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Film · 2019

Blue Story

Directed by Andrew Onwubolu · starring Tuwaine Barrett, Micheal Ward and Jo Martin

  • 1 h 31 min
  • 15
  • Crime · Drama
  • UK
  • Released in the UK 21 November 2019
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Synopsis

'Blue Story' is a tragic story that will focus on the friendship between Timmy (Stephen Odubola, 'The Legend of Tarzan', 'Lost in Mozart') and Marco (Micheal Ward, 'Lily Allen feat. Giggs: Trigger Bang', 'Tom Walker: Blessings'), two young people from completely different neighborhoods. Timmy is a shy, very intelligent and naive boy from the Deptford neighborhood, who goes to school in Peckham, the place where he begins a friendship with Marco, a very charismatic and very street boy who lives in the local area. Despite the differences that loom over the two protagonists, Timmy and Marco quickly form a loyalty until they finally end up on two rival sides in the middle of a street war.

'Blue Story' is a film directed and scripted by Andrew Onwubolu, better known as Rapman, a rapper born in the United Kingdom, who in addition to dedicating himself to the musical field, is also known within the cinematographic world, for being an actor, director, producer and screenwriter. Onwubolu has had as an actor in films such as 'The Antwert Dolls' or 'The Ellington Kid', and through 'Blue Story' shows many situations of his childhood, as well as personal experiences that have happened over the years. In the movie Rapman intervenes singing too.

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The essentials

Runtime
91 min1 hour and 31 minutes
Budget
£1.3mBBC Films
Box office
£4.3m3.3 times its budget
Rating
15Suitable only for 15 years and over
How long is Blue Story?
1 hour and 31 minutes (91 minutes).
When was Blue Story released in the UK?
It was released in the UK on 21 November 2019.
Who directed Blue Story?
Andrew Onwubolu.
Who is in Blue Story?
It stars Tuwaine Barrett, Micheal Ward, Jo Martin and Richie Campbell.
Where can I watch Blue Story?
In the UK it is available free on BBC iPlayer and to buy on Apple TV and Prime Video.
How much did Blue Story make?
It took £4.3 million in UK. It cost £1.3 million.
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Cast

Full cast (11)
Director
Andrew Onwubolu
Writers
Andrew Onwubolu

Reviews

All 6 reviews

What the critics say average 6.5 from 6 outlets

  • 8.0 CriticTara Brady "A sensational debut. A moving, urgent, energetic drama (...)". Read
  • 7.0 Screen DailyFionnuala Halligan "Thus 'Blue Story' is an intriguing proposition: all that energy and raw talent poured into a highly conventional story (...) there's an appetite for 'Blue Story'". Read
  • 6.0 CriticKevin Maher "An explosive debut (...) The director invigorates the material with an authentic sense of place and a formal conceit that involves Onwubolu, as Rapman, wandering into frame and launching into hefty… Read

Box office

Weekend by weekend
  • Budget £1.3m
  • UK £4.3m

Soundtrack

All 13 songs
  1. The Real Blue StoryRapman Spotify
  2. Dark Was The CaseGiggs Spotify
  3. GreazyKrept, amp, Konan, Kiico Spotify
  4. EverydaySkrapz Spotify

Trivia

  • Shiro's Story

    Many people in the crew including the cinematographer, composer and music producer all worked on 'Shiro's Story' (2018) with Rapman.

  • Netflix series, 'Top Boy'

    Many of the cast also star in the Netflix series, 'Top Boy' (2011).

  • Breaking records

    The film made an impressive £1.3m in it's opening weekend, despite VUE banning the film, which broke records for the most any British 'urban' film has made in that space of time.

  • Jonathon Deering has make history

    The composer, Jonathon Deering, is the youngest composer (23 years old at the time) to have ever scored a full length Paramount feature film in it's whole 107 years.

  • A dangerous release

    During its UK opening weekend a riot occurred at a VUE cinema in Birmingham, England, in the middle of a screening. Over 100 people were allegedly involved, including young teenagers armed with machetes. The area was put under lock-down by police armed with tasers. As a result of the riot, VUE (and later Showcase Cinemas) decided to cancel all screenings of 'Blue Story' and blame the violence on the film and the film's message. Further incidents also occurred during opening night, including a machete attack in Huddersfield.

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