Secondary Audience Research (Profiles)

Trainspotting Released: 23rd February 1996 Genre: Drama Price: Estimated box office: not specified Director: Danny Boyle Film cast: Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle Certificate: 18 Distributor: Universal Pictures The Story: Based on the cult novel by Scottish author Irvine Welsh, the story centers on five junkies living in the rundown Edinburgh suburb of Leith in the late 80s. Featured among the ensemble are Robert ("PRIEST") Carlyle, Jonny ("HACKERS") Lee Miller and Ewan McGregor as Mark Tenton -- an unlikely hero who, along with an uncharmed circle of losers, liars, psychopaths and thieves, hangs out with his former school friends more through habit than choice, drifting in and out of heroin addicition and surreal urban hallucinations. Of the story directed by Danny ("SHALLOW GRAVE") Boyle: "It's not just about drugs. It's about betrayal and friendship and it's also very funny. Heroin is the world the characters occupy. It has its own morality, its own rights and wrongs." Sweet Sixteen Released: 4th October 2002 Genre: Drama Price: D Estimated box office: not specified Director: Ken Loach Film cast: Martin Compston, William Ruane, Annmarie Fulton Certificate: 18 Distributor: Icon Films The Story: The film centers on Liam, a Scottish teenager who dreams of a better life after his mother gets out of prison. Determined to buy a home for his family, he gets in trouble when his schemes don't go as planned. Professional soccer player Liam Compston stars as the teenager in search of a normal family life. Winner of the best screenplay award at Cannes International Film Festival. Directed by Ken ("BREAD AND ROSES") Loach, marking his first since completing "THE NAVIGATORS" in 2001.  This Is England Released: 27th April 2007 Genre: Drama Price: C Estimated box office: £500,000 Director: Shane Meadows Film cast: Joseph Gilgun, Stephen Graham, Kieran Hardcastle, Jo Hartley Certificate: 18 Distributor: Optimum Rel. The Story: Set in 1983, against the aftermath of the Falklands War, the film introduces us to eleven-year-old Shaun (Thomas Turgoose), whose soldier father was killed in the conflict. Living with his mother and trying to deal with his grief and loss, Shaun has become an angry youngster, quick to use his fists when teased by schoolmates who taunt, bully and pick fights with him. It is not long before he falls in with a gang of older boys - and girls. They act as a kind of surrogate family and protect him from being picked on. Suddenly, Shaun's world receives another jolt. Combo (Stephen Graham), who has recently been released from jail, strides into Shaun's life and turns it upside down. Aggressive, confident, articulate and much smarter than Shaun's newfound friends, Combo is also a skinhead.

Tyrannosaur Released: 7th October 2011 Genre: Drama Price: D- Estimated box office: £100,000 Director: Paddy Considine Film cast: Olivia Colman, Ned Dennehy, Mattew Rhys, Peter Mullan Certificate: Distributor: Optimum Rel. The Story: The story of Joseph a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction. A chance of redemption appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker. Their relationship develops to reveal that Hannah is hiding a secret of her own with devastating results on both of their lives.