Oliver Lee

'Awaydays' by Kevin Sampson


Oli is thrilled to be featured in this fabulous adaptation of Kevin' Sampson's urban classic novel.

Described as 'Catcher In The Rye' with Stanley knives, and 'nasty stuff - brilliantly told' by The Guardian, its definitely one to look out for.

The story follows 'The Pack' during the heady days of 1979 when football hooliganism was rife.


This is a supporting role for Oli, whereby he looses his gentle Manc tones and takes on a whole new 'scouse' persona in the shape of 'Baby Millan' - a nasty piece of work described as a real 'Stanley merchant'! '


'Filming's been great fun but really tough work and pretty scary too at times' says Oli, who has a few more cuts and bruises since he returned from the set.
There are some great new talents coming through in this film' he adds, 'Plus some very familiar faces too', like the talented Stephen Graham from 'Snatch' and 'Gangs Of New York'.


The filming was done in and around Liverpool, Birkenhead and Tranmere with some fabulous train scenes in Bury, Lancashire.
Oli warns us that we may not even recognise him. He will be sporting authentic clothing from the era plus a very 'Human League' ish hair do!



 

Red Union Films and Optimum Releasing are pleased to announce that AWAYDAYS will go on general release throughout the U.K and Eire from 22nd May. Most major cities, multiplexes and high street screens will be showing the film - check with your local cinema for confirmation. Due to occasional and deplorable use of gutter language, the film is expected to have a 18 certificate so be sure to bring a) I.D b) wrinkles or c) a three-star jumper as proof of age.

About Awaydays

Paul Carty is 19, and bored out of his mind. His mother died a year ago. He lives in middle class suburbia with his silently grieving father and feisty young sister, Molly. Carty works as a junior civil servant and spends all his wages on clubs, records, football and gigs. It's at a Bunnymen gig that he meets Elvis. Elvis changes everything.

He's part of a gang called The Pack. The Pack are notorious; they dress in a cultish, almost effeminate style that's at odds with the boneheads and bootboys they fight against. They have androgynous wedge haircuts worn with Fred Perry shirts, Lois jeans and Adidas Forest Hills training shoes. For as long as he has been going to football, Carty has been fascinated by The Pack. Now Elvis seems to be offering him a way in.

Except he isn't. For all that Carty lionises The Pack, Elvis dilutes his idealism. He warns Carty that these lads are nobodies. Elvis is a council estate romantic, a dreamer with big plans about escaping to Berlin, New York, anywhere... anywhere, so long as Carty comes with him. He's been waiting all his life for someone like Carty, someone he can talk with and relate to about art, music, poetry...suicide. They love the same bands - Magazine, Joy Division, Wire - and think the same way; or so Elvis wants to believe. He's smitten with his new mate and plans the big journeys they'll make together.

But Carty soon gets to know the 'other' Elvis - moody, fatalistic and possessive. He throws as many obstacles as he can in Carty's path, whenever he fears he's losing him. Elvis is all too well aware how badly Carty craves the Pack lifestyle, and tries to keep him away - but in spite of all his warnings, Carty's on a collision course, plunging deeper into their dark and vicious world. Elvis can see how Carty's fascination is blinding him, yet he's powerless to pull him back from the brink. Once he's been on his first awayday and sampled the buzz of random violence, Carty just wants more, more, more...

But Carty is never truly accepted by the gang. He's there on sufferance because his sponsor, the psychotic yet enigmatic Elvis is so revered. Their conflict reaches its crisis as Carty tries harder and harder to impress the wild boys, while Elvis sinks deeper into paranoia and jealousy. Something has to break.

Visit Awaydays official site HERE



Exhibit A


Exhibit A is the seemingly unedited tape that was taken from a home video camera at the scene of a murder. It tells the story of a normal family disintegrating into an unimaginable nightmare.


Exhibit A is inspired by the many men in true life who are known to their neighbours as devoted husbands and fathers but for unknowable reasons suddenly decide their loved ones should be killed.


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Last Updated 26th March 2009