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British Academy of Film & Television Arts Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer 2012 · Nominated
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2011 Winner Special Mention. Attack is a genre film that defies a number of conventions, not only by having a primarily black cast but portraying each character with a dignity seldom seen on screen and even more rarely in a Science-Fiction film. 2011 Nominee BFCC Award. Best Picture. 6th place.
Attack the Block is a 2011 British science fiction comedy horror film written and directed by Joe Cornish and starring John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker, and Nick Frost. Its storyline centres on a teenage street gang who have to defend themselves from predatory alien invaders on a council estate in South London on Guy Fawkes Night.
- £4.1 million
- Joe Cornish
- £8 million
May 13, 2011 · Attack the Block: Directed by Joe Cornish. With Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Leeon Jones. A teen gang in South London defend their block from an alien invasion.
- Joe Cornish
- 1 min
Jul 27, 2015 · As blockbuster sci-fi films get more empty-headed and pointless, 2011’s lean, smart “Attack the Block” looks better than ever. The film's story concerns the events of one night where a group of South London teenagers defend their Council Estate from alien monsters.
Jun 27, 2011 · ‘Attack the Block’: Film Review. There's a vaguely Spielbergian quality to British writer-director Joe Cornish's skill at balancing his young heroes' sense of shared adventure with genuine...
The 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival wraps up today, June 26th, with a screening of the Don't Be Afraid of the Dark remake, but awards have already been given out, and the big genre winner is Attack the Block, which won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature.
Jul 27, 2011 · We meet the local crimelord, the block's drug dealer and, revealingly, the family members of the gang. We see how the police leap to conclusions and unerringly arrest the wrong people for the wrong reasons.
