Dead Man's Shoes (2004)

Director:

Shane Meadows

Writers:

Paddy Considine (written by) &
Shane Meadows (written by) ...

Release Date:

1 October 2004 (UK)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

He's in all of us.

Plot:

A disaffected soldier (Considine) returns to his hometown to get even with the thugs who brutalized his mentally-challenged brother (Kebbell) years ago.

Plot Keywords:

Brother | Revenge | Anger | Punishment | Home Movie Footage

Awards:

4 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

Paddy Considine	...	Richard
Gary Stretch	...	Sonny
Toby Kebbell	...	Anthony
Jo Hartley	...	Jo
Seamus O'Neill	...	Big Al (as Seamus O'Neal)
Stuart Wolfenden	...	Herbie
Paul Sadot	...	Tuff
Paul Hurstfield	...	Mark
Emily Aston	...	Patti
George Newton	...	Gypsy John
Neil Bell	...	Soz
Craig Considine	...	Craig
Matt Considine	...	Matt
Andrew Shim	...	Elvis
Arthur Meadows	...	Mourner

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White (flashback scenes) | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Sweden:15 | Australia:R | Malaysia:(Banned) | Finland:K-15 | New Zealand:R18 | Argentina:18 | Singapore:M18 | UK:18 | Norway:18

Filming Locations:

Matlock, Derbyshire, England, UK

Company:

Warp Films

Trivia:

Both Toby Kebbell and Paddy Considine have played Rob Gretton, Joy Division's band manager. Toby Kebbell in Control (2007) and Paddy Considine in 24 Hour Party People (2002).

Quotes:

[first lines]
Richard: [narrating] God will forgive them. He'll forgive them and allow them into Heaven. I can't live with that.

Movie Connections:

References Natural Born Killers (1994)

Soundtrack:

Crooked Road and The Briar

Terrific downbeat Brit Thriller

Harking back to a time when the Brits made decent thrillers instead of clumsy middle class comedies, Dead Man's Shoes is a real breath of fresh air.

Surprisingly coming from the director of 'Once Upon A Time In The Midlands' and 'A Room For Romeo Brass' this is very downbeat, violent but also has moments of high comedy.

The film also uses its Derbyshire locations brilliantly and looks fantastic.

Lead actor and co-screenwriter Paddy Considine is terrific value as usual and is surely well on the way to becoming one of the UK's premiere screen actors and all of the supporting cast are terrific particularly Toby Kebbell who plays the intellectually challenged brother (the actual descriptions used in the film probably breach review guidelines) and Gary Stretch - who'd've thought he could act?

Put it this way - your enjoyment of the film probably depends on your reaction to this one exchange of dialogue:

Herbie : What you lookin at?

Richard : You, you c***!

Loved it.