When is this film set?


Does anyone know when this is set? Thanks

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Well it was filmed in a village called Calverton, in Nottingham shire, which is the east midlands. We are not north or south.

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Yeah, I was confused as to when it was set

Morell's car seem very late 70s and there were a lot of polo necks on display which is an out of date look (sorry fans). Also one of them had a sports bag with that old skool stripey adidas sytle writing on it.

I think that Shane just wanted to create a sense of nostalgia rather than make an overt statement that it was set in the olden days. Obviously the film is autobiographical but then there was a Steps song in one scene!

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That's exactly what I was gonna bring up. "5,6,7,8" by Steps was released in late 1997, so I would say it was set in 1998, a year prior to the film's release.

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I agree it's very confusing to figure out when it's set, there is not one television in the whole film, no computers or mobile phones. There is a scene in the clothes shop where a song by Steps is playing and at one scene when Gavin is ill in bed, a toy figure of Rex the dinosaur from Toy Story can be seen, so im guessing 1996 or later.

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