Wild Bill (2011 film)
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| Directed by | Dexter Fletcher |
| Produced by | Tim Cole & Sam Tromans |
| Written by | Dexter Fletcher Danny King |
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Charlie Creed-Miles Will Poulter Liz White Sammy Williams Charlotte Spencer Leo Gregory Neil Maskell Iwan Rheon Jason Flemyng Jaime Winstone Olivia Williams and Andy Serkis |
| Music by | Christian Henson |
| Cinematography | George Richmond |
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| Distributed by | Universal indiVISION |
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21 October 2011 (London Film Festival) 23 March 2012 (United Kingdom) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £700,000 |
| Box office | £60,430 |
Wild Bill is a 2011 British film starring Charlie Creed-Miles and Andy Serkis, and directed by Dexter Fletcher. It was released in UK cinemas on 23 March 2012.
Bill (Charlie Creed-Miles) is released from prison on parole after serving 8 years for East London drug lord Glen (Andy Serkis). He returns to find his sons, 15-year-old Dean (Will Poulter) and 11-year-old Jimmy (Sammy Williams), have been abandoned by their mother, who moved to Spain with her boyfriend. Dean has dropped out of high school and is working on a construction site to make a living. Bill is followed to the local pub by his former friends Dickie (Neil Maskell) and Terry (Leo Gregory). They offer him another job working for Glen, but he turns it down due to his parole. Bill ends up getting drunk with his former associates and is given a bag by Terry containing an undetermined amount of cocaine. Bill is dropped round Dean and Jimmy's house by Pill and Dickie who explain to them both that Bill is their old man and he's back on the outside. Upon waking up, Dean makes it clear he doesn't want any involvement with Bill and he's to have left the house by the time he returns home from work. Bill goes to visit his parole officer Kelly (Olivia Williams), who, upon hearing that Dean and Jimmy were living by themselves, sends social services to the flat. Bill comes home and Dean forces him to stay, requistioning his drugs and putting Bill's plans to move to Scotland and work with his friend on hold.
Bill walks Jimmy to school and meets the principal, who suspects Jimmy ditched school and broke all the school's windows. Bill lies that Jimmy went to visit his dying grandmother and the principal believes him. Jimmy and his friend Boz (Aaron Ishmael) sneak out of school and hang out with Terry and Pill (Iwan Rheon). They let Jimmy smoke pot and send him home with drugs informing him that they wish to use him as a mule to sell their supply. Jimmy naively agrees. Meanwhile, Dean attempts to start a relationship with Steph (Charlotte Spencer), a single mum and Pill's ex-girlfriend, who lives with her unemployed dad (Marc Warren). Bill meets Terry again and begins a friendship with his girlfriend Roxy (Liz White). Bill begins working as a sign holder and is mocked by Terry and Dickie who continually warn him that he needs to be leaving the estate as his presence is causing problems amongst the local faces and is affecting business. Using the money earned from his new job, Bill is able to buy food for him and his sons. He begins to clean the flat and slowly bonds with his younger son, Jimmy. They fly paper aeroplanes out of their high-rise flat and play with remote control cars and Dean begins to see that his dad is trying to make amends for not being there when they needed him.
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