Once Upon a Time in the Midlands

Once Upon a Time in the Midlands Information

Once Upon a Time in the Midlands is a 2002 British romantic comedy film written and directed by Shane Meadows, starring Robert Carlyle, Rhys Ifans, Kathy Burke, Ricky Tomlinson and Shirley Henderson. It is set in Nottingham in the Midlands.

Plot

Dek (Rhys Ifans) proposes to his girlfriend Shirley (Shirley Henderson) on TV. When Jimmy (Robert Carlyle), "the great love of her life" and father of her daughter Marlene (Finn Atkins), sees this, he returns in an attempt to win back her heart. However after deserting his friends in Scotland during an unsuccessful robbery of some clowns, his friends turn against him and come to the Midlands to try to track him down. Though in the end Shirley refuses to go with Jimmy and professes her love for Dek after Marlene refuses to have anything to do with Jimmy and is only ready to accept Dek as the father figure.

Cast

Robert Carlyle " Jimmy, Carol's foster brother, Shirley's ex-husband and Marlene's father
Vanessa Feltz " Herself
Ricky Tomlinson " Charlie, Carol's estranged husband
Kathy Burke " Carol, Jimmy's foster sister
Vicki Patterson " Audience Guest
Shirley Henderson " Shirley, Jimmy's ex-wife and Marlene's mother
Finn Atkins " Marlene, Jimmy and Shirley's daughter
Kelly Thresher " Donna, Carol's daughter
Rhys Ifans " Dek, Shirley's boyfriend
Andrew Shim " Donut, Donna's boyfriend
Ryan Bruce " Emerson, Carol and Charlie's son and Lake and Donna's brother
Eliot Otis Brown Walters " Lake, Carol and Charlie's son and Emerson and Donna's brother
Anthony Strachan " Jumbo (as Antony Strachan)
David McKay " Dougy (as David Mckay)
James Cosmo " Billy

Awards

Gijón International Film Festival 2002

Nominated: Best Feature (Grand Prix Asturias) " Shane Meadows

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