Down Terrace - A Film by Ben Wheatley

Ben Wheatley wins Evening Standard Award

2011-02-16T11:00:00.000-08:00

Ben Wheatley picked up an Evening Standard Award for Best Newcomer this week. Read the lowdown here. And here it is...

Down Terrace nominated for 3 Evening Standard Film Awards

2011-01-04T09:34:00.000-08:00

Down Terrace has been nominated for three Evening Standard Film awards.

Ben Wheatley & Robin Hill: Best Screenplay
Robin Hill: The Peter Sellers Award for Comedy
Ben Wheatley: Most promising newcomer

Read the full story here

Guardian First Film Award Nomination

2010-12-27T03:09:00.001-08:00

Down Terrace - The Independent's British Film of 2010!

2010-12-27T02:50:00.000-08:00

BBC Film 2010 - Film of the Year!

2010-12-16T01:43:00.001-08:00

Down Terrace was Danny Leigh's "Film of the Year" on last nights Film 2010. (He also writes a weekly Guardian column)
A small but perfectly formed mention at the end of the show -
Watch it on iplayer here:

Down Terrace - US Blu-ray & DVD

2010-12-03T07:40:00.001-08:00

Blu-ray here
DVD here

Ben Wheatley Radio Interview

2010-11-05T10:01:00.001-07:00

Down Terrace by Henrys Gigs on Mixcloud

Down Terrace US release - October 15th

2010-09-29T22:02:00.000-07:00

Visit the official US site for screening details and release dates here

UK Reviews

2010-08-01T09:22:00.000-07:00

"A really interesting way of re-inventing the crime drama - darkly comic - moments in it when I felt profoundly uneasy... " Mark Kermode - BBC Film 24

"Ben Wheatley single handedly salvages the British gangster flick" Time Out

"Highly entertaining. Very dry, very droll: Brighton Rock reworked in the style of The Royle Family." Philip French - The Observer

"Shallow Grave as if it's written by Ricky Gervais - A real and unexpected treat" Cosmo Landesman - Sunday Times

"Hilarious & shocking" Tim Robey - The Daily Telegraph

"Inventive, disarming...remarkably refreshing - The kind of British film making that must be supported" Den Of Geek

"Down Terrace is without doubt the highlight of this summer’s box office. Simply Superb" Islington Tribune

**** Film 4
**** The Sunday Times
**** The Independent
**** The Sun
**** Financial Times
**** Time Out
**** The Daily Telegraph
**** Little White Lies
**** Metro
**** Den of Geek
**** The Scotsmen

Pre-order UK Special Edition DVD

2010-07-30T23:07:00.001-07:00

The UK DVD of Down Terrace is available to pre-order now from all your usual outlets. eg Amazon - click the following link Down Terrace [DVD]

Special Features:
Audio commentary with Ben Wheatley & Robin Hill
Screen & camera tests
Deleted & extended scenes: including The Toad!
Ben Wheatley & Robin Hill: The Amazing Wizards shorts
Short film: Rob loves Kerry
Festival trailer

Down Terrace - ICA London screenings

2010-07-18T09:34:00.000-07:00

Click here for tickets and more info.

Down Terrace festival screenings June/July/Aug

2010-05-29T00:50:00.000-07:00

DULUTH, USA - Sound Unseen Festival - June 4th - here

LOS ANGELES, USA - LA Film Festival - June 19th - here

GRAHAMSTOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - National Arts Festival - June 24th - here

PUCHON, SOUTH KOREA - PIFAN Film Festival - July Screening Date TBC - here

MONTREAL, CANADA - Fantasia Film Festival - July Screening Date TBC - here

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - Revelation Film Festival - July Screening Date TBC - here

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - Melbourne International Film Festival - July Screening Date TBC - here

ESPOO, FINLAND - Espoo Film Festival - Aug Screening Date TBC - here

Cannes 2010 Market Screenings

2010-05-01T00:27:00.001-07:00

Down Terrace has two market screenings in Cannes this year courtesy of Magnolia Pictures -
May 12 13:30 GRAY 2
May 18 11:30 PALAIS J

Details here.

Down Terrace wins Grand Jury Prize at IFFBoston

2010-04-30T12:28:00.000-07:00

The title says all really! Read INDIEWIRE's report here

New Directors / New Films: Reviews

2010-03-24T16:13:00.000-07:00

Read the Variety review here

Read the Village Voice review here

Read the Time Out New York review here

Cleveland International Film Festival

2010-03-19T06:22:00.000-07:00

Down Terrace screens at the Cleveland International Film Festival, March 20th & 21st. Details and tickets here.

Belfast Film Festival

2010-03-15T08:44:00.000-07:00

Down Terrace will screen at the 10th Belfast International Film Festival on April 19th. Details here.

New Directors / New Films

2010-03-01T02:31:00.001-08:00

We're extremely chuffed to announce that Down Terrace has been chosen for this year's New Directors/New Films screenings held in New York at the end of March.

Each year, New Directors/New Films, a co-presentation of The Museum of Modern Art and The Film Society of Lincoln Center, unveils a brand new line up of fresh faces on the filmmaking scene. The festival is now in its thirty-ninth year, and you may recognize some names that appeared in past festivals: Pedro Almodóvar, Kelly Reichardt, Atom Egoyan, Spike Lee, Richard Linklater, Sally Potter, John Sayles, Steven Spielberg, Wim Wenders and Wong Kar Wai were all featured as part of New Directors/New Films early in their careers.

Down Terrace will screen twice - Mon Mar 29: 6:15 (MoMA) & Tue Mar 30: 9:00 (FSLC) For tickets and details of all the films screening click here.

Flatpack Festival Screening

2010-03-01T02:24:00.000-08:00

“Britain’s most exciting and innovative film festival” – Lonely Planet
“Like the perfect mixtape” – Electric Sheep magazine

Each year, Flatpack Festival celebrates the wild frontier of film culture. Presenting work in an eclectic array of unexpected spaces and places, the festival centres on the shared experience of watching great work that you might not otherwise get to see. Flatpack provides a platform for new filmmakers and moving image creativity together with a playful and original programme of cult classics re-imagined, silent cinema re-scored and archive material re-invented.

Down Terrace screens Friday 26th March 6pm. Details here

Glasgow Film Festival Screening Reviews

2010-03-01T02:05:00.000-08:00

THE SCOTSMAN - "Brilliantly performed, and rich in detail, it's the sort of low-budget British production that is all too rare these days: something that feels effortless and is effortlessly entertaining..." Read the whole review here (scroll down article)

THE CINESKINNY - "dark comic genius..."

Drew McWeeny's Hit Fix Review

2010-01-27T06:24:00.000-08:00

"Down Terrace" is a very small film, intimate, and yet it has an ending that feels positively cataclysmic. It's a very strong directorial effort for Wheatley, primarily known for British TV comedy before now, and it has absolutely put him and Robin Hill on my radar for whatever they do in the future. When Magnet releases it later this year, pay attention. It's something else.

Read the whole thing here

Festival Screenings: February

2010-01-27T05:20:00.000-08:00

February Screenings:

Rotterdam International Film Festival - screening times here

San Francisco Indie Fest - screening times here

Glasgow International Film Festival - screening times here

Slamdance2010 - party time

2010-01-20T02:26:00.000-08:00

Slamdance 2010

2009-12-18T12:04:00.000-08:00

Down Terrace has been selected to screen at this years SLAMDANCE - the screening takes place in Park City, Utah on Jan 22nd as part of the Special Screenings slate. Variety report it here.

DT wins a BIFA!

2009-12-07T00:21:00.001-08:00

Down Terrace won the Raindance Award at last night's British Independent Film Awards giving director Ben Wheatley the opportunity to swear in front of Michael Caine (sir), DD Lewis & the assembled throng of the UK movie great and good. Other notable winners we like include Moon, Let The Right One In & Bronson.

Big thanks to all concerned!

All the lowdown here.

Empire Online - Review

2009-11-24T05:22:00.000-08:00

A sinister Darwinism operates within Ben Wheatley's Down Terrace, a darkly hilarious reclamation of the British crime genre from those opprobrious peddlers of mockney muppetry. Wheatley made his name on such small-screen series as Time Trumpet, The Wrong Door and Ideal, but this kitchen sink variation on the family firm formula announces his arrival on the cinema scene.

Father and son small-timers Robert and Robin Hill have just been released from jail after being nabbed for an unspecified crime. Convinced that one of their associates shopped them, they greet each visitor to their Brighton terrace with jaundiced civility. Club manager Tony Way gets suckered into buying some booze before being dragged away by his possessive wife, while Irish hitman Michael Smiley is similarly distracted by domestic responsibilities, as he has to get his toddler son home. Only fixer uncle David Schaal lingers to celebrate the Hills' release, with corrupt councillor Mark Kempner dropping in to apologise for being unable to pull any strings with the local constabulary. However, Hill, Jr's desire for vengeance is deflected when ex-girlfriend Kerry Peacock announces she's pregnant with his baby and he decides the time has come to settle down, much to the dismay of his disapproving mother, Julia Deakin.

Eventually, the family decides that Way is the culprit, only for him to lock himself in the bathroom to evade Smiley's botched retribution. The problem is solved next morning, however, and the first of several corpses is wrapped in polythene sheeting and parcel tape and deposited in the Sussex countryside. But where is the slaying going to stop?

Deadpan is the watchword for this seaside homage to The Sopranos, with the slapstick insouciance of the assassinations only enhancing its bleak appeal. Robert Hill and Julia Deakin seethe their contempt for their minions like a couple of backstreet Macbeths, while Robin Hill (who also co-scripted) veers between brattish tantrums and clumsy romantic gestures that disguise his darker purpose. Surreal and sinister, this is a splendid exercise in anti-social realism that deserves to reach a wider audience.

David Parkinson

Down Terrace - hometown screening - Cinecity 09

2009-11-02T05:09:00.000-08:00

Down Terrace has been selected to screen at this years Cinecity - The Brighton Film Festival. The screening takes place late night Friday 27th November - 11.15pm at The Duke of Yorks Cinema. All the details here. There's a great line up of films at this year's festival including A Prophet, The Road & Dogtooth. Get yourself down there!

BIFA nomination

2009-10-29T09:09:00.000-07:00

Down Terrace has been nominated for an award at this years British Independent Film Awards. Details here.

Stills!

2009-10-29T01:32:00.000-07:00

Click here for a set of downloadable stills .....

Down Terrace wins Best UK Feature at Raindance

2009-10-12T02:15:00.000-07:00

Down Terrace won Best UK Feature at last nights Raindance 09 Awards. Woo hoo!
Here's the official blurb.

Reviews

2009-10-08T08:58:00.000-07:00

Here's a bunch of reviews from the Austin and Raindance screenings over the last few days....

CINEMATICAL
SPOUTBLOG
EMPIRE ONLINE
GREENCINE DAILY
IFC

Down Terrace wins Fantastic Fest!

2009-10-04T13:11:00.001-07:00

Down Terrace has just won Fantastic Fest's top prize - the next wave best feature. It also picked up the next wave award for best screenplay. We had an amazing time at the festival - it really is as cool as everyone says - huge thanks to Tim & Karrie, Lars, Gill and Matt at the Drafthouse and everyone working at the festival ... someday all cinemas will be like this!

New Poster

2009-09-21T11:38:00.000-07:00

Here's the new poster for Down Terrace - designed by Jon Link of Modern Toss fame.

Little White Lies on Down Terrace

2009-09-17T10:09:00.000-07:00

Britains best film mag - Little White Lies - published it's first thoughts on Down Terrace here

Raindance screening tickets - get em now!

2009-09-16T07:03:00.001-07:00

Tickets for the screenings of Down Terrace at this years Raindance festival are available here.

Screenings are Friday Oct 2nd - where loads of the cast & crew will be attending - and Weds7th Oct - Both screenings take place at the Apollo Cinema, West End, London. Hope to see you there!

Best British Film Nomination!

2009-09-12T05:08:00.000-07:00

Down Terrace has been nominated for Best British Feature at this years Raindance Festival. All the lowdown here.

Screening dates TBC

World Premiere Details!

2009-09-08T04:13:00.000-07:00

The world premiere of Down Terrace will take place at Fantastic Fest 2009 - in Austin, Texas, USA
The screenings take place on Sunday 27th September, 6.30pm and Wednesday 30th September at 9pm - both at Alamo South lamar. All the details here. Director, Ben Wheatley, writer & actor, Rob Hill and Producer Andy Starke will be attending the first screening.

Teaser Trailer-1

2009-07-17T05:04:00.000-07:00

Down Terrace teaser from ben wheatley on Vimeo.