Down Terrace
United Kingdom
2009
89 Min
Color
2.35:1
English
Synopsis
This black suburban comedy from director Ben Wheatley slickly marries family drama to crime-flick to produce a cross-genre gem.
Father-and-son gangster duo Bill and Karl, released from a four-month stint in a Brighton prison, settle back into a routine of drinking, pot-smoking and crime. But there’s a snitch in their midst, and the dysfunctional family of thugs are set to explode with violence.
Brimming with menace, Down Terrace stars co-writer Robin Hill alongside his real-life wife and father, and features a chilling crime clan matriarch that puts Jacki Weaver’s performance in Animal Kingdom to shame. —melbournefilmfestival.com
Director
Ben Wheatley
Ben Wheatley (born 1972) Animator, Director of internet viral ads, TV idents, TV adverts, TV comedy shows and feature films.
Early life
Wheatley was born in Billericay, Essex. He went to Haverstock School in North London and it was here during the sixth form that he met Amy Jump who is now his wife and co-founder of Mr and Mrs Wheatley. They have a son and live in Brighton.
Film career
Initially a short film maker and animator, Wheatley moved his work to the internet instantly gaining a wider audience. His viral clip “cunning stunt” which shows his friend Rob Hill jumping over a car has had over 10 million views. The hundred or so short virals, animations and games found on mrandmrswheatley.co.uk soon caught the eye of large media companies and Wheatley’s work expanded into main stream media.
In 2006 Wheatley won a Lion at Cannes advertising festival for directing AMBX viral with the viralfactory.
In July 2006 Wheatley directed the live action… read more
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NoOneJones
8Dec12
Believably creepy. If you don't agree, you may just not know those kinds of people.
msmichel
22Jun11
UK Kitchen sink drama set within the melee of a crime family hoisted up by blistering performances from real life father and son Robert Hill and Robin Hill. Unfortunately overshadowed by the Australian film "Animal Kingdom" last year, this film really has the goods. Julia Deakin far more chilling than Jacki Weaver's nominated performance. Well written with just the right degree of paranoia and violence. Bravo.
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delbertgrady
15Sep11
I thought Animal Kingdom was a superior film on many levels, for instance I couldn't sympathise with any of the characters in Down Terrace and most of them were like cardboard cutouts from a cheesy British gangster film.
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In the UK. Ben Wheatley's "Kill List"
By David Hudson on September 2, 2011
“Wheatley might be the most idiosyncratic and exciting filmmaker the UK has produced since Shane Meadows.”
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By David Hudson on October 14, 2010
The film of the week would have to be Olivier Assayas's Carlos, and the roundup of raves carries on right here. So, too, does the one for Clint
Bleak British Comedy DOWN TERRACE Wins Best UK Feature At Raindance!
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
Ben Wheatley’s Down Terrace is now two for two: Two festivals played, two major prizes won. The film scooped the Next Wave award at Fantastic Fest last month before heading home for its UK premiere at
Down Terrace - reviewed
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
Down Terrace has been likened to the TV show The Sopranos for the familiar tropes of paranoid crime families in a dangerous situation, but really it is more akin to the brutal film Gomorrah; not due to
Fantasia 2010: DOWN TERRACE Review
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
Upon being released from custody for some petty larceny, Ben and his son Karl, small time gangsters both, return home more or less in silence for an awkward couple of beers and stale pound-cake with their
Alan Clarke and Alkaseltzer - A Conversation with DOWN TERRACE's Ben Wheatley
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
Winning accolades and fans across the festival circuit for the past year, and comparisons to material as far and wide as Ken Loach and The Sopranos (although in all fairness it is neither of those things
Fantastic Fest 09: BritCom Turns Bleak In DOWN TERRACE
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
Well, well … after making their production debut with Pakistani splatter flick Hell’s Ground and announcing their intention to produce Filipino splatter pic Killdroid – promo teaser here – and Karim Hussain’s
DOWN TERRACE Review
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
[As it is getting its US Release today, here is my Review of Down Terrace, go see it, especially if you are a fan of the deadpan Coen Brothers sense of black-humour.]Upon being released from custody for
Evokative Films Releases DOWN TERRACE On DVD May 17th!
By Twitchfilm.com on May 4, 2011
Big fans of Ben Wheatley’s Down Terrace. Big fans of our friends at Canadian distribution label Evokative Films. And the two of them together make for sweet British gangster love on May 17th. But it or
Magnet Takes The World On Fantastic Fest Winner DOWN TERRACE
By Twitchfilm.com on April 30, 2011
Congratulations, boys. New York – January 12, 2009 – The Wagner/Cuban Companies’ Magnet Releasing, genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, announced today that it has acquired world rights to DOWN TERRACE, a genre
UK Trailer For Ben Wheatley's Dark Crime Comedy DOWN TERRACE
By Twitchfilm.com on April 29, 2011
With UK director Ben Wheatley is gearing up for production on his hitmen vs satanic cult picture The Kill List, local distributors are prepping the theatrical release of his previous picture, the bleak
Hey Toronto! Ben Wheatley's Award Winning DOWN TERRACE Opens November 12th!
By Twitchfilm.com on April 29, 2011
[Here begins a trio of Toronto-centric posts and, yes, I apologize to those of you who don’t live here.]Fans of bleaker than bleak comedy in Canada, give a nice round of applause to Evokative Films because
Hey Toronto! Ben Wheatley's Award Winning DOWN TERRACE Opens November 12th!
By Twitchfilm.net on October 21, 2010
[Here begins a trio of Toronto-centric posts and, yes, I apologize to those of you who don’t live here.]Fans of bleaker than bleak comedy in Canada, give a nice round of applause to Evokative Films because
DOWN TERRACE Review
By Twitchfilm.net on October 15, 2010
[As it is getting its US Release today, here is my Review of Down Terrace, go see it, especially if you are a fan of the deadpan Coen Brothers sense of black-humour.]Upon being released from custody for
UK Trailer For Ben Wheatley's Dark Crime Comedy DOWN TERRACE
By Twitchfilm.net on July 29, 2010
With UK director Ben Wheatley is gearing up for production on his hitmen vs satanic cult picture The Kill List, local distributors are prepping the theatrical release of his previous picture, the bleak
Fantastic Fest 09: BritCom Turns Bleak In DOWN TERRACE
By Twitchfilm.net on July 17, 2010
Well, well … after making their production debut with Pakistani splatter flick Hell’s Ground and announcing their intention to produce Filipino splatter pic Killdroid – promo teaser here – and Karim Hussain’s
Bleak British Comedy DOWN TERRACE Wins Best UK Feature At Raindance!
By Twitchfilm.net on July 17, 2010
Ben Wheatley’s Down Terrace is now two for two: Two festivals played, two major prizes won. The film scooped the Next Wave award at Fantastic Fest last month before heading home for its UK premiere at
Magnet Takes The World On Fantastic Fest Winner DOWN TERRACE
By Twitchfilm.net on July 17, 2010
Congratulations, boys. New York – January 12, 2009 – The Wagner/Cuban Companies’ Magnet Releasing, genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, announced today that it has acquired world rights to DOWN TERRACE, a genre
Fantasia 2010: DOWN TERRACE Review
By Twitchfilm.net on July 17, 2010
Upon being released from custody for some petty larceny, Ben and his son Karl, small time gangsters both, return home more or less in silence for an awkward couple of beers and stale pound-cake with their
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