''Twenty Four Seven'' is a 1997 British

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directed and written by

Shane Meadows Shane Meadows (born 26 December 1972) is an English director, screenwriter and actor, known for his work in independent film, most notably the cult film '' This Is England'' (2006) and its three sequels (2010–2015). Meadows' other films i ...

. It was co-written by frequent Meadows collaborator Paul Fraser.

Plot

In a typical English working-class town, the juveniles have nothing more to do than hang around in gangs. One day, Alan Darcy ( Bob Hoskins), a highly motivated man with the same kind of youth experience, starts trying to get the young people off the street and into doing something they can believe in; boxing. Soon, he opens a training facility which is accepted gratefully by them and the gangs start to grow together into friends. Darcy manages to organise a public fight for them to prove what they have learned. A training camp with hiking tours into the mountains of Wales forge the group into a tightly knit club society. With the day of the fight drawing closer, the young boxers get more and more excited.

Cast

* Bob Hoskins as Alan Darcy * Danny Nussbaum as Tim * Justin Brady as Gadget *

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as Wolfman Knighty * Darren O. Campbell as Daz * Karl Collins as Stuart * Johann Myers as Benny * Jimmy Hynd as Meggy * Mat Hand as Wesley Fagash * James Corden as Tonka *

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as Ronnie Marsh * Bruce Jones as Tim's Dad * Jo Bell as Jo

Reception

The film received very favourable press on release in the UK, including five star reviews from publications including ''

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''. It subsequently performed well at UK awards ceremonies. At the 1998 BAFTA Awards, it was nominated for the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film. At the 1998

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, Meadows won the Douglas Hickox Award and the film was nominated in the Best British Independent Film category. Meadows won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1997

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References

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