Nil by Mouth

Nil by Mouth (1997)

The family of Raymond, his wife Val and her brother Billy live in working-class London district. Also in their family is Val and Billy's mother Janet and grandmother Kath. Billy is a drug addict and Raymond kicks him out of the house, making him live on his own. Raymond is generally a rough and even violent person, and that leads to problems in the life of the family.

Date of release
1997-10-10
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (157)
Runtime
2h 8m
Genres
Drama
Director
Gary Oldman

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Budget: $9M
  • Filmed in: London
  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Nil by Mouth is a 1997 drama film written, produced and directed by Gary Oldman in his debut as a filmmaker. It portrays the life of a dysfunctional working-class family in South East London, partly inspired by Oldman's upbringing. It stars Ray Winstone, Kathy Burke, Charlie Creed-Miles, Laila Morse and Edna Doré. The score was composed by Eric Clapton.

Production

This was EuropaCorp's first official production. The film depicts the environment Oldman witnessed growing up on a council estate in South East London. Oldman's sister Laila Morse plays Janet and his mother voices a song in the film. The title is a UK medical instruction (literally "nothing by mouth"), meaning that a patient must not take food or water. The score was composed by Eric Clapton.

The film features the word "cunt" 82 times, more than any other film in history. It also features 428 uses of the word "fuck" and its derivatives, more than any film at the time until Summer of Sam surpassed it two years later, but it remains the highest-ranked (as of 2019) with regard to the average number of utterances per minute of running time, with 3.34 / min (leaving aside Swearnet: The Movie, which is more of a concept movie revolving arou…

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