New Arrival TwentyFourSeven (Region B)

Directed by cult favourite Shane Meadows (This is England),TwentyFourSevencharts the story ofworking–classyouth finding friendship,self–respectand meaning inapost-industrial Midlands.

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In a 1990s Midlands town, youthfrom local housing estatesare struggling to find purpose.Recently returned to his town, Alan Darcy (Bob Hoskins)interrupts their lives by reviving the local boxing club of his youth.

Directed by cult favouriteShane Meadows(This is England),TwentyFourSevencharts the story ofworking–classyouth finding friendship,self–respectand meaning in post-industrial Midlands.Shot in black and white and scored with classical music, this alternatingly heartwarming andconfronting story is threaded through with a sense of undeniable hope.

• Extras
  

  • Newly remastered by the BFI and presented in High Definition
  • Newly recorded audio commentary by Andrew Graves
  • The Guardian Interview: Shane Meadows and Bob Hoskins(1997/2025, 79 mins)
  • Ritchie, The Worlds Light-Weight Boxing Champion(1914, 1 min): newsreel capturing Willie Ritchies victory over the incumbent light-weight champion Freddie Welsh
  • Twelve Hours Punching(1924, 2 mins): amateur fighters trade blows at a variety of weights during a boxing tournament at Londons Alexandra Palace
  • Trailers (1997, 4 mins)
  • **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet featuring new essays by Andrew Graves, Caj Sohal and Tim Coleman