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England Is Mine is a 2017 British biographical drama film, based on the early years of singer Morrissey, before he formed the Smiths in 1982 with Johnny Marr. Originally titled Steven (Morrissey's first name), the title of the film comes from a lyric in the Smiths' song " Still Ill ": "England is mine, and it owes me a living."
England Is Mine: Directed by Mark Gill. With Jodie Comer, Jack Lowden, Jessica Brown Findlay, Peter McDonald. A portrait of Morrissey and his early life in 1970s Manchester before he went on to become the lead singer of seminal alternative rock band The Smiths.
- (3.8K)
- Biography, Drama, Music
- Mark Gill
- 2017-08-25
A handsome little biopic that’s sopping wet with the same clichés that its whiny hero so adamantly disavows, Mark Gill’s “England Is Mine” distills the early days of one Steven Patrick Morrissey into an anonymous coming-of-age story that — if not for its keen sense of place — could really be about any mopey white boy whose talents ...
- (6.1K)
- Honlodge Productions, Splice Post
- Mark Gill
England is Mine purports to show the early life of Morrisey, growing up in a bleakly dismal Salford and generally moping around having his genius go unrecognised by all those around him.
- (64)
- Jack Lowden
- Mark Gill
- Biography, History, Drama, Music
Mark Gill. William Thacker. Cast. Jack Lowden. Jodie Comer. Jessica Brown Findlay. Synopsis. Steven Patrick Morrissey (Jack Lowden) has designs on being a singer-songwriter, but in mid-70s Manchester he is mainly occupied by sending scathing reviews to music magazines.
Aug 16, 2017 · “England Is Mine” is a biopic about the early days of Morrissey, the lead singer of the Smiths, that features two minutes of Morrissey singing and 97 minutes of Morrissey moping. There are...
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Up-and-coming British actor Jack Lowden (Denial, Dunkirk) stars as a young Morrissey during his formative post-school days in 1970s Manchester; a socially anxious but simultaneously self assured loner struggling for direction in life, rejecting the prescriptive society around him while trying his hand music journalism—but with aspirations to cre...