Small Faces is a Scottish

Scotland

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 film

Film

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 directed by Gillies MacKinnon

Gillies MacKinnon

Gillies MacKinnon is a Scottish film director and writer.His film credits include Hideous Kinky, Small Faces and Regeneration.-Personal life:...

 about gangs, specifically the Tongs

Tongland, gang

Tongland was a local nickname for the area of Calton, Glasgow controlled in the 1960s by a violent Scottish teenage gang called the Tongs.Tongland appears in Gillies MacKinnon's 1995 movie Small Faces, set in the 1960s...

, in 1960s Glasgow

Glasgow

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. It stars Iain Robertson

Iain Robertson

Iain Robertson is a BAFTA winning Scottish actor. He was once described by Barry Norman as "the best thing to come out of Scotland since whisky"....

, Joseph McFadden

Joseph McFadden

Joseph 'Joe' McFadden is a television actor...

, Steven Duffy, Kevin McKidd

Kevin McKidd

Kevin McKidd is a Scottish television and film actor and director. Before playing the role of Owen Hunt in Grey's Anatomy, McKidd starred as Lucius Vorenus in the historical drama series Rome, and provided the voice of Captain John "Soap" Mactavish in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and the sequel...

, Laura Fraser

Laura Fraser

Laura Fraser is a Scottish actress.-Early life:Fraser is the daughter of Rose, a college lecturer and nurse, and Alister Fraser, a scriptwriter who also worked in business. She attended Hillhead High School and is a former member of the Scottish Youth Theatre...

, Mark McConnochie, Clare Higgins, Garry Sweeney and Alastair Galbraith

Alastair Galbraith (actor)

-Filmography:-External links:*...

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The film was produced in 1995 by Skyline Productions in association with the BBC

BBC

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 Film Fund and subsequently released in 1996 and distributed by Pathé

Pathé

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 - a division of 20th Century Fox

20th Century Fox

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 Home Entertainment. The film received a BBFC

British Board of Film Classification

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 Certificate of 15 (intended for audiences aged 15 and over) within the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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. Some argued that because of the high levels of violence and adult themes portrayed in this film, an 18 Certificate would have been more suitable.

The film was shot on location at various districts in Glasgow

Glasgow

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, including Darnley

Darnley

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, Sighthill

Sighthill, Glasgow

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, Partick

Partick

Partick is an area of Glasgow on the north bank of the River Clyde, just across from Govan. To the west lies Whiteinch. Partick was a Police burgh from 1852 until 1912 when it was incorporated into the city.-History:...

, Merrylee

Merrylee

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 and Bishopbriggs

Bishopbriggs

Bishopbriggs is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The area was once part of the historic parish of Cadder - originally lands granted by King William the Lion to the Bishop of Glasgow, Jocelin, in 1180. It was later part of the county of Lanarkshire and subsequently an independent burgh from...

. The piece won the title of 'Best British Film' at the Edinburgh Film Festival.