Green Street Hooligans
starring: Elijah Wood, Charlie Hunnam, Claire Forlani, David Alexander, Oliver Allison
directed by: Lexi Alexander
directed by: Lexi Alexander
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0012569760295
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
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Label: Warner Home Video
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: WARD76029D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 13, 2006
Running Time: 109 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 08/29/2006 Run time: 108 minutes Rating: R
Amazon.com:
After the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Elijah Wood could've opted for further big budget epics, but took a sharp left turn with this better-than-average B-movie. Released just after Everything is Illuminated, another offbeat entry, Wood plays journalism student Matt Buckner. In the prologue, he's expelled from Harvard when his over-privileged roommate sets him up to take the fall for his own misdeeds. With nowhere to go, Matt decides to visit his sister, Shannon (Claire Forlani), in London. He's already got a chip on his shoulder when he falls under the sway of Shannon's brother-in-law, Pete (Charlie Hunnam), head of West Ham's football "firm," the Green Street Elite. Matt soon gets caught up in their thuggish antics—to tragic effect. In her feature debut, German-born Lexi Alexander makes a mostly convincing case for the attractions of violence to the emotionally vulnerable, as opposed to the emotionally numb pugilists of the more satirical Fight Club. Unlike David Fincher (by way of Chuck Palahniuk), she plays it straight, except for the stylized fight sequences. Consequently, humor is in short supply, but the young Brit cast, especially Leo Gregory as the surly Bovver, is charismatic and Wood makes his character as believable as possible, i.e. he may seem miscast, but that's the point. Although there's no (direct) correlation between the two, Green Street makes a fine taster for Bill Buford's Among the Thugs, the ultimate dissection of the hooligan mentality. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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- The Green Street LEET"Green Street Hooligans" is one of those questionable indie "masterpieces" that falls somewhere between unintentional comedy and heavy-handed drama. It opens with hooligans singing--giving the wrong impression that kick boxer Lexi Alexander intended a musical comedy. The hooligans sing and dance A LOT-even atop tables,hobbit-like--and one wonders if this is the musical version of "The Warriors."
"Green Street Hooligans" then congeals with the main plot. Matt Buckner (Elijah Wood) is ... Read More
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- Yobbos on ParadeThere's a good section in Bill Buford's book on hooliganism, Among the Thugs, were Bill is questioned by a high ranking police officer, who is curious about American football.
Police: "Is it true that a typical American football game lasts 3 hours or more, even though the actual time of the game by the clock is only 60 minutes?"
Buford: "True".
Police: "And is it also true that each fan in the stadium has his or her own seat?"
Buford: "Also true"
Police: "And ... Read More
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- GSEBest. Movie. Ever. Got it in perfect condition, definitely would do business with the dealer again.
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- The darker side of footballGSH is a well made film that trys to show the darker side of football in the UK. It deals with a group of men who spend most of their days drinking at the pub and trying to find new ways to get into fights with revial football fans. Inserted into this group is a young American fresh from being thown out of college. Inside this "gang" he finds friends and a kind of family that he never had. A story of sticking together when the chips are down, GSH is a mix of Fight Club and The Boondock Saints, and ... Read More
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- Green StreetThis is a great video for Irish Soccer fans. Not only does it show soccer but it shows honor.
