AWAYDAYS

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the birth of the Pack

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Il film è basato sul romanzo bestseller di Kevin Sampson, ambientanto nel Nord Ovest dell'Inghilterra. Paul Carty ha 19 anni, vive in un sobborgo della Midlle-class con suo Padre e sua sorella Molly. Paul lavora come funzionario e spende tutti i suoi guadagni in concerti, club, dischi,
vita da pub & partite di calcio; allo stadio incontra Elvis.
Elvis fa parte di una gang chiamata The Pack. The Pack è leggendaria; ha differenza dell'altre Firm (organizzazioni ultras inglesi) o sottoculture, l'estetica della The Pack è incredibilmente innovativa, un misto tra classico cultish mods, fighettaggine & uno stile androgino tipico della Post-punk, new-wave era; totalmente in contrasto con gli skinheads, Boneheads & Bootyboys.
Indossano camicie da tennis Lacoste & Fred Perry, Lois jeans e Adidas Forest Hills & Adidas Samba scarpe....
La nascita della "Casual Generation".

Thanx to Emilio The Jatblack.

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Awaydays is based on the bestselling novel by Kevin Sampson. Set in the post-punk era in the North West of England. Paul Carty (Nicky Bell) is 19, good-looking, funny, clever - and bored out of his mind. His mother died a year ago. He lives in middle class suburbia with his silently grieving father and feisty young sister, Molly. Carty works as a junior civil servant and spends all his wages on gigs, clubs, records and football. It's at a match that he meets Elvis (Liam Boyle).

Elvis changes everything. He's part of a gang called The Pack. The Pack is legendary; they dress in a cultish, almost effeminate style that's at odds with the Boneheads and Bootboys they fight against. They have androgynous wedge haircuts worn with Lacoste tennis shirts, Lois jeans and Adidas Forest Hills training shoes. For as long as he has been going to football, Carty has been fascinated by The Pack. Now Elvis is offering him a way in...