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Overview

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5.1/10   357 votes
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Director:

Mary McGuckian

Writers:

John Lynch (writer)
Mary McGuckian (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

12 May 2000 (UK) more

Genre:

Biography | Drama more

Tagline:

With the world at your feet, what is there left to tackle?

Plot:

The life story of former Manchester United football legend, George Best. | add synopsis

Awards:

2 wins more

NewsDesk:

Patsy Works To Forget Her Troubles
 (From WENN. 23 June 2000)

User Comments:

Absolute rubbish more (12 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
John Lynch ... George Best
Ian Bannen ... Sir Matt Busby
Jerome Flynn ... Sir Bobby Charlton
Ian Hart ... Nobby Stiles
Patsy Kensit ... Anna
Cal Macaninch ... Paddy

Linus Roache ... Denis Law

Adrian Lester ... Rocky
David Hayman ... Tommy Dougherty / The Barman
James Ellis ... Dickie Beal

Roger Daltrey ... Rodney Marsh
Clive Anderson ... Interviewer
Sophie Dahl ... Eva Haraldsted

Stephen Fry ... Frazer Crane
Dave Duffy ... Limosine Driver
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Additional Details

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Filming Locations:

Isle of Man more


Fun Stuff

Soundtrack:

In a Broken Dream more


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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Absolute rubbish, 26 March 2007
1/10
Author: David O'Brien from Ireland

This is dreadful. Jon Lynch is not handsome enough to play the part of George Best. We see nothing of the wit of the real character - merely a paranoid alcoholic. This film doesn't capture the soul of George Best at all. I am sure even ardent fans of Man United (which I am not) will find this film appalling. It's time to do a newer version now that the real George has passed away. With regard to other characters in the film, Linus Roache does a passable Denis Law, Ian Bannen is convincing as Matt Busby and Jerome Flynn is a good enough Bobby Charlton. One thing I found laughable though was that the same actor played the barman and Tommy Docherty - once with a wig, the other time without. Did they not have enough money to pay two actors ?

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