Small Faces (film)
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Directed by | Gillies MacKinnon |
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Release date | 1996 |
Running time | 108 min. |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Small Faces is a 1996 Scottish drama film directed by Gillies MacKinnon about gangs, specifically the Tongs, in 1960s Glasgow. It stars Iain Robertson, Joseph McFadden, Steven Duffy, Kevin McKidd, Laura Fraser, Mark McConnochie, Clare Higgins, Garry Sweeney, Colin McCredie and .
The film was produced in 1995 by Skyline Productions in association with the BBC Film Fund and subsequently released in 1996 and distributed by Pathé – a division of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. The film received a BBFC Certificate of 15 (intended for audiences aged 15 and over) within the United Kingdom. Some[who?] argued that because of the high levels of violence and adult themes portrayed in this film, an 18 certificate would have been more suitable.
The film was shot on location at various districts in Glasgow, including Darnley, Sighthill, Partick, Merrylee, Mount Florida and Bishopbriggs and in Edinburgh.[1] Scenes were also shot at the Glasgow School of Art. The piece won the title of 'Best British Film' at the Edinburgh Film Festival.
The song "In The Year 2525" by Zager and Evans is used as music over the closing credits.
Plot[]
Three teenage brothers – gang member Bobby, artistically-minded Alan and 13-year-old Lex – are growing up with their mother on Glasgow's South Side in 1968. Events which will have consequences for all concerned start to spiral out of control when Lex accidentally shoots Malky, the leader of the Garaside Tongs street gang, with an air gun.
Cast[]
- Iain Robertson as Lex Maclean
- Joe McFadden as Alan Maclean (Credited as Joseph McFadden)
- Steven Duffy as Bobby Maclean
- Laura Fraser as Joanne Macgowan
- as Charlie Sloan
- Claire Higgins as Lorna Maclean
- Kevin McKidd as Malky Johnson
- as Gorbals
- as Welch
- David Walker as Fabio
- Ian McElhinney as Uncle Andrew
- as Jake
- as Dowd
- Colin McCredie as Doug
- as Rebecca
See also[]
- Glasgow gangs
- BFI Top 100 British films
References[]
- ^ (2014) "Edinburgh the film set", Film Edinburgh, p. 9
External links[]
- English-language films
- 1996 films
- British films
- Scottish films
- Films set in Scotland
- Films set in Glasgow
- 1996 drama films
- Films shot in Glasgow
- Films shot in Edinburgh
- British drama films
- Films directed by Gillies MacKinnon
- 1990s British film stubs