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Greenwich Mean Time
Film

John Strickland, 1999

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In John Strickland’s gritty and long 'Greenwich Mean Time', notable for a decent soundtrack and acting as a springboard for a few careers such as Chiwetel Ejiofor’s, eight South London schoolmates cope with turmoil in their twenties. Balfron Tower features as the home of dealer Elroy, played by Freddie Annobil-Dodoo, who lives on the top floor, from which he enlists Bean, played by Ben Waters, a former freeform trumpeter who becomes an increasingly sallow junky, to push crack around the estate. The red and olive of the bleak swings and railings at the foot of the tower are echoed in the distasteful colour scheme of Elroy’s flat, considerate only in helping to distract us from the unpleasant scenes that take place there.

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In John Strickland’s gritty and long 'Greenwich Mean Time', notable for a decent soundtrack and acting as a springboard for a few careers such as Chiwetel Ejiofor’s, eight South London schoolmates cope with turmoil in their twenties. Balfron Tower features as the home of dealer Elroy, played by Freddie Annobil-Dodoo, who lives on the top floor, from which he enlists Bean, played by Ben Waters, a former freeform trumpeter who becomes an increasingly sallow junky, to push crack around the estate. The red and olive of the bleak swings and railings at the foot of the tower are echoed in the distasteful colour scheme of Elroy’s flat, considerate only in helping to distract us from the unpleasant scenes that take place there.