AWAYDAYS
2009-05-04Awaydays is based on the bestselling novel by Kevin Sampson. Set in the post-punk era in the North West of England. Paul Carty is 19, good-looking, funny, clever and bored out of his mind. Carty works as a junior civil servant and spends all his wages on gigs, clubs, records and football. Its at a match that he meets Elvis. He’s part of a gang called The Pack. The Pack is legendary; they dress in a cultish, almost effeminate style thats at odds with the Boneheads and Bootboys they fight against. They have androgynous wedge haircuts worn with Lacoste tennis shirts, Lois jeans and Adidas Forest Hills training shoes. For as long as he has been going to football, Carty has been fascinated by The Pack. Now Elvis is offering him a way in…