Additional information for Neds, which has a domestic theatrical release set for January 10, 2011. The film is being distributed by E1 Entertainment and has not yet been rated. Neds has a total running time of 124 minutes.
18
Ireland
18
UK
16
Netherlands
MA15+
Australia
K-15
Finland
16
Germany
M/16
Portugal
124min
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Encompassed by violent street gangs, neglectful parents, bullying teachers and a dearth of positive role models, a studious but emotionally abandoned kid turns thug.
Peter Mullan's third feature as a writer and director, after Orphans and The Magdalene Sisters, returns him to the 1970s Glasgow of his youth, although the Trainspotting and My Name is Joe actor stresses that Neds (which stands for 'Non-Educated Delinquents') is 'personal but not autobiographical'.We meet confident, studious John McGill just as he's about to start secondary school, where he fully expects to continue his so-far glittering academic career. But there are dark clouds on the horizon. His friendship with middle-class Julian shines a light on both his poor background and the dysfunction of his home, where his father is drunk, violent and ineffective, his mother is troubled and repressed and his elder brother is always in trouble with the law. At school, there are one or two good teachers, but most are uninterested and unhelpful in the face of the brutal and territorial gang culture which has spread from local housing estates to the schoolyard.The uneasy question Mullan poses is whether or not John can transcend the destiny of his class, education and family to make something of himself. Mullan shoots this tense, claustrophobic and violent drama in a style that tips a hat to the 1970s tales of Ken Loach and Alan Clarke. But it's not all desaturated realism: there are flashes of fantasy that hint at the imagination of Lindsay Anderson, as if Mullan had reimagined If... for the hard-up Glasgow of his youth.
Peter Mullan
Director(s)
Peter Mullan
Writer(s)
Conchita Airoldi
co-producer
Peter Carlton
executive producer
Brahim Chioua
executive producer
Olivier Delbosc
producer
Robert How
line producer
Alain de la Mata
producer
Marc Missonnier
producer
Peter Mullan
co-producer
Carole Sheridan
executive producer
Lucinda Van Rie
co-producer
Producer(s)
Craig Armstrong
Composer(s)
John McGill
Conor McCarron
Young John (as Gregg Forrest)
Greg Forrest
Benny McGill
Joe Szula
Elizabeth
Mhairi Anderson
Canta
Gary Milligan
Fergie
John Joe Hay
Wee T
Christopher Wallace
Gerr
Richard Mack
Key Man
Paul Smith
Tam
Khai Nugent
Sparra
Ryan Walker
Minty
Lee Fanning
Fifey
Ross Greig
Tora
Greg McCreadie
Casper
Scott Ingram
Crystal
Cameron Fulton
Rebel
Craig Kerr
Julian
Martin Bell
Claire
Kat Murphy
Linda
Stefanie Szula
Agnes
Annie Watson
Mandy (as Zoë Halliday)
Zoe Halliday
Shelagh
Sara MacCallum
McCluskey Boy
John Forrest
Robert
Louis McLaughlin
Bernard
David O'Brien
Danny
Ross Weston
Louise
Claire Gordon
Patrick
Marcus Nash
Carole
Victoria Rose
Eileen
Chelsey Hanratty
Mr. McGill
Peter Mullan
Theresa
Louise Goodall
Aunt Beth
Marianna Palka
Mr. Bonetti
Steven Robertson
Mrs. Cassidy
Leigh Biagi
Mr. Gallagher
Laurie Ventry
Mr. Halligan
Alex Donald
Mr. Hendry
Paul Donnelly
Mr. Holmes
David McKay
Neds
No theatrical release dates have been decided.
Director(s)
Writer(s)
co-producer
Peter Carlton
executive producer
Brahim Chioua
executive producer
Olivier Delbosc
producer
Robert How
line producer
Alain de la Mata
producer
Marc Missonnier
producer
Peter Mullan
co-producer
Carole Sheridan
executive producer
Lucinda Van Rie
co-producer
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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