Neds Page #2

Synopsis: Despite having a drunken, abusive father and a brother who leads a local gang John McGill is a studious boy for whom a bright educational future seems to beckon. However his studiousness isolates him and when he is invited to join the gang it gives him a sense of belonging. However he becomes increasingly more violet, stabbing a boy in the neck, for which his brother is blamed and jailed, and dropping a breeze block on a rival gang leader, causing him permanent brain damage. John is temporarily thrown out of his home by his mother and suspended from school though when he is readmitted he is placed in the remedial class. John now has no interest in education but in being the top boy amongst the NEDS or non-educated delinquents. He is invincible, and even the lions at the local safari park let him pass without attacking him.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Peter Mullan
Production: Tribeca Films
  7 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
PG-13
Year:
2010
124 min
$283,210
316 Views


1A2's next door.

Mr McLeod's class.

- You two, sit down!

- Mr McLeod'?

- One of yours.

- Stand there.

Hurry up, hurry up! Sit down!

Come with me, Mr Burrill.

There. Hands up.

There will be no...pushing...

Up!

...shoving...

...or fighting in my class!

Understand?

Sit down.

- Name?

- John McGill, sir.

- Take a seat.

- Sir, I want to see the Headmaster.

- What for?

- I don't think I should be in this class.

Are we not good enough for you?

I said, are we not good enough

for you, Mr McGill'?

I'm not saying that, sir.

I just wanna see the headmaster.

Fine.

Go and see the headmaster.

If you've been pissing me about,

you'll be the next one to get this.

- Understand?

- Yes, sir.

Well, off you go.

Close the door behind you.

Come in!

- What's your name?

- John McGill, sir.

- Class?

- Well, they put me in 1A2.

- Who are "they"'?

- I don't know. I was hoping you'd know.

- Are you being cheeky, son?

- No, sir.

- What did you say your name was?

- John McGill, sir.

- Which primary?

- Blessed Mary's Primary, sir.

- Are you related to Benjamin McGill'?

- He's my big brother, sir.

- Are you proud of him?

- He's my big brother, sir.

What I'm asking is

are you gonna turn out like him?

No, sir.

He assaulted two teachers last year

and was expelled indefinitely.

- What do you think of that?

- Bad, sir.

Bad that he assaulted two teachers

or that he was expelled?

Both ways, sir.

- Is he still living at home?

- Sometimes, sir.

Is he in gainful employment?

He's hoping to get work

at the shipyard, sir.

Looking for painters and decorators,

are they?

Before the Christmas break,

the top two in each class move up

and the bottom two move down.

If you can manage

to come in the top two,

and, more importantly, prove to me that

you're a different boy from your brother,

then you can move up to 1A1.

- Sir, I just don't understand...

- it's not for you to understand.

It's for me to understand.

Now, get back to your class.

Periods 3, 4, 5 and 6,

it's Latin with Mr Bonetti.

Well? We're all eager to hear

what the headmaster had to say.

If I work hard and behave myself,

I'm out of here before Christmas.

It's not a bloody prison sentence,

McGill. Sit down.

And copy what you've missed

off one of your classmates,

if they're not intimidated

by your superior intellect!

Periods 7 and 8, music.

Period 9, physical education.

Down here now, cow!

I want you down here now!

I want you here, cow!

I want you down here!

Don't make me come up there!

You fat slag!

Shh!

I want you down here, now!

Right now! Fat b*tch!

Come down here, right now!

Don't make me come up there!

Don't make me come up there!

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Peter Mullan

Peter Mullan (; born 2 November 1959) is a Scottish actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his role in Ken Loach's My Name Is Joe (1998), for which he won Best Actor Award at 1998 Cannes Film Festival and The Claim (2000). He is also winner of the World Dramatic Special Jury Prize for Breakout Performances at 2011 Sundance Film Festival for his work on Paddy Considine's Tyrannosaur (2011). Mullan appeared as supporting or guest actor in numerous cult movies, including Riff-Raff (1991), Braveheart (1995), Trainspotting (1996), Young Adam (2003), Children of Men (2006), War Horse (2011) and the Harry Potter film series (2010–11). Mullan is an acclaimed art house movie director. He won a Golden Lion at 59th Venice International Film Festival for The Magdalene Sisters, listed by many critics among the best films of 2003 and nominated for BAFTA Award for Best British Film and European Film Award for best film, and a Golden Shell at San Sebastián International Film Festival for Neds. He is the only person to win top prizes both for acting (Cannes best actor award) and for the best film (Golden lion for The Magdalene Sisters) at major European film festivals. In television, Mullan appeared in Gerard Lee's and Jane Campion's acclaimed miniseries Top of the Lake as one of the main characters, head of the Mitcham family and father of Tui Mitcham, whose disappearance is the main topic of the series. He was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for his work in the series. He played a lead role in the 2008 ITV series The Fixer. In 2017, he appeared in the Netflix series Ozark opposite Jason Bateman and Laura Linney. Since 2016, Mullan has starred in the BBC Two sitcom Mum. In 2018, he stars in the second season of HBO's Westworld. Mullan is also politically active, supporting left-wing causes and protests. more…

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