Coinciding with the release of Shane Meadows' TV debut, This is England '86, the BFI is making his 1996 debut feature Small Time (1996) and the short film Where's the Money, Ronnie? (1996) available on DVD for the first time in October.
TwentyFourSeven, Dead Man's Shoes and This is England director Shane Meadows' assured and impressive debut feature Small Time is a tale of petty crime in the suburbs of Nottingham. Meadows himself stars as Jumbo, leader of a ragtag band of small time crooks specialising in dog food heists and the sale of Eastern bloc trainers, empty suitcases and non-existent musical instruments.
Featuring energetic handheld camera work, brilliant comic dialogue and a host of ironic film references, Small Time clearly reveals Meadows' flair for larger-than- life characters and ability to extract accomplished, semi-improvised performances from talented non-professionals.
Also included is Where's the Money, Ronnie?, Shane Meadows' short film homage to Kurosawa's Rashomon that explores the aftermath of a robbery. Four suspects recall their version of events in police interviews but what really happened and who has the money?
Small Time and Where's the Money, Ronnie? will be released on UK DVD on 11th October 2010 by the BFI at the RRP of £12.99. The only other listed extra feature , given that Where's the Money, Ronnie! is technically an extra, are film notes. |