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Nil by Mouth (1997)
Runtime: 2 hrs 8 mins
Synopsis: First-time director Gary Oldman offers a gritty, profane look inside the mean streets of South London, where drug addiction, poverty and abuse hold sway. Score by Eric Clapton. Winner of the Best Actress award for Kathy Burke at the Cannes Film Festival.... First-time director Gary Oldman offers a gritty, profane look inside the mean streets of South London, where drug addiction, poverty and abuse hold sway. Score by Eric Clapton. Winner of the Best Actress award for Kathy Burke at the Cannes Film Festival. [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Kathy Burke, Ray Winstone, Charlie Creed-Miles, Edna Dore, Laila Morse
Screenwriter: Gary Oldman
Producer: Gary Oldman, Luc Besson, Douglas Urbanski
Composer: Eric Clapton
DVD Info
Release:
Nov 12, 2004
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Widescreen - 1.78
Audio:
- Dolby Digital Stereo - English
Reviews
There's so much authenticity and raw emotion here that most viewers will be able to excuse the fact that they don't understand any of the dialogue.
Imagine a movie where every character is played by Gary Oldman, in the drunken overacting Oldman mode. Oldman's unfocused and self-indulgent directorial debut has moments of poignancy and insight, but not enough to make it endurable.
Oldman creates an uncanny documentary feel for his fictional story that draws you in despite the misery unfurling onscreen.
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