Somers Town (film)

Somers Town
Original British cinema poster
Directed byShane Meadows
Written byPaul Fraser
Produced byBarnaby Spurrier
StarringThomas Turgoose
Piotr Jagiello
CinematographyNatasha Braier
Edited byRichard Graham
Music byLouise Knight
Sue Pocklington
Production
company
Big Arty Productions
Distributed byThe Works (UK)
Film Movement (US)
Release dates
  • 9 February 2008 (2008-02-09) (Berlin International Film Festival)
  • 22 August 2008 (2008-08-22) (United Kingdom)
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office£566,616

Somers Town is a 2008 British independent comedy-drama film directed by Shane Meadows, written by Paul Fraser and produced by Barnaby Spurrier. The film stars Thomas Turgoose, Piotr Jagiello, Kate Dickie, Perry Benson, and Elisa Lasowski. It was entirely funded by the train operating company Eurostar.[1]

The film is a study of social environment in the Somers Town area of London, photographed mostly in black and white, except one scene which is in colour.

  1. ^ Connor, Alan; "A hidden message from our sponsors" news.BBC.co.uk, 13 August 2008 (Retrieved: 1 October 2009)