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Tyrannosaur
Why this pick
A bruising, compassionate British character study with raw performances, working-class texture, and violence that lands as emotional consequence rather than spectacle.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE2006 1h 41m GBR
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In 1982, on the last day of the school year, 12-year-old Shaun gets into a fight at school with a boy named Harvey after the latter makes an offensive joke about his father, who was killed in the Falklands War. On his way home, Shaun comes across a gang of young skinheads led by Woody, who feels sympathy for Shaun and invites him to join the group. They accept Shaun as a member, and he finds a big brother in Woody, while developing a romance with Michelle, also known as Smell, an older girl who dresses in a New wave music style.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Thomas Turgoose
Shaun
Vicky McClure
Lol
Joe Gilgun
Richard 'Woody' Woodford
Jack O'Connell
Pukey Nicholls
Rosamund Hanson
Smell
Kieran Hardcastle
Kes
George Newton
Banjo
Frank Harper
Lenny