inishmore’ for which he
received a Tony award nomination for Best Actor, ‘The Prisoner’s Dilemma’,
‘Couch’, ‘Juno’, ‘The Paycock’ and ‘As You Like It’.
Jack Lowden – Thommo
Jack is a rising Scottish star who graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy
of Music and Drama in 2011. He has had enormous success on stage in
leading roles in ‘Chariots of Fire’ and ‘Black Watch’. On TV he has appeared
in ‘The Tunnel’, ‘Mrs Biggs’, ‘Blue Haven’, ‘Being Victor’ as well as the feature
film uwantme2Killhim? alongside Joanne Froggatt and Jaime Winstone.
Jim Sturgeon – Vickers
Scottish Actor, Jim Sturgeon has just finished shooting Hollywood blockbuster
Edge of Tomorrow with Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt. Other recent film projects
include Will, Night People and Afterlife. Television work includes ‘Katie Morag’,
‘Shetland’, ‘Hope Springs’, ‘River City’ and ‘Tinsel Town’ and recent theatre
productions include ‘The Mill Lavvies’, ‘Equus’, ‘A Christmas Carol’, ‘Betrayal’,
‘Hansel and Gretel’, ‘Beauty & The Beast’ and ‘Liar’.
CREW BIOGRAPHIES
Director – Yann Demange
Born in Paris and raised in London, Yann Demange began his career filming
live concerts and assisting on commercials and music promos. His first fiction
short film Joe was accepted by the British Council as part of its festival
programme and was screened internationally. Other shorts followed including
Incomplete, Alan and Samir and Headspace. Yann attended the National
Film and Television School, and on graduating in 2006 he went on to direct
comedy drama ‘Man in a Box’ for Channel 4. His next project was the five
part series ‘Dead Set’, an acerbic satirical zombie drama, written by cultjournalist and presenter Charlie Brooker (nominated for a BAFTA for Best
Drama Serial). This was followed by the five part BBC series ‘Criminal Justice’
(nominated for the Craft award for Best Director in the 2010 BAFTAs). Most
recently he directed the critically acclaimed ‘Top Boy’ written by Ronan
Bennett for Channel 4. Set in Hackney, London, the drama looks beyond the
headlines about youth crime and delves into the personal stories of those
involved. The series was nominated for the Best Director and Best Serial BAFTAs
and won Best Drama Serial at the Royal Television Society and the 2013
Broadcast awards. ’71 is Yann’s directorial debut feature film.
Writer – Gregory Burke
Gregory Burke is best known for his play BLACK WATCH which opened at the
Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2006, produced by the National Theatre of
Scotland. The production has subsequently been seen all around the world,
playing to tens of thousands of people and winning 22 awards, including the
WGGB Award for Best Play, the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Play and the
New York Drama Circle Award for Best Foreign Play. It was also nominated for
the Evening Standard Award for Best Play.
Gregory’s first play, GAGARIN WAY, was produced by the Traverse Theatre in
August 2001. It transferred to the Cottesloe at the NT in October 2001 and
moved to the Arts Theatre in the West End in 2002. It won the Scotsman Fringe
First of the First Awards and Best New Play at the Barclays TMA Awards. It was
also nominated for the South Bank Theatre Award and The Laurence Olivier
BBC Award for Best New Play in 2002. Greg was awarded the Critics Circle
Most Promising Playwright Award, as well as sharing the Meyer-Whitworth
Award in 2002.
His other stage work includes THE STRAITS (Paines Plough, UK Tour), ON TOUR
(Royal Court Theatre Upstairs/Liverpool Everyman), LIAR (National Theatre
Shell Connections), HOORS (Traverse Theatre) and BATTERY FARM (Oran
Mor/Traverse Theatre). For radio, Greg has adapted GAGARIN WAY and
BLACK WATCH (BBC Radio 3) and has written two original dramas OCCY EYES
and SHELLSHOCKED (BBC Radio 4). For television, Greg wrote ONE NIGHT IN
EMERGENCY (BBC Scotland/Silver River), which was directed by Michael Offer
and broadcast in 2010. He is currently working on new projects for Objective
Productions, Shine Pictures and Ecosse Films.
Producer - Robin Gutch
Robin Gutch is a Film and Television Producer and Managing Director of Warp
Films Ltd, and subsidiary company Warp X Ltd. Robin joined Warp in 2005 to
work with Producer, and current CEO of Warp Films, Mark Herbert, to set up
the lower budget digital 'studio' label Warp X. He became MD of Warp Films
in 2010. His most recent credits for Warp include producing ’71, executive
producing the first and second series of comedy ‘The Midnight Beast’ for E4
and the pilot for crime drama series ‘Talking to the Dead’ for Sky Living, which
aired October 2013. Gutch also executive produced the award winning films
including Ben Wheatley's Kill List and Justin Kurzel's Snowtown (produced by
Warp Films Australia). Producing credits for Warp X include Donkey Punch, A
Complete History of My Sexual Failures, Hush, and Bunny and the Bull.
Robin co-produced (with Laura Hastings-Smith) the Turner Prize wining artist
Steve McQueen’s feature debut Hunger for Blast Films, where he had worked
from 2003 -2005 as Head of Film and Drama. During his time at Blast Films,
Robin was responsible for developing and overseeing drama and drama
documentaries for the BBC and Channel 4 such as BAFTA award winning
single drama Soundproof and Gabriel Range’s EMMY winning Death of a
President.
Between 1999 and 2003 Robin was the founding Head of Film4 Lab which was
established as Film4’s main focus for new talent in film. The Lab’s first slate
included BAFTA award winning Joel Hopkins’ Jump Tomorrow and Simon
Pummell's Bodysong. Robin was also Film4’s Executive Producer on Kevin
Macdonald’s acclaimed and commercial breakout feature documentary
Touching the Void which won the BAFTA for Best British Film. Prior to joining
Channel 4, Robin had worked from 1981 to 1993 in BBC Television.
Producer – Angus Lamont
Crab Apple Films is the production company of Glasgow based Producer
Angus Lamont. He Co-Produced the theatrical feature film Stella Does Tricks
(BFI) and produced the feature films Donkey Punch for Warp X (Film4/UKFC)
and Late Night Shopping (Film4), winner of numerous awards including BIFA
and Scottish BAFTAs and nominated for BAFTA Carl Foreman Award. Lamont
developed and produced the mini-series ‘The Planman’ for ITV starring
Robbie Coltrane and has made over 30 short films. He has a slate of projects
in development with a range of partners including Warp Films, Creative
Scotland, The BBC, Film4, The BFI, STUDIOCANAL, and Northern Ireland Screen.
This includes Destroyer, with Warp Films, which is planned to shoot in 2014.
Director of Photography – Tat Radcliffe
Award winning cinematographer Tat Radcliffe started shooting music videos
for directors such as Anton Corbijn, John Maybury and Johan Renck for bands
including Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, Coldplay and Primal Scream. Tat
has shot many advertising campaigns for brands including Vodafone and
Boots, working with directors including Dawn Shadforth, Dougal Wilson and
Giuseppe Capotondi with whom Tat went on to shoot the feature film The
Double Hour. Tat's drama credits include Casanova with Sheree Folkson and
The Shadow Line with Hugo Blick. He has shot ‘Dead Set’, ‘Criminal Justice 2’
and ‘Top Boy’ with Yann Demange.
Editor – Chris Wyatt
Film editor Chris Wyatt feels fortunate and is proud to have worked with a
slate of acclaimed British directors. Beginning his career with Peter Grenaway
as a sound editor (Drowning By Numbers; The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and
Her Lover) and then picture editor (The Baby of Macon; The Pillow Book), Chris
then worked with Menno Mejyes on Max and Elias Merhige on Shadow of the
Vampire. More recently Chris has worked with Shane Meadows on Dead
Man’s Shoes and This is England. His collaboration with Yann Demange goes
back eight years and includes editing 'Dead Set' and 'Top Boy'. Chris has
recently worked with Stephen Poliakoff on the Golden Globe nominated
Dancing on the Edge and Carol Morley’s Dreams of a Life. Chris is currently
editing Carol's follow up feature The Falling. Other credits include the Ed
Murrow Award-winning The Lost Children of Berlin for Steven Spielberg.
Composer – David Holmes
David Holmes is a Belfast born DJ & producer. In his varied professional life, he
has produced five of his own albums and fifteen film soundtracks. David’s
most recent album ‘The Dogs Are Parading’ was released in 2009, a 'best of'
that takes you on a journey through one of the most creative and musically
cinematic minds of the last two decades.
In recent years, David’s work for film has flourished. His successful partnership
with director Steven Soderbergh was developed on films Out of Sight, The
Ocean’s trilogy and Haywire. With long-time collaborator Steve Hilton, David
also worked to create the acclaimed soundtrack evoking the dystopian nearfuture world of Michael Winterbottom’s Code 46. David also scored the
award winning titles Hunger, Cherrybomb, The Shore and the BBC series 'The
Fall' which was nominated for an RTS Craft & Design Award in 2013.
In 2006, with lifelong partners Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn, David
founded Canderblinks Film and Music, a film production company. They
produced the BAFTA nominated film Good Vibrations, the story of Terri
Hooley, Belfast's punk godfather and the Good Vibrations Record Shop, set in
the heart of the punk rock scene of 1970s Belfast. David is currently directing
his own film.
David Holmes' new project is UNLOVED, a collaboration with Keefus Green
and Jade Vincent. Taking inspiration from classic Disney films, Raymond Scott,
the Shangri Las, the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and Jack Nitzsche to name
but a few, the band are currently finishing their first album in Los Angeles.
Appropriately, the music of UNLOVED made its debut on Edgar Wright's
'Brandon Generator', an interactive animation in four episodes featuring the
voice of Julian Barratt (‘The Mighty Boosh’).
FRONT CREDITS
Directed by Yann Demange
Written by Gregory Burke
Produced by Angus Lamont & Robin Gutch
Executive Producer
Sam Lavender / Tessa Ross
Executive Producer
Dan Macrae / Danny Perkins
Executive Producer
Hugo Heppell / Mark Herbert
Executive Producer
Lizzie Francke / Leslie Finlay
Line Producer
Rob How
Director Of Photography
Tat Radcliffe
Production Designer
Chris Oddy
Costume Designer
Jane Petrie
Hair & Makeup Designer
Emma Scott
Editor
Chris Wyatt
Original Music by
David Holmes
First AD
Adam Lock
SFX Supervisor
Chris Reynolds
VFX Supervisor
UNION VISUAL EFFECTS
Casting Director
Jina Jay
Jack O’Connell
Paul Anderson
Richard Dormer
Sean Harris
Martin McCann
Charlie Murphy
Sam Reid
Killian Scott
David Wilmot
Babou Ceesay
Sam Hazeldine
Barry Keoghan
Jack Lowden
James McArdle
Liam McMahon
Aaron Monaghan
Paul Popplewell
Corey McKinley
Harry Verity
FULL CREDITS
Cast
(In Order Of Appearance)
GARY HOOK
THOMMO
TRAINING CORPORAL
JIMMY
CARL
RECRUIT SOLDIER
JACK O'CONNELL
JACK LOWDEN
PAUL POPPLEWELL
ADAM NAGAITIS
JOSHUA HILL
BEN WILLIAMS-LEE
BARRACKS OFFICER
DARREN
WARDEN
CORPORAL
LT ARMITAGE
SERGEANT
C.O.
CAPTAIN SANDY BROWNING
SERGEANT LESLIE LEWIS
RUC OFFICER
RUC MAN (BATHROOM)
MOTHER IN RAIDED HOUSE
ORLA (SPITTING WOMAN)
YOUNG BOY AT RIOT
SEAN BANNON
LARGE SOLDIER
HUGE MAN
LILLIAN HUGHES
PROTECTIVE WOMAN AT RIOT
PAUL HAGGERTY
QUINN
O'BRIEN
MCCANN
BOYLE
SEAN'S MUM
SEAN'S LITTLE SISTER
LOYALIST CHILD
JOHNNY
GANG MEMBER 2
JAKE FULLARTON
OLDER LOYALIST MAN
YOUNG LOYALIST MAN
SERGEANT JOHN VICKERS
GOOD SAMARITAN
BRIGID
EAMON
JONAH RUSSELL
HARRY VERITY
PETER MCNEIL O’CONNOR
BABOU CEESAY
SAM REID
JAMES MCARDLE
SAM HAZELDINE
SEAN HARRIS
PAUL ANDERSON
BEN PEEL
ANDY MOORE
AMY MOLLOY
VALENE KANE
AARON LYNCH
BARRY KEOGHAN
TOM COWLING
GERARD JORDAN
CASTING ASSISTANT
CASTING ASSISTANT
CHILD CASTING BELFAST
OLIVIA BRITTAIN
JESSIE FROST
NICK MCGINLEY
STUNT CO-ORDINATORS
STUNT DOUBLE / GARY
ROWLEY IRLAM
STUART CLARK
VINCENT KEANE
ANDY WAREHAM
STUNT PERFORMER GARY DOUBLE 2
FLORIAN ROBIN
STUNT PERFORMER
EUNICE HUTHART
TOM RODGERS
GORDON SEED
NELLIE BURROUGHES
DAVID GARRICK
RYAN STUART
ELLIOT HAWKES
DENISE GOUGH
MARTIN MCCANN
KILLIAN SCOTT
LIAM MCMAHON
AARON MONAGHAN
DAVID WILMOT
DAWN BRADFIELD
EABHA MACCABE
COREY MCKINLEY
PAUL KENNEDY
EMMET KIRWAN
BARRY BARNES
CHRIS PATRICK SIMPSON
TERENCE KEELEY
JIM STURGEON
CATHY WHITE
CHARLIE MURPHY
RICHARD DORMER
PRODUCTION MANAGER
PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR
ASSISTANT CO-ORDINATOR
PRODUCTION SECRETARY
PRODUCTION RUNNER
DIRECTORS ASSISTANT
DIRECTORS RESEARCHER
RUSHES RUNNER
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT (Belfast)
REBECCA DAVIES
POLLY JEFFERIES
MICHAEL MANN
KELLY JOHNS
JACK LEIGH
ALEXANDER BALDWIN
CHRISTOPHER MORRISH
GLEN WIGGALL
ANNA QUINN
PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT
ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT
CASHIER
GARETH JONES
WILLIAM MARWOOD
HANNAH SHIELDS
SUPERVISING ART DIRECTOR
SET DECORATOR
PRODUCTION BUYER
STANDBY ART DIRECTION
ART DIRECTOR – LIVERPOOL
GRAPHICS ART DIRECTOR
ART DEPARTMENT TRAINEE – SHEFFIELD
ART DEPARTMENT TRAINEE – LIVERPOOL
NIGEL POLLOCK
KATE GUYAN
DUNCAN WINDRAM WHEELER
KATIE LEE
KAT HALE
RICHARD WELLS
RACHEL BARKER
EMMA CLAIRE JOHNSON
MILITARY ADVISOR
NICK GORDON
ARMOURER
ARMOURER
ARMOURER
MARK SHELLEY
PHILLIP STONE
HEATHER SHELLEY
2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
CROWD (CHILDREN) ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
CROWD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
3RD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
FLOOR RUNNER
JAMIE D ALLEN
SARAH GILHAM
MOHSAN QURESHI
ALEX CURRIE-CLARK
ALEXANDRA BEAHAN
OPERATOR B CAM
OPERATOR C CAM
1ST AC A CAMERA
2ND AC A CAMERA
1ST AC B CAMERA
2ND AC B CAMERA
CAMERA TRAINEE
DIT
VIDEO ASSISTANT (SHEFFIELD)
VIDEO ASSISTANT (LIVERPOOL)
CAMERA TRUCK DRIVER
MATT FISHER
HAMISH DOYNE DITMAS
TIM POTTER
JERMAINE EDWARDS
STEVE GARDNER
EMMA FRIEND
MAIREAD ALBISTON
MARC-JASON MAIER
CHRISTOPH GELEP
CRISTINA CRETU
STEVE DIMELOW
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER (SHEFFIELD)
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER (LIVERPOOL)
STANDBY RIGGER
STANDBY CARPENTER
JOHN THORPE
ROB BROWN
DAVE WHEELER
MARK YARWOOD
COSTUME SUPERVISOR
ASSISTANT COSTUME DESIGNER
COSTUME STANDBY
HOLLY SMART
BETH GILLMAN
GENEVIEVE COX
COSTUME ASSISTANT / DAILY
COSTUME TRAINEE (SHEFFIELD SKILLSET)
COSTUME TRAINEE (SKILLSET)
COSTUME TRAINEE (LIVERPOOL SKILLSET)
COSTUME TRAINEE (BLACKBURN SKILLSET)
COSTUME TRAINEE (LONDON)
TONY TUFF
ABI NETTLESHIP
JESSICA SMITH
JESSICA HOWARD
KATHRYN SUTCLIFFE
ROSIE TIPLER
DIALOGUE / ACTING COACH
CASTING ASSISTANT
JUNIOR CASTING ASSISTANT
CHILD CASTING BELFAST
MARTIN LEDWITH
JESSIE FROST
OLIVIA BRITTAIN
NICK MCGINLEY
1ST ASSISTANT EDITOR
GEZ MORRIS
STORYBOARD ARTIST
TEMPLE CLARK
GAFFER
RIGGING GAFFER
BEST BOY
ELECTRICIAN (SHEFFIELD AND BLACKBURN)
ELECTRICIAN / TRUCK DRIVER
ELECTRICIAN / GENNY OP
ELECTRICIAN
MARK TAYLOR
IAN JACKSON
DANNY GRIFFITHS
RICHARD HAIGH
JOE MACDONALD
SIMON ATHERTON
BRADLEY WILSON
LEE WISEMAN
FACILITIES AND TECH TRUCKS
MARK JONES
TERRY MATHER
JAMIE KELSALL
DAVID ANFORTH
GRIP
B CAMERA GRIP
GRIP ASSISTANT
WARWICK DRUCKER
STEVE AVISON
AMOS BOWLER
JAMES POWELL
NICK GAMBLE
MAKE UP SUPERVISOR
MAKE UP ARTIST
MAKE UP ARTIST
PROSTHETICS
PETA DUNSTALL
CHARLOTTE ROGERS
SARAH NUTH
KRYSTIAN MALLETT
HEALTH AND SAFETY ADVISOR
JIM RANYARD
LOCATION MANAGER
ASSISTANT LOCATION MANAGER
UNIT MANAGER (LIVERPOOL/BLACKBURN)
UNIT MANAGER (SHEFFIELD)
LOCATIONS ASSISTANT
LOCATIONS ASSISTANT
LOCATIONS SCOUT - LIVERPOOL
HELENE LENSZNER
HANNAH LAMB
NARDIA HALL
BRUNO CASSONI
JAMIE SUMNER
SIMON RYAN
CLAIRE NEWTON
SOUND MIXER
SOUND MAINTENANCE
SOUND TRAINEE
RASHAD OMAR
ADAM LASCHINGER
DICKIE EARLL
UNIT MEDIC
ANDY BOOTH
ANGIE BAILEY
KEITH STOTT
RAY BAKER
DAN CAIN
CURTIS YOUNG
MARK WOODS
PROP MASTER
DRESSING PROPS (SHEFFIELD / LIVERPOOL)
DRESSING PROPS (SHEFFIELD)
DRESSING PROPS
DRESSING PROPS
STANDBY PROPS
STANDBY PROPS (SHEFFIELD)
STANDBY PROPS
MICHAEL BETTS
ROD LEE
PADDY MOSLEY
RICHARD O'BRIEN
JAMES O'BRIEN
RUSSELL LEE
JAY PALES
THOMAS CHESTER
UNIT PR
EPK
EMFOUNDATION
DAVE HOLLOWAY
STILLS PHOTOGRAPHER
DEAN ROGERS
SCRIPT SUPERVISOR
SYLVIA PARKER
HEAD OF SECURITY (SHEFFIELD)
HEAD OF SECURITY (LIVERPOOL)
RYAN LOCK
KEITH JENKINS
SENIOR SFX TECHNICIAN
SENIOR SFX TECHNICIAN
SFX TECHNICIAN
SFX TECHNICIAN
MIKE CROWLEY
GRAHAM HILLS
JONATHAN TIMLIN
ANDY COLLINGS
WET DOWN
HENRY SOMBRERO
CATERING
The 'Go to Guy'
CHEF
GARETH WILSON
OWEN NILES
MARK ANCILL
POSTPRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
ALISTAIR HOPKINS
SUPERVISING SOUND DESIGNER
DIALOGUE EDITOR
ADDITIONAL SOUND FX EDITOR
FOLEY MIXER
FOLEY ARTIST
PAUL DAVIES
JENS PETERSEN
BERNARD O’REILLY
SIMON TRUNDLE
PAUL HANKS
JOE MORLEY
PHIL BARRETT
NICK FOLEY
WATSON WU
ANDREW STIRK
JO JACKSON
SIMON HILL
FOLEY SUPERVISOR
ADR MIXER
FIREARMS FIELD RECORDER
RE-RECORDING MIXER
MIX TECHNICIAN
MIX TECHNICIAN
SOUND RERECORDED AT HALO POST PRODUCTION and THE PROJECT POST
FOLEY RECORDED AT UNIVERSAL SOUND
ADR RECORDED AT HALO POST PRODUCTION (LONDON) AND KABOOM POST
PRODUCTION (BELFAST)
TRANSPORT CAPTAIN
UNIT DRIVER
UNIT DRIVER
MINI BUS DRIVER
JOHN ARMISTEAD
HOWARD CAWTHORNE
ARCHIE KININMOUTH
KEITH HUTCHINSON
VISUAL EFFECTS BY UNION VISUAL EFFECTS
VFX PRODUCER
TIM CAPLAN
VFX SUPERVISOR
ADAM GASCOYNE
VFX SUPERVISOR
SIMON HUGHES
VFX LINE PRODUCER
NOGA ALON STEIN
VFX ARTISTS
KIM RANZANI
ADRIANO CIRULLI
MARIA PERALTA RAMOS
JAMES ROBERTS
KAVEH MONTAZER
LUCAH BELLANO
MITCH CREASE
PATRICK HALL
TASKIN KENAN
AGUEDO DEL CASTILLO
BEN WILSON
VFX CO-ORDINATOR
INES LI YING
TECHNICAL ASSISTANT
ANDY CUTHBERT
TITLES DESIGN
MATT CURTIS
MOLINARE POST PRODUCTION
DI FILM CONSULTANT
POST PRODUCTION MANAGER
DI COLOURIST
DI COORDINATOR
DI ONLINE EDITOR
DI SUPERVISOR
JUSTIN LANCHBURY
LOUISE STEWART
ASA SHOUL
FRANCOIS KAMFFER
GARETH PERRY
MATT JAMES
DI CONFORM EDITORS
MICHELLE CORT
THERESA CROOKS
TIM DREWETT
KIRSTY DUA
STEVE OWEN
JAMIE WELSH
DATA TRANSFER
JONNY DICKINSON
LIZZIE NEWSHAM
FILM CONSULTANT
LEN BROWN
CINELAB
ARRI RECORDING MANAGER SIMON BONCE
CINELAB CONTACT
COLIN COULL
FOR WARP FILMS
HEAD OF PRODUCTION
FINANCE DIRECTOR
HEAD OF BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL
BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL EXECUTIVE
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT
FINANCE ASSISTANT
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
PRODUCTION LEGAL SERVICES
BARRY RYAN
NIALL SHAMMA
ALEX MARSHALL
PETER BALM
LUCILLE SUTHERLAND
CHARLOTTE DURNIAN
CAT MARSHALL
LAURENCE BROWN
FOR FILM 4
HEAD OF COMMERCIAL & BRAND STRATEGY
DEVELOPMENT EDITOR
HEAD OF LEGAL AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS
LEGAL & BUSINESS AFFAIRS EXECUTIVE
HEAD OF PRODUCTION
PRODUCTION FINANCE MANAGER
SUE BRUCE-SMITH
TOM LEGGETT
GERALDINE ATLEE
DONNCHADH MCNICHOLL
TRACEY JOSEPHS
GERARDINE O’FLYNN
FOR BFI
DIRECTOR OF LOTTERY FILM FUND
HEAD OF PRODUCTION
PRODUCTION FINANCE
BUSINESS AFFAIRS MANAGER
DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
BEN ROBERTS
FIONA MORHAM
AMANDA PYNE
BEN WILKINSON
DAVID SEGAL HAMILTON
EMMA KAYEE
FOR SCREEN YORKSHIRE
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
ERDF CONTRACT MANAGER
INVESTMENT ADMINISTRATOR
SALLY JOYNSON
LIZ WEST
KIRSTY GRAHAM
FOR CREATIVE SCOTLAND
BUSINESS AFFAIRS
LEGALS
LINDA MCCLURE
JOANNA STEWART AND
YVONNE DUNN, PINSENT MASONS LLP
FOR PROTAGONIST
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
HEAD OF ACQUISITIONS
HEAD OF MARKETING
MIKE GOODRIDGE
JEREMY BAXTER
BRIDGET PEDGRIFT
FOR NORTHERN IRELAND SCREEN COMMISSION
SCRIPT CONSULTANT
DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE
STEVE BROOKES
URSULA DEVINE
INTERNATIONAL SALES BY PROTAGONIST PICTURES LIMITED
AUDITOR
STEVE JOBERNS FOR SHIPLEYS LLP
WORLD REVENUES COLLECTED AND DISTRIBUTED BY FREEWAY CAM BV
COMPLETION GUARANTOR
FILM FINANCES
JAMES SHIRRAS NEIL CALDER SARA JANASZ
INSURANCE BROKER
PAUL HILLIER FOR ROBERTSON TAYLOR
STUNT RIGGING EQUIPMENT
STUNT FLYING LTD
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FEATURING WOODY JACKSON ON LEAD GUITAR
GUITAR, BASS
BOWED BASS, ELECTRICAL BASS & GUITAR
STEVE JONES
TIM HARRIES
STRINGS PERFORMED BY GEESE (EMMA SMITH AND VINCENT SIPPRELL)
GUITAR AND HURDY GURDY
DRUMS AND PERCUSSION
KEYBOARDS
SYNTHS
PIANO
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ENGINEERS
MIXED BY
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MUSIC SUPERVISOR
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“THE SKY IS CRYING”
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“YOU BETTER MOVE ON”
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“RIGHT OR WRONG”
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THANKS TO:
THE RESIDENTS OF STANSFELD STREET AND BANK TOP, BLACKBURN
AND BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN BOROUGH COUNCIL
THE RESIDENTS OF PICTON AND KIRKDALE, LIVERPOOL
AND LIVERPOOL FILM OFFICE
THE RESIDENTS OF PARK HILL, SHEFFIELD
AND SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL
CHRIS HORDLEY
SARAH GOULDING
AVER MEDIA LP
MICHELLE CHADWICK
SUE RODGERS
LISA FOSTER
JOHN GRANT
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