Submarine (2010 film)
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US theatrical poster
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| Directed by | Richard Ayoade |
| Produced by | Mary Burke Mark Herbert Andy Stebbing |
| Screenplay by | Richard Ayoade |
| Based on |
Submarine by Joe Dunthorne |
| Starring |
Craig Roberts Paddy Considine Noah Taylor Yasmin Paige Sally Hawkins |
| Music by |
Andrew Hewitt Alex Turner |
| Cinematography | Erik Wilson |
| Edited by |
Chris Dickens Nick Fenton |
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Warp Films
Film4 Productions UK Film Council Wales Creative IP Fund Film Agency for Wales Protagonist Pictures Red Hour Films |
| Distributed by |
Optimum Releasing (United Kingdom) The Weinstein Company (United States) |
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Release date
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Running time
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97 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.5 million |
| Box office | $3.8 million |
Submarine is a 2010 British coming-of-age comedy-drama film adapted from the 2008 novel of the same name by Joe Dunthorne. The film was written and directed by Richard Ayoade, and starred Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige, Noah Taylor, Paddy Considine, and Sally Hawkins. Submarine is Ayoade's directorial debut.
Oliver Tate (played by Craig Roberts) is a 15-year-old from Swansea, infatuated with Jordana (Yasmin Paige). When Jordana invites Oliver to meet secretly after school, she takes pictures of them kissing, hoping to make her ex-boyfriend jealous. The plan backfires, but Jordana soon becomes his girlfriend.
At home, Oliver becomes concerned about his parents. His father, Lloyd (Noah Taylor), is depressed. New-age guru Graham (Paddy Considine), an ex-boyfriend of his mother, Jill (Sally Hawkins), has moved in next door, and his flirtations rouse Oliver's suspicions.
Oliver's relationship with Jordana grows, but he learns that her mother has a potentially fatal brain tumour. At an early Christmas dinner at Jordana's house, he witnesses her father break down. Unsettled, he decides that the Jordana he loves is at risk because the emotional events surrounding her will "make her gooey [sentimental] in the middle". He cuts off contact with her.
Thinking that his mother and Graham are having an affair, Oliver attempts to repair his parents' relationship. While searching for his mother on the beach, he sees Jordana with another boy. Heartbroken he heads home; but, on the way, he sees his mother with Graham and assumes the worst. Enraged, he breaks into Graham's house, gets drunk, and commits minor acts of vandalism. When Graham comes home, he finds Oliver but returns him home with minimal fuss. The next morning, Oliver awakes to see that both his parents aren't angry with him and are reconciling.
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