low budget film by warp pictures

1. By Lucy Brownnutt

2. Film Narrative
The film is based on British Historical action set in Northern
Ireland in 1971 (therefore the title of the film.)
‘A young British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his unit
following a riot on the deadly streets of Belfast in 1971’
The film certificate was a 15

3. Background of film
The film was directed by Yann Demange and was written (screenplay) by
Gregory Burke.
The main stars of the film were
• Jack O'Connell who played Gary Hook
• Sam Reid who played Lt. Armitage
• Sean Harris who played Captain Sandy Browning.
The film wasn’t just produced by one company but was a collaboration. 71 was
produced by Warp Pictures, Crab Apple films and Protagonist pictures.

4. Me and my class went to Picture Ville Cinema in Bradford to
watch this film because it is a low budget film and it is part of
our media studies course. We went and watched it at an
independent cinema as this was a new experience.

5. Distribution
Studio Canal is a French-based production and distribution company that
owns the third-largest film library in the world. The company is owned by the
Canal+ Group.
Studio Canal UK (formerly Optimum) is a film distributing company
working in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The company releases many
films, including foreign language films, anime releases such as Studio Ghibli's
films, and independent British, Irish, and American films in the United
Kingdom and sometimes Ireland.