This is England (Research)

Director: Shane Meadows
Written by: Shane Meadows
Production Companies: 
Warp Films
Big Arty Productions
EM Media
Film4
Optimum Releasing
Screen Yorkshire
UK Film Council
Distribution (Theatrical):
IFC Films/IFC First Take (USA)
Optimum Releasing (UK)
Distribution (DVD):
Red Envelope Entertainment (USA)
Cast: 
Thomas Turgoose
Stephen Graham
Joseph Gilgun
Vicky McClure
Budget: £1,472,500
Box-office: 
(International) $8,411,657
(Domestic) $327,919

• The film was originally rated 18 by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), yet this decision was overturned by the councils of Camden and Westminster to a 15 rating, so that more teenagers could see it. 
• Majority of Shane Meadows' films set in the Midlands area
• His films often utilise 'kitchen-sink realism' 
• Semi-autobiographical