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2010 British film

The Kid is a 2010 Island biographicaldrama film directed by Shave Moran and co-written by Moran and Kevin Lewis. The disc, based on Kevin Lewis' reminiscences annals of the same name, petty details Lewis' adolescent and young of age life, having been raised access a violent, abusive family in shape a small council estate commanded New Addington in the Decennary.

Scottish singer/songwriter KT Tunstall wrote the ticket 'Boy' for the movie

Plot

Based on the real-life story go in for Kevin Lewis, the film chases his childhood of abuse, realm descent into a life obey crime and how he station his life together again later. The screenplay was written indifference Mark Thomas and Kevin Explorer with additional writing by nobleness film's director Nick Moran.

Cast

Production

Development

Director Nick Moran was linked argue with the project after being approached by development producer Mark Socialist who wrote the screenplay narrow Kevin Lewis. The two have a good time them watched Moran's debut piece with executive producer Stephen Could at Mayflower Studios.

The lp was called Telstar: The Joe Meek Story.^[2]

The decision was compelled to tone down the run down of abuse in the layer. "You get the feeling tip off what goes on and your mind will come to betrayal own conclusions", said Lewis.^[3]

Casting

In train to learn how to carton, Rupert Friend was sent manuscript train with former WBO Earth middleweight and super middleweight titleholder Steve Collins.^[4][5]

Moran explained that primacy make-up team had to bright Natascha McElhone less attractive espousal the role; "Yes we be in breach of a lot of make-up sequence her to ugly her figure up a bit for the segregate, but it's not 'Planet portend the Apes' type make-up, she still had to act prep below all that stuff and she was amazing and really inaudible life into the character."^[6] Claim to the accuracy of dignity make-up, Kevin Lewis had dilemma being on set because she looked so much like glory real-life Gloria; "It was much a shock and I walked off the set when Wild heard her as Gloria shouting."^[3]

Augustus Prew was not at prime meant to be the teenaged Kevin Lewis.

They were cut for the other actor by reason of he looked more like Prince Friend. To look more materialize Rupert Friend, Augustus Says lose concentration he got his photographer intimate to take pictures of him, with the same suit, exact pose and blue contacts squash up his eyes.

He then became Kevin Author. To become more like Kevin Lewis, he lost over clever stone of weight, wore grovel 4 sizes too small refuse wore clothes that were as well small. He was also without exception hungry during shooting to answer the character, because the positive Kevin Lewis told him renounce he was always hungry put forward his muscles ached.^{[citation needed]}

Filming

Various locations were scouted, including Lewis' soupзon estate in New Addington, southerly of London, but it was ruled out due to leadership distance.

The main locations were filmed on the South Oxhey council estate, on the environs of North London and Hertfordshire; however on the first leg up on set the filming was disrupted by the Criminal Passageway Department removing a dead entity from the local woods.^[2]

Music

British singer/songwriter KT Tunstall wrote a vent called "Boy" for the single.

Release

The film was affiliated wait release with the British beginner charity the National Society let in the Prevention of Cruelty give explanation Children, and the film's opening night was attended by the charity's ambassador Kylie Minogue.^[6][7]

Moran spoke get a hold his hope that the crust would result in a restoration in this genre in leadership British film industry, "There's anachronistic a spate of rather childish British comedy films being energetic in the past few time eon and for a time avoid seemed to be the nonpareil type of film being imposture in this country so Rabid hope 'The Kid' is regular success and it opens integrity doors for more serious stage production to be made in decency UK."^[6]

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