Shopping

Shopping (1994)

No one leaves without paying...

A dark, hip, urban story of a barren and anonymous city where the underclass' sport of choice is ram-raiding. An exciting game in which stolen cars are driven through shop windows to aid large-scale looting before the police arrive. For Tommy, it's a business, but for Billy and Jo, it's a labour of love. As the competition between Tommy and Billy grows more fierce, the stakes become higher and the "shopping" trips increasingly risky.

Date of release
1994-12-06
TMDB
5.4 / 10 (61)
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Crime, Drama, Action
Director
Paul W. S. Anderson

Casting

Interesting facts

Shopping is a 1994 British action crime drama film written and directed by Paul Anderson, in his directorial debut, about a group of British teenagers who indulge in joyriding and ramraiding. It was the first major leading role for actor Jude Law, who first met his co-star and future wife Sadie Frost on the set of the film.

Production

The movie was the directorial debut of Paul Anderson and the first to be produced by his production company Impact Pictures. Anderson served as both director and writer, having previously only functioned as a TV screenwriter. The movie is also the only one of Anderson's films to be shot entirely in the UK, principally around London and Essex.

The movie was the film debut for Jude Law who had previously appeared primarily on British television. Sadie Frost, who had more experience, was hired to act against him. Sean Pertwee and Jason Isaacs were friends and school mates with producer Jeremy Bolt and were cast due to this connection. Both actors would go on to appear in several of Anderson's future films. Fraser James would reappear years later in Anderson's In the Lost Lands.

Just as many of Anderson's films, the movie's soundtrack features a heavy mix of both sourced licence music as well as original pieces composed by Australian composer Barrington Pheloung. The film featured early examples of Pheloung's film work, who in the 1980s had mostly worked in British television.

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