The Goob is a 2014 British film. It was made by BBC Films and directed by Guy Myhill from his own screenplay. The film was backed by the BFI Film Fund.
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Plot
"Goob" Taylor is a school leaver with an abusive stepfather, trapped in rural poverty in Norfolk. He clashes with brutal stock car racer Gene Womack for his mother's attention and falls for a foreign field worker.
Cast
Liam Walpole as "Goob" Taylor
Sean Harris as Gene Womack
Sienna Guillory as Janet
Hannah Spearritt as Mary Ellen
Marama Corlett as Eva
Paul Popplewell as Levi
Awards and nominations
Winner of the British Independent Film Award for Best Achievement in Production.
Nominated for Best Supporting Actress (Sienna Guillory) and Most Promising Newcomer (Liam Walpole) at the BIFAs.
Winner of the Hitchcock d’Or Ciné and the Grand Prix du Jury at the Dinard Film Festival.
Nominated for Best British Newcomer (Guy Myhill) at the BFI London Film Festival.
Locations
The Goob was filmed in Norfolk, including a disused diner at Necton and stock car racing scenes at Swaffham Raceway.
Score
Luke Abbott's "evocative, atmospheric synthscapes" for The Goob won the award for 'Best Music' at the Stockholm International Film Festival, before being released under the title Music For A Flat Landscape.