''The Goob'' is a 2014 British film. It was made by

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and directed by Guy Myhill from his own screenplay.

Plot

"Goob" Taylor is a school leaver with an abusive stepfather, trapped in rural poverty in

Norfolk Norfolk ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in England, located in East Anglia and officially part of the East of England region. It borders Lincolnshire and The Wash to the north-west, the North Sea to the north and eas ...

. 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 *

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as Gene Womack *

Sienna Guillory Sienna Tiggy Guillory (; born 16 March 1975) is an English actress and former model. She portrayed Jill Valentine in several entries of the '' Resident Evil'' action-horror film series. Other prominent roles include elf princess Arya Dröttning ...

as Janet * Hannah Spearritt as Mary Ellen * Marama Corlett as Eva * Paul Popplewell as Levi

Awards and nominations

* Winner of the

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for Best Achievement in Production. * Nominated for Best Supporting Actress (Sienna Guillory) and Best Newcomer (Liam Walpole) at the BIFAs. * Winner of the Golden Hitchcock Award at the Dinard Film Festival. * Nominated for Best British Newcomer (Guy Myhill) at the

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Locations

''The Goob'' was filmed in Norfolk, including a disused diner at Necton and

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scenes at

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Score

Luke Abbott Luke Abbott is an English electronic music producer from Norwich, Norfolk. He records and performs extensively under his own name, under the alias Earlham Mystics, and as one-third of the electronic jazz group Szun Waves. His work has been de ...

's "evocative, atmospheric synthscapes" for ''The Goob'' won the award for 'Best Music' at the

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, before being released under the title ''Music For A Flat Landscape''.

References

2014 films BBC Film films British drama films Films set in Norfolk 2010s English-language films 2010s British films 2014 drama films {{2010s-UK-film-stub