Overview:
A hyperactive boy and his best friend, a slow-witted youth with an affinity for horses, start collecting scrap metal for a shady dealer.| Status: | Released (2013-10-25) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award12 wins & 21 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $12,189 |
| Screen: | Clio Barnard, Lila Rawlings, Oscar Wilde |
| Productions: | Moonspun Films, BFI, Film4 Productions |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 1169852: Conner Chapman - Arbor
- 1169853: Shaun Thomas - Swifty
- 77292: Sean Gilder - Kitten
- 78329: Lorraine Ashbourne - Mary
- 11285: Ian Burfield - Mick Brazil
- 83814: Steve Evets - Price Drop Swift
- 82711: Siobhan Finneran - Mrs. Swift
Crews
- 229604: Clio Barnard - Writer - Writing
- 229604: Clio Barnard - Director - Directing
- 68543: Mike Eley - Director of Photography - Camera
- 967482: Nick Fenton - Editor - Editing
- 66572: Matthew Price - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
- 36205: Helen Scott - Production Design - Art
- 1444956: Forbes Noonan - Sound Re-Recording Mixer - Sound
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Reviews
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Very much enjoyed this, from a film point of view of course given the dark and saddening tone of the story. <em>'The Selfish Giant'</em> is a gritty drama involving two kids who get mixed up in the wrong world. At the beginning I was worried it was going to turn into a cliché-fill ....
Continue reading ->griggs79
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_The Selfish Giant_ is an interesting watch—gritty, heartfelt, and beautifully shot, with powerful performances from its young leads. There’s a rawness to it that feels authentic, and the friendship at its centre is touching in that bruised, kitchen-sink way. But as much as I wanted ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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“Arbor” (Conner Chapman) is a bit of a tearaway who’s on medication that his elder brother frequently sells and hates going to school. His best mate is “Swifty” (Shaun Thomas) - a gentle giant of a boy, and the two are inseparable. When a brawl at school sees the former excluded perm ....
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