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Murdered for Being Different

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6.2/10 • 12

2017-06-181h 2m

CrimeDrama

Drama telling the true story of the murder of 20-year-old Sophie Lancaster in 2007, who was kicked to death in a park by a gang. Her boyfriend, Robert Maltby, was also severely beaten and put into a coma. The two of them were attacked because they were dressed as goths.

Directors
Paul Andrew Williams
Writters
Nick Leather

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  1. Abigail Lawrie

    Abigail Lawrie

    Sophie Lancaster

  2. Nico Mirallegro

    Nico Mirallegro

    Rob Maltby

  3. Chanel Cresswell

    Chanel Cresswell

    DC Steph Farley

  4. Sally Lindsay

    Sally Lindsay

    Tracey Maltby

  5. Sophie McShera

    Sophie McShera

    Mandy Gorman

  6. Lewis Brown

    Lewis Brown

    Danny Hulme

  7. Dominic Carter

    Dominic Carter

    DC Mark Green

  8. Amelia Clarke

    Amelia Clarke

    Sam Gorman

  9. Chris Coghill

    Chris Coghill

    Dave Maltby

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John Chard

Oct 17, 2017

9/10

Sophie Lancaster - Lest Anyone Forgets. Bacup, Rossendale, Lancashire on 11 August 2007, and Sophie Lancaster and her boyfriend Robert Maltby were set upon by a pack of feral thugs - their crime was to be different, to dress differently from their attackers. The attack left both Sophie and Robert in comas, Sophie would never wake up, murdered for being different. This BBC film tells the story. Back in the dead part of 1970s Great Britain, I was a Punk Rocker, something that to many was akin to being the Devil's spawn. So much so a car swerved to try and hit me one day as I crossed the road, the ignorance and intolerance back then still manifests itself today, quite often with tragic and hateful consequence. Upon watching Murdered for Being Different, the impact of the overwhelming sadness is only rivalled by the revulsion at those responsible for Sophie's death. The film is a valid and highly worthy production, picking up on the burgeoning love between Sophie and Robert, and then taking us to that fateful early August 11th morning. We observe the immediate aftermath and subsequent investigation into the incident, the effects of such on family and a key witness to what had unfolded. The pic is guilty of cutting corners, we really should have had more on the attackers post the attack, on how they reacted in the run up to their arrest (media tells us they were unrepentant scum), while a tactful omission of Sophie's mother in the play is noted with respect but still leaves a hole. But ultimately complaints are churlish, for this makes its mark. It's very well produced, the performances very tight, with Abigail Lawrie as Sophie doing her proud and Reiss Jarvis superb as the conflicted key witness Michael Gorman. Soundtrack is pin sharp, right up to the finale which is played out to the haunting grace of Placebo covering Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill. A distressing viewing experience but one that all should be privy to, point made and hopefully a jolt to the system of any human being with the potential for hate crime in their black hearts. 9/10

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