Attack the Block (Original title)

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Dates: 2011 (Copyright), 13 May 2011 (Release)

Countries: France, United Kingdom

Directed by: Joe Cornish

Synopsis: Science fiction fantasy. Aliens attack a London tower block and it is up to a gang of teenagers to defend it.

Genres: Crime, Science Fiction

Subjects: Aliens, Invasions, Tower blocks, Mugging

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Releases
Date: 13 May 2011Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound)Aspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 87 mins 42 secs - Length: 7904 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Optimum Releasing
Date: October 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 87 mins 42 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

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©: StudioCanal S.A., ©: UK Film Council, Channel Four Television Corporation, A Big Talk Pictures production: Big Talk Pictures, Made with the support of: The National Lottery through the UK Film Council's Development Fund and Premiere Fund, Presents: StudioCanal Features, Presents: Film4, UK Film Council, Executive Producer: Matthew Justice, Executive Producer: Tessa Ross, Executive Producer: Jenny Borgars, Executive Producer: Will Clarke, Executive Producer: Olivier Courson, Edgar Wright, Development Services: Jack Barth, Produced by: Nira Park, James Wilson, Line Producer: James Biddle, Associate Producer: Lucy Pardee, Head of Development: Rachael Prior, Development Executive: Tamzin Cary, Film Development Co-ordinator: Moss Barclay, Development Researcher: Ruth Sewell, Development Executive for Drama: Luke Alkin, Development Co-ordinator for Drama: Alison Cain, Financial Director: Sharon Martin, Business Affairs Executive: Dan Cheesbrough, Production Executive: Christina Lesbirel, Clearances Executive: Karen Beever, Clearances and Music Co-ordinator: Hannah Dunnell, CEO for Optimum: Danny Perkins, Executive VP International Sales: Harold Van Lier, Executive VP International Marketing: Shyama Friedenson, VP International Sales: Anna Marsh, Head of Development for Optimum: Dan MacRae, Head of Physical Production for Optimum: Lesley Stewart, Head of Publicity for Optimum: Suzanne Noble, Head of Marketing for Optimum: Hugh Spearing, CFO for Optimum: James Forde, Senior Commissioning Executive: Katherine Butler, Head of Development: Sam Lavender, Head of Production: Tracey Josephs, Production Manager: Fiona Lamptey, Business Affairs: Paul Grindey, Harry Dixon, Head of the Film Fund: Tanya Seghatchian, Senior Production and Development Executive: Natascha Wharton, Story Editor: Jon Croker, Head of Production: Fiona Morham, Head of Business Affairs: Will Evans, Production Finance: Vince Holden, Production Manager: Nicky Earnshaw, Production Co-ordinator: Emma Olrich-Smith, Fiona Garland, Production Accountant: Rachel Plose, Andrew Hill, Unit Manager: Sharon McGuinness, Location Manager: Vinnie Jassal, Post-production Supervisor: Michael Solinger, 1st Assistant Director: Ben Howarth, 1st Assistant Director: Dan Channing Williams, 1st Assistant Director: Richard Goodwin, Phil Booth, 2nd Assistant Director: Harriet Worth, Tom Rye, 3rd Assistant Director: Dan Channing Williams, Hannah Brown, Script Supervisor: Paula Casarin, Ruth Atkinson, Casting Director: Nina Gold, Casting Associate: Robert Sterne, Written by: Joe Cornish, Director of Photography: Tom Townend, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: Julian Morson, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: Julian Morson, Peter Talbot, Camera Operator: Chris Plevin, Camera Operator: Rodrigo Gutierrez, Camera Operator: Peter Field, Simon Baker, A Camera Operator: Julian Morson, Steadicam Operator: Julian Morson, 1st Assistant Camera: Sam Renton, Ashley Bond, 'B' Camera Focus Puller: Gabi Norland, Focus Puller: Shaun Cobley, Focus Puller: Sarah Rollason, Focus Puller: Matt Poynter, Nathan Mann, 'A' Camera Clapper Loader: Sacha Jones, 'B' Camera Clapper Loader: Chris Wanklyn, Central Loader: Elliot George Dupuy, Clapper Loader: Dean Morrish, Clapper Loader: Tim Phillips, Clapper Loader: Erin Stevens, Rob Gilmour, Gaffer: Julian White, Martin Duncan, Rigging Gaffer: Dan Lowe, Key Grip: Rupert Lloyd Parry, Stills Photographer: Matt Nettheim, Liam Daniel, Visual Effects by: Double Negative, Visual Effects Supervisor: Ged Wright, Visual Effects Executive Producer: Alex Hope, Melissa Taylor, 2D Supervisor: Julian Gnass, Visual Effects Producer: Natalie Stopford, Fay McConkey, Additional Visual Effects by: Fido, VFX Supervisor: Mattias Lindahl, VFX Producer: Nils Lagergren, 2D Supervisor: Fredrik Höglin, UV Room VFX Sequence by: Method, Executive Producer: Drew Jones, Special Effects Supervisor: Sam Conway, Special Effects Senior Technician: Richard Conway, Special Effects Floor Supervisor: Mark White, Special Effects Technician: Christopher Giles, Special Effects Technician: Nigel Wilkinson, Nick Smith, Creature Effects by: Mike Elizalde, Senior Creature Technician: Anthony Parker, Creature Technician: Jess Moore, Creature Effects Created by: Inc. Spectral Motion, Creative Consultant: Mary Elizalde, Production Supervisor: Brian Walsh, Editor: Jonathan Amos, Assembly Editor: Daniel Gethic, 1st Assistant Editor: Tom Kemplen, 2nd Assistant Editor: Rob Duffield, Visual Effects Editor: Tom Kemplen, Production Designer: Marcus Rowland, Supervising Art Director: Dick Lunn, Art Director: Andrea Coathupe, Standby Art Director: Matilda Wainwright, Set Decorator: Dick Lunn, Set Dresser: Dan Ainslie, Neil Griffiths, Graphic Designer: Andy Bottomley, Graffiti Artist: Lachlan Hansen, Storyboard Artist: Nicholas Pelham, Production Buyer: Anna Kasabova, Property Master: Paul de Csernatony, Andie Vining, Construction Department: Helix 3D Ltd., Construction Manager: Brian Dowling, Costume Designer: Rosa Dias, Wardrobe Supervisor: Kevin Pratten, Vicki Anne Hales-daly, Make-up and Hair Designer: Jane Walker, Make-up and Hair Artist: Nicola Matthews, Make-up Artist: Judith Barkas, Special Make-up Effects Designer: Paul Hyett, Prosthetic Make-up Artist: Stuart Conran, Demetris Robinson, Prosthetic Technician: Chris Fitzgerald, Prosthetic Technician: Conal Palmer, Prosthetic Technician: Robbie Drake, Prosthetic Technician: Astrig Askerlian, Prosthetic Technician: Faye Windridge, Becky Cain, Title Sequence by: Matt Curtis, Laboratory: Technicolor Ltd., Music by: Steven Price, Additional Music: Felix Buxton, Simon Ratcliffe, Orchestra Leader: Everton Nelson, Conductor: Geoff Alexander, Orchestrator: David Butterworth, Andrew Fisher, Music Supervisor: Nick Angel, Orchestra Contractor: Isobel Griffiths, Sound Designer: Jeremy Price, Production Sound Mixer: Jim Greenhorn, Sound Mixer: Clive Derbyshire, Boom Operator: Tristan Tarrant, Peter Margrave, Re-recording Mixer: Mark Paterson, Mix Technician: Rob Weatherall, Supervising Sound Editor: Julian Slater, Stunt Co-ordinator: Paul Herbert, Tony Lucken, On-set Police Adviser: Simon Morgan, On-set Police Adviser: Raffaele D'orsi, Lucy D'orsi, Multimedia Consultant: Lee Thomas, Dialogue Coach: Jill Mccullogh, Armourer: Richard Hooper, Armourer: Joss Skottowe, Armourer: Greg Corke, Dave Evans, Pogo the dog supplied by: Animal Ambassadors, Unit Publicist: Claudia Kalindjian, Behind the Scenes Documentarian: Phil Stoole, Digital Intermediate by: Technicolor Creative Services London, Shot at: 3 Mills Studios

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John Boyega (Moses), Jodie Whittaker (Sam), Alex Esmail (Pest), Franz Drameh (Dennis), Leeon Jones (Jerome), Simon Howard (Biggz), Luke Treadaway (Brewis), Jumayn Hunter (Hi-Hatz), Danielle Vitalis (Tia), Paige Meade (Dimples), Sammy Williams (Probs), Michael Ajao (Mayhem), Nick Frost (Ron), Maggie McCarthy (Margaret), Gina Antwi (Dionne), Natasha Jonas (Gloria), Flaminia Cinque (Italian woman), Selom Awadzi (Tonks), Adam Buxton, Haneen Hammou (documentary voice over), Paisley Thomas (Roxanne), Jacey Salles (Biggz's mum), Yvonne D'alpra (Pest's nan), Karl Collins (Dennis' dad), Joey Ansah, Adam Leese (policeman), Lee Long (Patrick), Jermaine Smith (Beats), Dylan Charles (police constable), David Cann (detective superintendent), Terry Notary (lead creature performer and movement coach), Karl Baumann (creature performer), Arti Shah (female creature performer), Tony Christian, Donna Williams (creature performer)

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In: Screen International n1721 March 2010  Page: 65
Title: In ProductionAuthor: COOPER, Sarah Article type: CreditsLanguage: English

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Title: Transnationalism & genre hybridity in new British horror cinema
Author: Decker, Lindsey  Pages: 258 pages

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Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(4)
Digital materials(2)
Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:27:44 minutesProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-462200
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file

Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:27:44 minutesProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-462200-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file


Video materials(1)
Description: HD CamDuration: 87:40 minutesBFI identifier: N-14143
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape


Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedStock date: 2011BFI identifier: C-1608555
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film

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