History Film / AFieldInEngland

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Whitehead. "The coward is here" BOOM!

* BadassCape: O'Neill shows his off to eerie effect

* ForeShadowing: "We shall sample a better quality of suffering in this man's company, I am certain"
** Early on in the film, Whitehead sees two mysterious shapes staning in the smoke which he claims to disregard as simple shadows but are non the less spoked by. A hint of what is to come.
* GainaxEnding

* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:O'Neill's first act after his VillainousBreakdown is to shoot Cutler in the mouth with his musket, purely because of his failure to find the treasure.]]
* YourHeadAsplode: The usual result of being shot with a matchlock musket from point-blank range.

->''"What this party lacks is the civilising influence of women"''

* ThePowerOfFriendship

* ItsTheJourneyThatCounts: After Cutler only finds old bones in the ground instead of treasure, Whitehead suggests that the friendship between him and Jacob was the real treasure. Jacob scoffs that it is a pretty sentiment, but Whitehead would no doubt starve on his own.

* DeadToBeginWith: [[http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-latest/a-field-in-england/5057950.article At least one review]] has [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory interpreted]] the eponymous Field as being some kind of purgatory. Much is made of the fact that the characters are physically separated from the battlefield by a hedgerow, and they are headed to an [[OffstageAfterlife alehouse]] that may or may not exist. [[spoiler: The supernatural events that occur later in the film, such as characters apparently coming back from the dead, give further credence to this theory]]

* BookWorm: Whitehead says "I find pages easier to turn than people".

* TheBigGuy: Jacob.
* ChromosomeCasting: Somewhat understandable, given the limited cast and wartime setting. Sara Dee, the only actress in the film, [[MushroomSamba voices the field]].
* DerangedAnimation: Appropriately anough, given the nature of the film, the fractal logo animation for Rook Films was made by WebAnimation/{{Cyriak}}.

* MushroomSamba: When Whitehead eventually eats the mushrooms (in massive quantities), the viewer is treated to a nightmarish psychedelic experience.

* TookALevelInBadAss: [[spoiler:Whitehead]]
* UnexplainedRecovery: Friend seems to die on several occasions, but always comes back none the worse for wear.

''A Field in England'' is a 2013 [[GenreBusting psychedelic historical drama]] set during the EnglishCivilWar, directed by Ben Wheatley. Filmed on a low budget in [[DeliberatelyMonochrome Black-and-White]], it follows the adventures of a group of deserters and their descent into hallucinogen-induced madness. The obsequious alchemist's assistant Whitehead ([[Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen Reece Shearsmith]]) is searching for an Irishman named O'Neill (Michael Smiley), who has stolen some items of great value from his master. He flees from his strict commander Trower ([[Series/TheMightyBoosh Julian Barratt]]) during a skirmish, and meets a man called Cutler along with two deserted soldiers, Jacob and Friend. Cutler entices the others to come along with him with the promise of stopping off at an alehouse. However, he soon reveals himself as O'Neill's accomplice. The two are searching for buried treasure, and take the three other men captive to help them find it, with the aid of psychedelic mushrooms.

* NoExportForYou: The ChannelFour website and iTunes only allow users from the UK to download the film.

''A Field in England'' is a 2013 [[GenreBusting psychedelic historical drama]] set during the EnglishCivilWar, directed by Ben Wheatley. Filmed on a low budget in [[DeliberatelyMonochrome Black-and-White]], it follows the adventures of a group of deserters and their descent into hallucinogen-induced madness. The obsequious alchemist's assistant Whitehead (Reece Shearsmith) is searching for an Irishman named O'Neill (Michael Smiley), who has stolen some items of great value from his master. He flees from his strict commander Trower ([[TheMightyBoosh Julian Barratt]]) during a skirmish, and meets a man called Cutler along with two deserted soldiers, Jacob and Friend. Cutler entices the others to come along with him with the promise of stopping off at an alehouse. However, he soon reveals himself as O'Neill's accomplice. The two are searching for buried treasure, and take the three other men captive to help them find it, with the aid of psychedelic mushrooms.

* IdiotSavant: Friend

* BookWorm - Whitehead says "I find pages easier to turn than people".
* BewareTheNiceOnes - "The coward is here" BOOM!
* BrownNote - Just listen for when the rope drags the four into the next field.
* CompleteMonster - O'Neill.
* IdiotSavant - Friend
* TheBigGuy - um, Jacob.
* TheDragon - Cutler.
* MushroomSamba - Oh, Lord.
* SceneryPorn - the fields around Guildford have never looked so good.
* TheSmartGuy - Whitehead.
* TookALevelInBadAss - [[spoiler:Whitehead]]
* YouAllMeetInAnInn - Jacob, Friend and to a lesser extent Whitehead follow Cutler because he promises them a pint in a local alehouse.
* YourHeadAsplode

!!This film provides examples of:
* TheCavalierYears
* MushroomSamba: When Whitehead eventually eats the mushrooms (in massive quantities), the viewer is treated to a nightmarish psychedelic experience.

''AFieldInEngland'' is a 2013 [[GenreBusting psychedelic historical drama]] set during the EnglishCivilWar, directed by Ben Wheatley. Filmed on a low budget in [[DeliberatelyMonochrome Black-and-White]], it follows the adventures of a group of deserters and their descent into hallucinogen-induced madness. The obsequious alchemist's assistant Whitehead (Reece Shearsmith) is searching for an Irishman named O'Neill (Michael Smiley), who has stolen some items of great value from his master. He flees from his strict commander Trower ([[TheMightyBoosh Julian Barratt]]) during a skirmish, and meets a man called Cutler along with two deserted soldiers, Jacob and Friend. Cutler entices the others to come along with him with the promise of stopping off at an alehouse. However, he soon reveals himself as O'Neill's accomplice. The two are searching for buried treasure, and take the three other men captive to help them find it, with the aid of psychedelic mushrooms.

->''"Open up and let the Devil in"''
-->-- ''O'Neill''

''A Field in England'' is a 2013 British historical film directed by Ben Wheatley. The film, shot in black-and-white, is set during the mid-17th century English Civil War. Whitehead, an assistant to "a gentleman of Norwich", flees from his strict master Trower and meets Cutler and two deserters, Jacob and Friend. Cutler is holding the other two hostage and captures Whitehead as well. He threatens the captives and uses hallucinogens on them to induce them to help him and an Irishman, O'Neill, find treasure buried in a field.

!!This Film Provides Examples Of:

* BookWorm - Whitehead says "I find pages easier to turn than people".

* BewareTheNiceOnes - "The coward is here" BOOM!

* BrownNote - Just listen for when the rope drags the four into the next field.

* CompleteMonster - O'Neill.

* IdiotSavant - Friend

* TheBigGuy - um, Jacob.

* TheDragon - Cutler.

* MushroomSamba - Oh, Lord.

* SceneryPorn - the fields around Guildford have never looked so good.

* TheSmartGuy - Whitehead.

* TookALevelInBadAss - [[spoiler:Whitehead]]

* YouAllMeetInAnInn - Jacob, Friend and to a lesser extent Whitehead follow Cutler because he promises them a pint in a local alehouse.

* YourHeadAsplode

* Cloudcuckoolander - Friend.