Shopping (1994)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Paul W.S. Anderson

Writer:

Paul W.S. Anderson (written by)

Release Date:

9 February 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Crash & Carry

Plot:

Lone group of teens, led by recently released joyrider and his disenchanted Belfast girlfriend, strives...

Plot Keywords:

Shopping | Shop | Shopping Mall | Stealing | Criminal

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Sadie Frost	...	Jo
Jude Law	...	Billy
Sean Pertwee	...	Tommy
Fraser James	...	Be Bop
Sean Bean	...	Venning
Marianne Faithfull	...	Bev
Jonathan Pryce	...	Conway
Daniel Newman	...	Monkey (as Danny Newman)
Lee Whitlock	...	Pony
Ralph Ineson	...	Dix
Eamonn Walker	...	Peters (as Eammon Walker)
Jason Isaacs	...	Market Trader
Chris Constantinou	...	Yuppie
Tilly Vosburgh	...	Mrs. Taylor
Melanie Hill	...	Sarah

Runtime:

105 min | USA:87 min | Argentina:106 min

Country:

UK | Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Germany:16 | Iceland:12 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | Argentina:16 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Trellick Tower, Golborne Road, Notting Hill, London, England, UK

Company:

Channel Four Films

Trivia:

In one scene, Billy and Jo talk about travelling while lying back in the remains of a car. This short scene took an extremely long time to shoot, because of two tramps who refused to move from the area and who kept shouting at one another. Once the tramps quietened down the crew had to contend with the deafening sound from a helicopter hovering above a nearby hospital.

Quotes:

Billy: I know my rights. I watch L.A.Law.
Police Inspector: Is that supposed to be funny?
Billy: No, more like comedy-drama.

Movie Connections:

References Star Wars (1977)

Hey Jude, Drive My Car

For kicks, young and beautiful Jude Law (as Billy) and disaffected tough Sadie Frost (as Jo) steal cars, drive them into stores, and trash the places. They call it "Shopping". A rivalry develops between the two joy-riders and smarmy Sean Pertwee (as Tommy), who is the best store thrasher in the English neighborhood. Director Paul Anderson's star displays only a fraction of his later acting success; surprisingly, most of the spark occurs between Ms. Frost and Mr. Pertwee. "Shopping" seems meant to be compared with "A Clockwork Orange" - a certain musical interlude drives that point home - but, neither Mr. Law nor the film approach Malcolm McDowell or Stanley Kubrick. Not that it doesn't have style, mind you. And, Jonathan Pryce, Sean Bean, and Marianne Faithful help make the trip. Anderson should have ended with Law being thrown from the car into a bloody display with the store mannequin; instead, he blinked...

***** Shopping (6/24/94) Paul W.S. Anderson ~ Jude Law, Sadie Frost, Sean Pertwee