When Carty meets Elvis at a Bunnymen gig they fall headlong into a volatile friendship that each of them aches for but neither can control Violent sexy & funny Awaydays is a blade-sharp rites-of-passage that buzzes with the post-punk energy of its late-70&s Liverpool setting Based on the classic novel by Kevin Sampson & pulsating to a soundtrack of Joy Division The Cure Magazine Echo & The Bunnymen & Ultravox Awaydays examines identity fate the nature of male longings & their need to belong It is the first major feature film to be set during & evocatively portray the first dawning of the football casual fashion cult Quadropheniameets Control; Trainspotting meets Stand By Me Awaydays is all of these
- A Catcher In The Rye with switchblades Actors Stephen Graham Nicky Belle Liam Boyle Oliver Lee Holly Grainger Lee Battle Sean Ward Michael Ryan Ian Puleston-Davies Sacha Parkinson Samantha Mc Carthy & Dean Smith Director Pat Holden Certificate 18 years & over Year 2009 Languages English