ATTACK THE BLOCK
by Joe Cornish
synopsis
The story of a five-person street gang who, while mugging a nurse, witness a fiery object falling from the sky. When they investigate, they discover an alien creature and kill it, but soon more aliens crash land and the gang has to defend themselves and their council estate from these invaders.
| international title: | Attack the Block |
| original title: | Attack the Block |
| country: | United Kingdom |
| sales agent: | StudioCanal |
| year: | 2011 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Joe Cornish |
| film run: | 88' |
| release date: | IE 13/05/2011, UK 13/05/2011, BE 20/07/2011, FR 20/07/2011, IS 20/07/2011, NL 21/07/2011, DE 22/09/2011, SE 28/10/2011, FI 09/12/2011, ES 09/12/2011, DK 23/02/2012, PT 05/04/2012, IT 30/05/2012 |
| screenplay: | Joe Cornish |
| cast: | John Boyega, Franz Drameh, Alex Esmail, Nick Frost, Simon Howard, Jumayn Hunter, Leeon Jones, Luke Treadaway, Jodie Whittaker |
| cinematography by: | Tom Townend |
| film editing: | Jonathan Amos |
| art director: | Andrea Coathupe |
| costumes designer: | Rosa Dias |
| music: | Felix Buxton, Steven Price, Simon Ratcliffe |
| production: | Big Talk Productions, UK Film Council, Film4 |
| distributor: | StudioCanal, Océan Films, Entertainment One - eOne Films Benelux, Starway Film Distribution, Frenetic Films, Wild Bunch Distribution Germany, NOS Lusomundo Audiovisuais (NOS Audiovisuais), Avalon, Filmauro, Atlantic Film OY |
