This Is England

For the song by The Clash, see This Is England (song).
Not to be confused with This Is England (film series).

This Is England
Theatrical release poster
Directed byShane Meadows
Written byShane Meadows
Produced byMark Herbert
StarringThomas Turgoose
Stephen Graham
Andrew Shim
Vicky McClure
Joe Gilgun
Rosamund Hanson
CinematographyDanny Cohen
Edited byChris Wyatt
Music byLudovico Einaudi
Production
companies
Distributed byOptimum Releasing
Release dates
  • 12 September 2006 (2006-09-12) (TIFF)
  • 13 April 2007 (2007-04-13) (United Kingdom)
Running time
102 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£1.5 million[2]
Box office£5 million[3]

This Is England is a 2006 British Independent drama film written and directed by Shane Meadows. The story centres on young skinheads in England in 1983. The film illustrates how their subculture, which has its roots in 1960s West Indies culture, especially ska, soul, and reggae music,[4][5] became influenced by the far-right, especially white nationalists and white supremacists, leading to divisions within the skinhead scene. The film's title is a direct reference to a scene where the character Combo explains his nationalist views using the phrase "this is England" during his speech.

This Is England received critical acclaim and went on to gross £5 million at the box office. Its success led to the creation of three sequel TV series; This Is England '86 (2010), This Is England '88 (2011), and This Is England '90 (2015).

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  2. ^ "This is England". The Numbers. Archived from the original on 4 November 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  3. ^ "This Is England". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  4. ^ Brown, Timothy S. (2004). "Subcultures, pop music and politics: skinheads and "Nazi rock" in England and Germany". Journal of Social History. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008.
  5. ^ A Stevens (26 April 2007). "Cropping the skinhead image | Books". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2015.