MOVIES RELATED TO TERRACE CULTURE
I.D. (1995)
In this gritty psychodrama, London officers Trevor and John are sent undercover to find the people responsible for starting soccer riots. Eventually the two find themselves in the inner circle, but by this time John has become as much of a thug as those he is supposed to arrest.
The Football Factory (2004)
Testosterone and football combine to paint a violent portrait of middle-class England in director Nick Love’s adrenaline-charged adaptation of John King’s popular novel. Tommy is your typical twenty-something soccer fan; bored with life, in love with lager, and always looking for a little action from the ladies. Of course, there’s the fighting, too. When Tommy exchanges blows with a rival football fan and the situation quickly spins out of control, the thuggish sports fanatic is prompted to reconsider his brutal lifestyle and make a change for the better.
Green Street Hooligans (2005)
After being wrongfully expelled from Harvard University, American Matt Buckner flees to his sister’s home in England. Once there, he is befriended by her charming and dangerous brother-in-law, Pete Dunham, and introduced to the underworld of British football hooliganism. Matt learns to stand his ground through a friendship that develops against the backdrop of this secret and often violent world. ‘Green Street Hooligans’ is a story of loyalty, trust and the sometimes brutal consequences of living close to the edge.
The Business (2005)
Frankie is on the run from the high-rises of South London to a new life in Malaga with nothing but a tin stuffed full of cash. Having no idea that this delivery of cash to super-suave playboy and ex-con Charlie, will change his life forever, he soon becomes one of the gang, and finds himself drawn in to a flamboyant and violent world of organised crime.
The director and cast of The Football Factory relocate to Spain’s Costa Del Crime for this swaggering gangster film, a savagely funny tale of suntanned playboys, blokey camaraderie and violence that’s as casual as the natty 1980s fashion.
Cass (2008)
Loosely based on a true story, director Jon S. Baird’s Cass traces the evolution of one individual from an infant with slim prospects to one of the most respected and feared individuals in the United Kingdom. Nonso Alonzie stars as the title character, who begins life as a Jamaican baby bereft of his parents, but promptly witnesses his fate and future turn an unexpected corner with his adoption by an elderly Caucasian couple. Pummeled mercilessly and bullied with racist taunts as a boy, Cass instinctively takes matters into his own hands and thus discovers a source of power and control, in violent action, that he never knew he possessed. Eventually, however, this path comes back to bite him via a assassination attempt against him, that is – mercifully – unsuccessful. In time, Cass reaches a fork in the road, and must choose between continuing to embrace the violence that has shaped and coloured his life, or opting for more controlled and thoughtful approach to conflict.
The director and cast of The Football Factory relocate to Spain’s Costa Del Crime for this swaggering gangster film, a savagely funny tale of suntanned playboys, blokey camaraderie and violence that’s as casual as the natty 1980s fashion.
Awaydays (2009)
Awaydays is based on the bestselling novel by Kevin Sampson. Set in the post-punk era in the North West of England. Paul Carty (Nicky Bell) is 19, good-looking, funny, clever and bored out of his mind. His mother died a year ago. He lives in middle class suburbia with his silently grieving father and feisty young sister, Molly. Carty works as a junior civil servant and spends all his wages on gigs, clubs, records and football. It’s at a match that he meets Elvis (Liam Boyle). Elvis changes everything. He’s part of a gang called The Pack. The Pack is legendary; they dress in a cultish, almost effeminate style that’s at odds with the Boneheads and Bootboys they fight against. They have androgynous wedge haircuts worn with Lacoste tennis shirts, Lois jeans and Adidas Forest Hills training shoes. For as long as he has been going to football, Carty has been fascinated by The Pack. Now Elvis is offering him a way in…
The director and cast of The Football Factory relocate to Spain’s Costa Del Crime for this swaggering gangster film, a savagely funny tale of suntanned playboys, blokey camaraderie and violence that’s as casual as the natty 1980s fashion.
The Firm (2009)
Centers on Dom, a young wannabe football casual who gets drawn into the charismatic but dangerous world of the firm’s top boy, Bex. Accepted for his fast mouth and sense of humor, Dom soon becomes one of the boys. But as Bex and his gang clash with rival firms across the country and the violence spirals out of control, Dom realizes he wants out–until he learns it’s not that easy to simply walk away.
Casuals: The Story of the Legendary Terrace Fashion (2011)
The extraordinary insightful filmed story of an often over-looked youth subculture that swept across cities like Liverpool, Manchester and London when notorious football firms stole expensive designer sportswear from the countries they visited. It didn’t start with the high-street giants telling these lads what to wear. Instead, they set the trends and the high-street stores caught up. As the 1980s began in Britain, under the radar the ‘casual’ had already arrived. The film includes recently-unearthed archive footage and gives insightful interviews with personalities like Peter Hooton, who were at the heart of the story at a time when soccer and fashion mattered more than corporate hospitality and sanitized stadiums.