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Shane Meadows - news / articles


  • Shane Meadows wins at Edinburgh - 30 June 2008
    Shane Meadows has been given a major award at this year's Edinburgh International Festival.-The Dead Man's Shoes director scooped the Michael Powell Award for best new British feature for his new film Somers Town, which focuses on the adventures of a Polish teenager in


  • England Calling: The Films of Shane Meadows - 23 April 2007
    - -I went to film school with Shane Meadows. Not really, but a few years ago I did do a one-day film-making course in Nottingham that Shane supervised. He showed us which end of the camera to look through, split us into groups of three, and gave us a couple of hou

Shane Meadows - what members say


  • A Room For Romeo Brass
  • A Room For Romeo Brass review by from Surrey
    Rated - 4 stars Do not be afraid, they really are talking like normal people! 14 January 2005
    ... of the subject matter, but rather the way in which the story is told: Director Shane Meadows gave the actors (adult and child alike) such a wide margin for error, that most...  
  • Twenty Four Seven
  • Twenty Four Seven review by Ludd from Bristol
    Rated - 4 stars Not completely bleak, but nearly. 11 November 2006
    ...t a Midlands accents but it wavers. Otherwise he's as good as he always is. Not Shane Meadows' best work (I'm an admirer and maybe expect too much form him) but still well w...  
  • Once Upon A Time In The Midlands
  • Once Upon A Time In The Midlands review by from WHITSTABLE
    Rated - 3 stars 5 October 2003
    ...track features an evocative hopalong harmonica riff. -Western references aside, Shane Meadows makes films in the fundamentally British style of Ken Loach and Mike Leigh ? th...  

Shane Meadows - filmography


  • Le Donk And Scor-Zay-Zee on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Paddy Considine,  Scor-Zay-Zee,  Olivia Colman
    Director: Shane Meadows
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Rock 'n' roll roadie Le Donk (Paddy Considine, star of IN AMERICA, HOT FUZZ) sees a great opportunity when he spots up-and-coming rapper Scor-Zay-Zee, and instantly recognises his potential. Deciding to take the fledgling artist under his wing, and with the help of his 'friends', the Arctic Monkeys,..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 106 members
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  • Twenty Four Seven on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Bob Hoskins,  Bruce Jones,  Frank Harper
    Director: Shane Meadows
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    From the poverty and despair of an English industrial town, one man with a dream (Bob Hoskins) forms a boxing club to give troubled teenagers a fighting chance. The lads learn lessons of self-respect and male bonding, but amidst the triumph of the biggest tournament of their lives, tragedy strikes. ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 3,136 members
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Shane Meadows - watch online


  • Small Time to Watch Now (1996)
    Starring: Tim Cunningham,  Dominic Dillon,  Leon Hammond
    Director: Shane Meadows
    Certificate: Certificate: 18 (TBC)
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    Run time: 60 minutes
    In his impressive debut feature, Shane Meadows stars as Jumbo, leader of a ragtag band of small time crooks, specialising in dog food heists and the sale of Eastern Bloc trainers, empty suitcases and non-existent musical instruments. "This ain't f***ing London, this isn't even Nottingham, man. This ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 50 members
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  • Wheres The Money Ronnie? to Watch Now (1996)
    Starring: Paul Anderson,  Lorna Cole,  Mat Hand
    Director: Shane Meadows
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 12 minutes
    Where's the Money Ronnie! (1995) is the best known short film by Nottingham-based filmmaker Shane Meadows. When Meadows approached the BFI Production Board looking for funds to complete his debut feature Smalltime (1996), head of sales Dee Emerson, after seeing just 10 minutes of footage, snapped ..read more »
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Shane Meadows facts

5 most recent films

Le Donk And Scor-Zay-Zee - 3.5 stars
Somers Town - 3.0 stars
Somers Town - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
This Is England - 3.5 stars
This Is England - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Dead Man's Shoes - BLU-RAY Version - 4.5 stars
A Room For Romeo Brass - 3.5 stars
This Is England - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
This Is England - 3.5 stars
Dead Man's Shoes - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Once Upon A Time In The Midlands - 3.0 stars
Somers Town - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Somers Town - 3.0 stars
Le Donk And Scor-Zay-Zee - 3.5 stars
Twenty Four Seven - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Frank Harper - 4 times - show films
Paddy Considine - 4 times - show films
Andrew Shim - 4 times - show films
Ireneusz Czop - 2 times - show films
Chanel Cresswell - 2 times - show films