Stars: Elijah Wood, Charlie Hunnam, Claire Forlani, Marc Warren, Leo Gregory, Henry Goodman, Geoff Bell, Ross McCall

Director: Lexi Alexander

Summary: A young man arrives in the UK from America, following a drug scandal at his university. He soon finds himself involved in the Green Street Elite, a group of football fans who believe in football, booze and violence.

Matt Buckner (Elijah Wood) is a student who travels to London, where he forms an unlikely bond with his sister’s husband's brother, Pete Dunham (Charlie Hunnam), who introduces him to the world of football hooliganism. Violence breaks out at a West Ham game that Matt attends with Pete and Matt's initial trepidation at the violence swelling around him soon turns into a pulse-racing, visceral thrill. Suddenly finding a taste for the hooligan life, Matt joins Pete's "firm," the Green Street Elite, leading to further booze-fuelled confrontations and providing an opportunity for Matt to keep a journal explaining why he's attracted to such a violent pursuit. Surprisingly, Elijah Wood manages to fit perfectly into a role that seems ill-suited to his elfin, wide-eyed looks. Charlie Hunnam--who starred in the television programmes QUEER AS FOLK and UNDECLARED--neatly complements Wood as the cockney boy who leads him into danger, and together the two actors manage to carve out convincingly violent characters. Thematically similar to THE FOOTBALL FACTORY, GREEN STREET mixes loud, energetic soundtrack and roaming, trembling camera work to create a disquieting atmosphere in a movie punctuated with scenes of rampant brutality.

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Aspect Ratio:	2.35 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	From Hobbit To Hooligan An Interview With Elijah Wood, Standing Your Ground The Violence Of Green Street, A Clear Direction, The Making Of Green Street, One Blood Music Video, Trailers
Year:	2005
Release Date:	May 29, 2006
Runtime:	105 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	823 222 3
Label:	World Cup Promo
Keywords:	Football, Street, Green, General, Drama, Hooligan
Genre:	Drama