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Puchion Choice : Feature

Attack the Block

Joe CORNISH

UK2011 85min DCP Color Korean Premiere

Synopsis

Attack the Block is a fast, funny, frightening action adventure movie that pits a teen gang against an invasion of savage alien monsters. It turns a London housing estate into a sci-fi playground. A tower block into a fortress under siege. And teenage street kids into heroes. IT"S INNER CITY VERSUS OUTER SPACE.

Diretor

Joe CORNISH

Joe Cornish is best known as one half of British comedy duo Adam and Joe. As well as writing and directing ATTACK THE BLOCK for Film Four and Big Talk Productions, Joe recently co-wrote The Astonishing Ant Man with Edgar Wright for Marvel Studios, and Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson"s Tintin for Dreamworks, along with Wright and Steven Moffat. first appeared on British TV screens in 1997 as co-star and co-creator of The Adam and Joe Show, a home-made comedy show famous for it"s sketches, songs and animations satirizing pop culture. The show found considerable cult and critical acclaim, winning the Royal Television Society’s Best Newcomers award in 1998 and running for four seasons. success of The Adam and Joe Show lead to spin-off comedy series on both Channel 4 and the BBC, including Adam & Joe’s Formative Years, Adam and Joe’s American Animation Adventure, and Adam and Joe Go Tokyo. also worked as director for Channel 4 comedy shows such as Modern Toss and Blunder, as a writer for BBC2’s Big Train, and as a presenter for BBC2 and BBC Radio 4. Alongside his film work, Joe maintains a successful radio career with Adam. The duo took over from Ricky Gervais on radio station XFM in 2003, spawning a popular series of podcasts. They moved to BBC 6music in 2007, where their Saturday morning show was awarded the 2008 Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Radio Programme Of The Year, three Silver Sony Awards in 2009, and Sony Gold for Best Radio Comedy in 2010. ATTACK THE BLOCK is Joe’s first feature film.