Shank is a 2009 drama film staring Wayne Virgo ,Marc Laurent ,Alice Payne and Tom Bott.Which was writing by Darren Flaxstone and Christian Martin, as well as directed by Simon ^[1]^[2]^[3].

This film was a winner of a the Audience award in the 2009 Barcelona International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival as well as a recipient of the Emerging Talent in Queer Cinema in 2009 at the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival ^[4]^[5]^[6].

Plot

Shank
Shank
Directed by	Simon Pearce
Written by	Paul Van Carter
Produced by	Christian Martin
Starring	Wayne Virgo ,Marc Laurent ,Alice Payne, Tom Bott
Music by	J Knight
Distributed by	TLA_Entertainment_Group
Release dates	14 April 2009 (United Kingdom); 1 May 2009 (United States);
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£20,000 est

A troubled teenaged gang member named Cal, tries to hide his true sexuality from the other gang members despite all of the violence that the gang creates towards foreigners, students and homosexuals. Hooking up with random strangers such as Scott , Cal soon realizes that he has a way to escape his depraved and tedium lifestyle. When Cal saves Oliver from a viscous and pointless beating due to homophobia, Cal is presented with a whole new lifestyle that presents new obstacles and experiences.

Cast

Wayne Virgo as Cal

Marc Laurent as Olivier

Alice Payne as Nessa

Tom Bott as Jonno

Garry Summers as Scott

Bernie Hodges as Will

Christian Martin as David

Louise Fearnside as Dayna

Oliver Park as Gang Member 1

Release

Shank was released in 2009 of April 14th in the United Kingdom at the and was released in the United States on May 1,2009 at the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival ^[7]the dvd release of this film was on December 8, 2009^[8].

Awards

Barcelona International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival -Won, Audience Awards 2009
Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival- Won, Emerging Talent in Queer Cinema (Simon Pearce) 2009
Barcelona International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival -Won, Audience Awards 2009

References

External links

|Official Website

Ratings sites

Shank at Internet_Movie_Database
Shank at Allmovie

[1] ttp://www.shank-movie.co.uk/page9/page9.html

[2] ttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt1288571/maindetails

[3] ttp://www.tlareleasing.com/details/product_details.cfm?id=282845

[4] ttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt1288571/awards

[5] ttp://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000780/2009<

[6] ttp://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000436/2009

[7] ttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt1288571/releaseinfo,

[8] ttp://www.amazon.com/Shank-Unrated-Director-Wayne-Virgo/dp/B002L1YGRY

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