Amazon.co.uk Review
Purely Belter is a humorous but poignant drama from Film Four starring Chris Beattie and Greg McLane as two Newcastle teenagers who embark on a series of money-raising schemes in a desperate attempt to raise the necessary funds to buy Newcastle United season tickets. The whole story positively crunches with Northern grit and the ghost of Ken Loach clomps away in the background throughout the film, but acclaimed writer/director Mark Herman (Brassed Off, Little Voice) sets a fine balance between character and situation which is strong enough to carry the story despite its reliance on stereotypes. The humour ranges from the superbly under-stated (the fire-eating scene is a classic) to the rather nasty (the occasion which sees the two main protagonists demanding money from a woman for "looking after" her car is about as funny as a rape scene), but it all ends in a more upbeat fashion than Jonathan Tulloch's novel The Season Ticket on which the film is based. --Roger Thomas
DVD Description
DVD Special Features:
Director's Commentary
Theatrical Trailer
On Location
Audio Description for the Visually Impaired
Cast and Crew Interviews
Featurette
TV Spots
16:9 Anamorphic
Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English for the Hard of Hearing
From the Back Cover
Gerry and Sewell are broke. Gerry's still at school and Sewell is unemployed. They both wish for better things in life. Owning two season tickets to their beloved football club is their biggest dream of all. The tickets cost 1000--they're 1000 short. But they are nothing if not resourceful, and they set themselves a mission to raise the cash.
