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Attack the Block

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. It was the film debut of…

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Box office
£6.3million
Budget
£8 million ($13 million)
Cinematography
Tom Townend
Country
United Kingdom
Directed by
Joe Cornish
Distributed by
Optimum Releasing

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Edges118
Triples143
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.016807
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related to Accolades · 43
Attack the Block → American Feature, Argent, Arts, Audience Award, Austin Film Critics Association, Award, Awards, AwardsBest Actor, AwardsBest Original Score, AwardsBest Original Soundtrack, Best European, Best European Fantastic Feature, Best Film, Best First Film, Best Motion Picture, Best Narrative Feature, Best Production Design, Best Visual Concept, Black Film Critics Circle, Black Reel Awards
related to Critical response · 25
Attack the Block → Attack, Ben Rawson-Jones, Block, Boyega, British, Chicago Sun-Times, Christ Tilly, Cinemablend, Cornish, Digital Spy, Effortlessly, IGN, In, Mark Kermode, Matt Patches, Metacritic, Neill Blomkamp's District, On, Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, Roger Ebert
related to Filming · 20
Attack the Block → Aldous Huxley, Attack, Ballard, Block, Director Cornish, Douglas Adams, Earth, English, High-Rise, It, John Wyndham, London, Other, Stockwell, The, The Day, The Kraken Wakes, Triffids, Wells, Wyndham Tower
related to Box office · 13
Attack the Block → American, Attack, Block, Fast Five, In, In North America, July, May, North America, On, Thor, United Kingdom, US
Starring · 9
Attack the Block → Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, Jumayn Hunter, Leeon Jones, Luke Treadaway, Nick Frost, Simon Howard
Production companies · 4
Attack the Block → Big Talk Pictures, Film4, StudioCanal, UK Film Council
is a · 3
Attack the Block → 2011 British science fiction comedy horror film written and directed by Joe Cornish and starring John Boyega, genre film that defies a number of conventions, thrilling
related to External links · 3
Attack the Block → Attack, Block, IMDb Official
Music by · 2
Attack the Block → Basement Jaxx, Steven Price
Produced by · 2
Attack the Block → James Wilson, Nira Park

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Attack the BlockBox office£6.3million1.00infobox
Attack the BlockBudget£8 million ($13 million)1.00infobox
Attack the BlockCinematographyTom Townend1.00infobox
Attack the BlockCountryUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
Attack the BlockDirected byJoe Cornish1.00infobox
Attack the BlockDistributed byOptimum Releasing1.00infobox
Attack the BlockEdited byJonathan Amos1.00infobox
Attack the BlockLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Attack the BlockMusic byBasement Jaxx1.00infobox
Attack the BlockMusic bySteven Price1.00infobox
Attack the BlockProduced byNira Park1.00infobox
Attack the BlockProduced byJames Wilson1.00infobox
Attack the BlockProduction companiesStudioCanal1.00infobox
Attack the BlockProduction companiesFilm41.00infobox
Attack the BlockProduction companiesUK Film Council1.00infobox
Attack the BlockProduction companiesBig Talk Pictures1.00infobox
Attack the BlockRelease dates12 March 2011 (2011-03-12) (SXSW)1.00infobox
Attack the BlockRelease dates11 May 2011 (2011-05-11) (United Kingdom)1.00infobox
Attack the BlockRunning time88 minutes1.00infobox
Attack the BlockStarringJohn Boyega1.00infobox
Attack the BlockStarringJodie Whittaker1.00infobox
Attack the BlockStarringAlex Esmail1.00infobox
Attack the BlockStarringFranz Drameh1.00infobox
Attack the BlockStarringLeeon Jones1.00infobox
Attack the BlockStarringSimon Howard1.00infobox
Attack the BlockStarringLuke Treadaway1.00infobox
Attack the BlockStarringJumayn Hunter1.00infobox
Attack the BlockStarringNick Frost1.00infobox
Attack the BlockWritten byJoe Cornish1.00infobox
Attack the Blockis a2011 British science fiction comedy horror film written and directed by Joe Cornish and starring John Boyega0.90text

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