It had its uk premiere in the 1st feature competition at the bfi london film festival in october 2014. Goob taylor has spent each of his 16 summers helping mum run the transport cafe. The setting for guy myhills terrific comingofage drama the goob is the windblasted flatland of rural norfolk, but theres a reckless, lawless quality to this land and its community that evokes. Guys film generated such excitement within the movie industry that it was premiered at the 2014 venice and london film festivals. Apart from certain moments, i mostly felt like i was watching goob with a thin sheet between me and the world inside the film. With sienna guillory, sean harris, marama corlett, hannah spearritt. And now, in selfless dedication to you the okp reader, we clothespinned our eyeballs open to watch, collect and collate for you a comprehensive guide to 2015s best film releases, musical and. Goob goob is a member of vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. The second is the goob, creative englands first completed ifeature, which premiered at venice film festival last year. A n oddly dreamlike variant on british workingclass realism, this atmospheric first feature turns norfolk into something between the american deep south and northern france the latter because of faint overtones of bruno dumont. Goob taylor has spent each of his 16 summers helping mum run the transport cafe and harvest the surrounding pumpkin fields. Liam walpole as the titular figure also has the kind of striking otherworldly features that made the feral, catdrowning buddies in gummo so watchable its no surprise to learn he was offered a modelling contract after the film was completed.
When his mum shacks up with swarthy stock car driving supremo and ladies man gene womack, goob becomes an unwelcome side thought. It relies on an immediate connection with the players and that is often very sparse as there is not much. Transcribeme has also allowed me to catalog and create searchable databases of quality research with valuable insight into new product development and. The finnish film foundation receives 1 million to help cinemas and film festivals survive. The family fang is a 2015 american comedydrama film directed by jason bateman and written by david lindsayabaire, based on the 2011 novel of the same name by kevin wilson. Screen tiff day 1 2015 by media business insight issuu. Disney pixar disney animation animation film disney and. Goob taylor has spent each of his sixteen summers helping mum run the. Dedicated to creating and distributing bold and inventive stories, amc networks owns and operates several of the most popular brands in television and film including amc, bbc america, ifc, sundancetv, we tv, ifc films, sundance now. The film won the top prize, the golden hitchcock, at dinard film festival in october. The gobetween is a 2015 british romantic drama film based on the 1953 novel the gobetween by l. The goob stands out thanks to its performances and cinematography. Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus. Eva riley writerdirector eva graduated from the national film and television school in 2015, where her graduation film patriot premiered in the short film competition in cannes.
Were in the middle of a heat wave in fenland, england. The film stars bateman, nicole kidman and christopher walken. It was made by bbc films and directed by guy myhill from his. Anca damians the island to be finished before the end of the year. On paper it seems an overly oppressive environment but the film paints goobs plight with subtlety and an even hand. Was 3 months pregnant with her twins valentina and lucia when she completed filming on her guest stint on csi. For more information on the goob, please see the film s imdb page and twitter. Adam biskupski a freelance editor specialising in independent and documentary film, his feature debut the. Sienna tiggy guillory wiki biography sienna tiggy guillory l. The goob is something completely different to cmbyn, perhaps it is a british equivalent, but the two bare no resemblance. He clashes with brutal stock car racer gene womack for his mothers attention and falls for a foreign field worker.
International trailer for the goob, which will be distributed in international territories by soda pictures were in the middle of a heat wave in fenland, england. Theres an appealingly enigmatic quality to both goob and the film itself, which goes some way to. In 2016, she was commissioned to write and direct diagnosis by bbc films and was named a screen international star of tomorrow. Bill irwin was born on april 11, 1950, in santa monica, california, to elizabeth mills, a teacher, and horace g. Goob taylor has spent each of his sixteen summers helping his mum run the transport.
Discussion in show and tell started by joshyouritguy, oct 3. Newcomer liam walpole leads a cast featuring sienna guillory fortitude, luther, sean harris mission. Guy myhill was nominated for best british newcomer at the bfi london film festival. A long hot summer in rural norfolk and a rough coming of age for goob taylor, fighting. Guy myhill is taking his first steps in the world of feature films with the goob. A long hot summer in rural norfolk and a rough coming of age for goob taylor, fighting with brutal, womanizing stock car racer gene womack for his mothers attention, and falling for the exotic charms of a pretty foreign field worker. The goob synopsis were in the middle of a heatwave in fenland, england. Sienna tiggy guillory is an english actress, and former model. Two years on, and walpole, 21, is the lead in myhills strikingly authentic film, which follows goob as he leaves school and struggles to cope with his stepfather, as well as work, love and the. The goob had its world premiere at venice days festival in august 2014. All of this, in combination with goobs latent ethereality, allows myhill to create a dreamlike, expressive piece that surprises with its complexity. This is a film with a linear narrative and no back story. Having performed piano and acoustic guitar from years as a child, guillory 1st explored the guitar during florida, using the illusions.
Transcribeme has provided me with quick and accurate textual feedback from lengthy, datafilled, verbal conversations. An intelligent, wellacted essay in classic brit social realism, with a beautiful evocation of the east anglian landscape. Goob taylor has spent each of his sixteen summers helping his mum run the transport cafe and harvest the surrounding pumpkin fields. Goob taylor has spent each of his sixteen summers helping his mum run the transport cafe. Newcomer liam walpole plays openfaced goob, a schoolleaver with absolutely no idea what to do with the rest of his life. Impossible rogue nation, 71 and s club 7s hannah spearritt in guy myhills electrifying debut. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what youre looking for. The film was released on april 29, 2016, by starz digital. The goob is written and directed by guy myhill and produced by lee groombridge and mike elliott. There are asides to the story and some well observed teenage bonding and elliot oliver kennedy makes for a very diverting interlude. She is known for playing the title role in the tv miniseries, helen of troy, her portrayal of jill valentine in the science fiction action horror film resident evil. Goobs only let down is that it doesnt grab the audience and immerse it into its world. Nominated for best british newcomer guy myhill at the bfi london film festival locations edit the goob was filmed in norfolk, including a disused diner at necton and stock car racing scenes at swaffham raceway.
The goob is the debut feature by writer director guy myhill, a tale of divided family loyalties set against the dirty roar of stock car racing, produced by lee groombridge and mike elliott. Credits 2 on set services medical support for film. A fashion look from january 2015 featuring button cardigan, vintage crop top and denim skinny jeans. Won the cineuropa award at the fifa mons international love film festival in february 2015. He is the oldest of three children, and is of english, irish, and german descent. See more ideas about meet the robinson, halloween costumes and costumes. However goobs world turns when exotic pumpkin picker eva arrives. Occasional shots of goob driving a motorcycle reveal the only freedom he really has. Plot goob taylor liam walpole is a school leaver with an abusive stepfather, trapped in rural poverty in norfolk. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Isaac guillory bio, wiki 2017 musician biographies. Screen afm bumper 2015 by media business insight issuu. Returned to work 5 months after giving birth to her twins valentina and lucia to begin filming the wicked within 2015. It was made by bbc films and directed by guy myhill from his own screenplay.
Where they are both atmospheric, and feature a teenage boy who hasnt quite found himself yet, the goob, is beautifully sad, tense, and a harder film to watch. During the five years that i spent researching, writing and revising my book, guy obtained funding for a lowbudget feature called the goob, which stars the character actor sean harris. If you like the goob you are looking for sincere, touching and serious movies about with coming of age, teenage love, youth, family relations, parents and children, love and romance and hopes themes of drama and romance genre shot in uk. Shifting to chicago in 1965, he researched theory and structure at roosevelt college or university. In a remote corner of the norfolk fenlands, coweyed teenager goob liam walpole has just left school. A long hot summer in rural norfolk and a rough coming of age for goob taylor, fighting with brutal, womanizing. Goob taylor has spent each of his sixteen summers helping his mum run the transport cafe and harvest. Lady macbeth, apostasy and the levelling will go into production in the autumn. The goob 2014 goob taylor, a 16yearold struggling to come of age, fights for his mothers attention with gene, her stockcardriving boyfriend, while falling in love with a pretty foreign. Irwin spent a year in belfast, northern ireland, as an exchange student. Goob also starts to explore his own sexuality in being attracted to one of the foreign seasonal workers completing the coming of age theme.
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