The Goob
2014 British film
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Plot
"Goob" Taylor is a school leaver with an abusive stepfather, trapped in rural poverty in Norfolk. He clashes with brutal stock car racer Gene Womack for his mother's attention and falls for a foreign field worker.
Cast
- Liam Walpole as "Goob" Taylor
- Sean Harris as Gene Womack
- Sienna Guillory as Janet
- Hannah Spearritt as Mary Ellen
- Marama Corlett as Eva
- Paul Popplewell as Levi
Awards and nominations
- Winner of the British Independent Film Award for Best Achievement in Production.[4]
- Nominated for Best Supporting Actress (Sienna Guillory) and Most Promising Newcomer (Liam Walpole) at the BIFAs.[4]
- Winner of the Hitchcock d’Or Ciné and the Grand Prix du Jury at the Dinard Film Festival.[5]
- Nominated for Best British Newcomer (Guy Myhill) at the BFI London Film Festival.
Locations
The Goob was filmed in Norfolk, including a disused diner at Necton and stock car racing scenes at Swaffham Raceway.[6]
Score
Luke Abbott's "evocative, atmospheric synthscapes" for The Goob won the award for 'Best Music' at the Stockholm International Film Festival, before being released under the title Music For A Flat Landscape.[7]
