3 Movies Starring Thomas Turgoose

This Is England

This Is England

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-04-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (93015 Reviews)

Director:

Shane Meadows

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Fullplot:

This is England: Mods, New Romantics, and Skinheads are the major youth sub-cultures of this very English summer of 1983 and young 12-year-old Shaun is left wandering aimlessly alone and lost during the start of his school holidays, until his chance meeting with Woody and his fun and friendly Skinhead pack. Finding a new lease of life; girls, parties, Ben Sherman shirts, Doc Martin boots and shaven hairstyles young Shaun is welcomed, life during this summer holiday has got a whole lot better. That is until Combo arrives on the scene bitter, dangerous, racist, militant and psychotic life for young Shaun has just approached his first major crossroads. This is England is a look back at the early eighties of British working-class life through the eyes of young Shaun and his new gang, and dealing with the bitterness of outside influences such as racism and xenophobia, of mass unemployment and the fall out of the Falkland's War; Thatcher's Britain: Did we ever have it so good? When you see Shaun, ask Him.

The Scouting Book for Boys

The Scouting Book for Boys

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-03-19

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

93 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (734 Reviews)

Director:

Tom Harper

Fullplot:

Best friends David and Emily enjoy their carefree life in a coastal caravan park. When they learn that Emily is being forced to move away, David he agrees to help her hide out in a remote cave on the beach. Emily's absence soon becomes complicated, as David watches the effect on her family and police suspect one of their neighbors of involvement. When Emily tells David the real reason she wants to hide, his world is shattered. With his complex feelings for Emily growing stronger due to their shared hidden existence, David takes action.

Somers Town

Somers Town

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-07-15

Languages:

English, Polish, French

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

71 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (4941 Reviews)

Director:

Shane Meadows

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Paul Fraser (original screenplay)

Mother Vision (original idea)

Fullplot:

Two teenagers, both newcomers to London, forge an unlikely friendship over the course of a hot summer. Tomo is a runaway from Nottingham; Marek lives in the district of Somers Town, between King's Cross and Euston stations, where his dad is working on a new rail link. The boys are both infatuated with the same girl, and pass their days bickering over which of them loves her the most. Finding himself homeless, Tomo surreptitiously moves into Marek's bedroom - but it's only a matter of time before Marek's dad discovers what's going on...

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