Companies that were responsible for making the film
Marv Films (as Marv Partners) (presents)
UK Film Council (presents)
HanWay Films (in association with)
Prescience Film Fund (as Prescience) (in association with)
Framestore (as Framestore Features) (in association with)
Prescience
Distributed by- Lionsgate UK
The year of release was - 11th November 2009
The classification of this film - 18
Directed by- Daniel Barber
The Genre of this film- Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
The revenue that the film took
Budget $7.3 million
| Domestic Box Office | $1,818,681 | |
| International Box Office | $4,475,459 | |
| Worldwide Box Office | $6,294,140 |
The website where I found this information is-
http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Harry-Brown#tab=box-office
Brief Synopsis
'Harry Brown' is about an old man named 'Harry Brown' who used to be a former royal marine. But now he is living in a elephant and castle housing estate in Walworth London and retired. His wife passes away at the beginning and so him and his best friend go to the pub regularly to play chess. After 'Harry Brown's' wife's funeral his best friend 'Len Attwell' speaks about how the kids on the streets are terrorising him and his home and he trys to do something about it but unfortunately ends up assaulted and his house set on fire. Harry Brown then goes out to find his best friends killer and puts a stop to the youth crime controlling his and everyone else's life's.
The Twist to the film is that near the end we as an audience find out that the pub owner 'Sid Rourke' who was seen to be a friendly man was the leader of all the youth gangs in that area. This is why 'Harry Browns' best friend 'Len Attwell' was terrorised and murdered because he was speaking very loudly about the youth crimes and drug dealing/taking in the pub. We also find out that the killer of 'Len Attwell' was the pub owners nephew 'Noel Winters'.
This contrasts with the next scene where the old man 'Harry Brown' wakes up and gets out his bed makes a cup of tea and toast and wipes the crumbs from his table. This shows how this character is a normal man who is living a normal life. The action of him wiping the crumbs from the table shows how tidy he is and indicates him wiping away the mess. Which later on in the film he takes away the crime in his community.
The setting that 'Harry Brown' lives in is very compact and low ceilings with standard furniture and neutral colours. The outside is rows of flats on top of eachother. With dirty walls and rubbish everywhere. This gives an insight to the audience how rough the area 'Harry Brown' lives in and how small he is in the big area of crime.
The lighting in both 'Harry Browns' house and the pub contains natural lighting which makes the film realistic and makes the audience feel and believe there emotions and lifestyle.
The scene where the two police officers are interrogating the youth's. The table is set where the distance between the police officers and the youths is very long this shows there relationship as its very serious and formal scene. This is shown through camera angles.
The costumes of the youths which are wearing hoodies and tracksuits are how the producer is representing rebellious youths. This singles them out from the the rest of the community and gives them a bad repartition.
The character of 'Harry brown' was in the marines which shows to the audience his background and how he doesn't look like he has been. However this shows that he was young one day. This also links to how he was able to kill all them youths and the killer of his best friend 'Len Atwell'.
Brief Synopsis
'Harry Brown' is about an old man named 'Harry Brown' who used to be a former royal marine. But now he is living in a elephant and castle housing estate in Walworth London and retired. His wife passes away at the beginning and so him and his best friend go to the pub regularly to play chess. After 'Harry Brown's' wife's funeral his best friend 'Len Attwell' speaks about how the kids on the streets are terrorising him and his home and he trys to do something about it but unfortunately ends up assaulted and his house set on fire. Harry Brown then goes out to find his best friends killer and puts a stop to the youth crime controlling his and everyone else's life's.
The Twist to the film is that near the end we as an audience find out that the pub owner 'Sid Rourke' who was seen to be a friendly man was the leader of all the youth gangs in that area. This is why 'Harry Browns' best friend 'Len Attwell' was terrorised and murdered because he was speaking very loudly about the youth crimes and drug dealing/taking in the pub. We also find out that the killer of 'Len Attwell' was the pub owners nephew 'Noel Winters'.
Additional notes
At the beginning of the film where the hand held camera was being used when the rebellious youth's were riding around the streets shooting there guns and taking drugs. This made the shots more realistic and made the audience believe that this isn't a film but what happens in real life. This also established the characters of the young youth's and how uncontrollable they are towards there community.This contrasts with the next scene where the old man 'Harry Brown' wakes up and gets out his bed makes a cup of tea and toast and wipes the crumbs from his table. This shows how this character is a normal man who is living a normal life. The action of him wiping the crumbs from the table shows how tidy he is and indicates him wiping away the mess. Which later on in the film he takes away the crime in his community.
The setting that 'Harry Brown' lives in is very compact and low ceilings with standard furniture and neutral colours. The outside is rows of flats on top of eachother. With dirty walls and rubbish everywhere. This gives an insight to the audience how rough the area 'Harry Brown' lives in and how small he is in the big area of crime.
The lighting in both 'Harry Browns' house and the pub contains natural lighting which makes the film realistic and makes the audience feel and believe there emotions and lifestyle.
The scene where the two police officers are interrogating the youth's. The table is set where the distance between the police officers and the youths is very long this shows there relationship as its very serious and formal scene. This is shown through camera angles.
The costumes of the youths which are wearing hoodies and tracksuits are how the producer is representing rebellious youths. This singles them out from the the rest of the community and gives them a bad repartition.
The character of 'Harry brown' was in the marines which shows to the audience his background and how he doesn't look like he has been. However this shows that he was young one day. This also links to how he was able to kill all them youths and the killer of his best friend 'Len Atwell'.
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