Nil by Mouth is a 1997 British film surrounding the life of a family of characters living in South East London. It was Gary Oldman's debut as writer, director; he also produced the film in partnership with Douglas Urbanski and Luc Besson. It stars Ray Winstone as Raymond, the abusive husband of Valerie (Kathy Burke). The film was a critical success, winning eight awards and being nominated for a further eight.
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Nil by Mouth is a 1997 British film surrounding the life of a family of characters living in South East London. It was Gary Oldman's debut as writer, director; he also produced the film in partnership with Douglas Urbanski and Luc Besson. It stars Ray Winstone as Raymond, the abusive husband of Valerie (Kathy Burke). The film was a critical success, winning eight awards and being nominated for a further eight.
The film takes place and was inspired by the environment Oldman witnessed growing up on a council estate in South East London. Oldman cast his sister Laila Morse (most famous for playing Mo Harris in EastEnders) as Janet and had his mother sing the parting song in the film (although it was dubbed over a shot of another actress singing).
The soundtrack has never been released, reportedly due to contractual obligations of the material Eric Clapton contributed.
This film employs around 428 uses of the word "fuck". This results in about 3.3 occurrences per minute.
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