WONDROUS OBLIVION

Year: 2003
USA: Palm Pictures
UK: Momentum Theatrical
Cast: Sam Smith, Delroy Lindo, Stanley Townsend, Emily Woof, Angela Wynter, Leonie Elliott, Yasmin Paige, Leagh Conwell, Dominic Barklem, Jo Stone-Fewings, Richard Ashton, Carol Macready, Osnat Schmool, Mark Penfold, Tom Roberts, Philip Whitchurch, Petra Letang, Louis Mahoney, Anni Domingo, Naomi Simpson, Mary Cunningham, Barry Davis, Jon Rumney, Stephen Richmond, Gary McDonald, Newton Boothe, Chris Geere, Frank Mills, Bruce Cook, Alex Wetten, Hugh Mitchell, Rhashan Stone, Carolene Hinds, Sophie Walker, Julia Ford, Ben Borowiecki, Alexander Green, Ashley Jones, Stan Robinson, Ben McCosker, Danny Robinson, William Green, Tim Treloar, Lionel Smith, Bill Wallis
Director: Paul Morrison
Country: UK
USA & UK: 106 mins
UK Certificate: PG contains mild language and racism theme
USA Release Date: 21 July 2006 (Limited Release - Washington DC)
UK Release Date: 23 April 2004
UK Distributor

Synopsis

A wide-eyed boy in a narrow minded world

Eleven-year-old David Wiseman is mad about cricket but no good at it. He has all of the kit but none of the skill, and he's a laughing stock at school. So when a Jamaican family move in next door and build a cricket net in the back garden, David is in seventh heaven.

But this is 1960's England, and when the neighbours start to make life difficult for the new arrivals, David's Jewish family is caught in the middle, and he has to choose between fitting in and standing up for the new friends who have turned his world upside down.

WONDROUS OBLIVION is both written and directed by Paul Morrison and boasts a fantastic soundtrack combining rock, ska and calypso hits of the time. Including such gems as "I Want to be Free" by Elvis Presley and "Rudy, A Message To You" by Dandy Livingstone to "My Boy Lollipop" by Millie.