The Goob
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The Goob is a 2014 British film.{{cite news|last1=Bradshaw|first1=Peter|title=The Goob: putting the anger in East Anglia - Venice film festival review|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/aug/28/the-goob-putting-the-anger-into-east-anglia-venice-film-festival-review|accessdate=6 August 2017|work=The Guardian|date=28 August 2014}} It was made by BBC Films and directed by Guy Myhill from his own screenplay.{{cite web|title=The Goob|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms/film/the_goob|website=BBC Films|accessdate=8 August 2017}}
Plot
"Goob" Taylor is a school leaver with an abusive stepfather, trapped in rural poverty in Norfolk. 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
- Sean Harris as Gene Womack
- Sienna Guillory as Janet
- Hannah Spearritt as Mary Ellen
- Marama Corlett as Eva
- Paul Popplewell as Levi
Awards and nominations
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- Winner of the British Independent Film Award 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 BFI London Film Festival
Locations
The Goob was filmed in Norfolk, including a disused diner at Necton and stock car racing scenes at Swaffham Raceway.{{cite news|last1=Russell|first1=Sam|title=Norfolk-shot film The Goob gets Norwich premiere at Cinema City|url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/norfolk-shot-film-the-goob-gets-norwich-premiere-at-cinema-city-1-4090272|accessdate=8 August 2017|work=EDP|date=28 May 2015}}
Score
Luke Abbott's "evocative, atmospheric synthscapes" for The Goob won the award for 'Best Music' at the Stockholm International Film Festival, before being released under the title Music For A Flat Landscape.{{Cite web|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/28752-luke-abbott-translate-new-album-details|title=Luke Abbott Details First Solo Album In Six Years, 'Translate' |website=thequietus.com|accessdate=2020-09-12}}