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2009 Certificate 18
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Paul Carty is 19, and bored out of his mind. His mother died a year ago. He lives in middle class suburbia with his silently grieving father and feisty young sister, Molly. Carty works as a junior civil servant and spends all his wages on clubs, records, football and gigs. It's at a Bunnymen gig that he meets Elvis. Elvis .. Read more

Starring Stephen Graham, Nicky Bell, Liam Boyle, Oliver Lee
Director Pat Holden
Genres Drama

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Awaydays

Paul Carty is 19, and bored out of his mind. His mother died a year ago. He lives in middle class suburbia with his silently grieving father and feisty young sister, Molly. Carty works as a junior civil servant and spends all his wages on clubs, records, football and gigs. It's at a Bunnymen gig that he meets Elvis. Elvis changes everything.

He's part of a gang called The Pack. The Pack are notorious; they dress in a cultish, almost effeminate style that's at odds with the boneheads and bootboys they fight against. But in truth Elvis wants to keep Carty away from The Pack, to not lose the person he's come to know. But despite his best efforts Carty gets deeper and deeper into the scene, heading inevitably to self destruction.

Starring Stephen Graham, Nicky Bell, Liam Boyle, Oliver Lee, Lee Battle, Sean Ward, Michael Ryan, Ian Puleston-Davies, Holly Grainger, Sacha Parkinson
Director Pat Holden
Studio OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 44 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 45 mins
Certificate Certificate 18
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Released DVD: 28 Sep 2009
Blu-ray: 28 Sep 2009
Production year: 2009

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    The memory of This is England hangs over this adaptation of Kevin Sampsons novel Awaydays. Again, its... read more on Time Out

    • Dave Calhoun, 
    • Time Out
    • Posted 21 May 2009

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    Rated - 1 star [Highly rated reviewer]

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    The fault I made was expecting something similar to Football Factory but with a softer side. What I got was a film about a gay football thug who is in love ... more

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      • BigDev from Oldham
      • Posted 26 Aug 2009 18:09

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    Bad....very bad

    What can I say about this film that is possitive.......ermmmm.......nothing. This film really disappointed me, my hubby and my 17 year old son. I would never ... more

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      • pnewendy from Preston
      • Posted 03 Nov 2009 22:44

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