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Release Date
• USA: Aug 29, 2003
• UK: 6 Sep 2002
DVD Release Date
• R1: Feb 10, 2004
Official Website:
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands Website
MPAA Rating
Rated R for language.
Running Time
1 hour, 44 minutes
Country UK, Germany, Netherlands
Studio Big Arty, EMMI, Film Council, Film Four International, Senator Film, Slate Films
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• Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
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Genre: Drama, Love Triangle, Marriage
Tagline: A tinned spaghetti western
Plot: A British family drama with a Western flare, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE MIDLANDS starts out as a chaotic comedy of familial dysfunction and then changes into an emotional tale of love and loss. At the story's core is a love triangle between Shirley (Shirley Henderson), her nerdy boyfriend Dek (Rhys Ifans), and the bad seed Jimmy (Robert Carlyle). Jimmy abandoned Shirley and her daughter Marlene (Finn Atkins) years ago, but has returned to win them back. A motley pseudo-family, Shirley, Dek, and Marlene live in the Midlands area of England. Next door, the outspoken Carol (Kathy Burke) lives with her cowboy husband Charlie (Ricky Tomlinson), and their two young sons, along with Carol's teenage daughter Donna (Kelly Thresher) and Donna's boyfriend Donut (Andrew Shim). Jimmy is Carol's selfish brother who slinks back into town with a gang of Scottish thugs in tow, throwing the whole group into flux. With some hilarious comedic interludes provided by the loveable Dek, and the humdrum yet happy lives of this makeshift family proving the power of togetherness, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE MIDLANDS is an entertaining, at times heartrending family story from writer-director Shane Meadows.
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| Directed by |
Shane Meadows
Dead Man's Shoes, 24 7: Twenty Four Seven, A Room for Romeo Brass |
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| Written by |
Paul Fraser
24 7: Twenty Four Seven, A Room for Romeo Brass, Heartlands | Shane Meadows
Dead Man's Shoes, 24 7: Twenty Four Seven, A Room for Romeo Brass |
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| Cast |
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 | Shirley Henderson
Trainspotting, Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason |
 | Rhys Ifans
Notting Hill, Little Nicky, The Shipping News |
 | | Ricky Tomlinson
Mike Bassett: England Manager, Raining Stones, Leben ist eine Baustelle., Das | Kathy Burke
Elizabeth, Nil by Mouth, Kevin & Perry Go Large | | |
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| Music By |
John Lunn
Get Real, The Wisdom of Crocodiles, Lorna Doone |
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