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Release Date:
19 April 2002 (USA)
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An escapist comedy from the director of "The Full Monty"
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Under the leadership of a small-time bank robber, British inmates hatch a plan to escape by staging a musical. full summary | add synopsis
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4 nominations
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(7 articles)
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That Lord Nelson.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | James Nesbitt | ... | James 'Jimmy' Hands / Lord Nelson in Show |
 | Olivia Williams | ... | Annabel Sweep / Lady Hamilton in Show |
 | Timothy Spall | ... | Cliff Gumbell |
 | Bill Nighy | ... | Roger 'Rog' Chamberlain / King George III in Show |
 | Lennie James | ... | Rudy 'Rud' Guscott / Hardy in Show |
| Ron Cook | ... | Mr. Perry, the Guard |
| Frank Harper | ... | John Toombes |
| Raymond Waring | ... | Darren |
 | Christopher Plummer | ... | Graham Mortimer |
| Julian Barratt | ... | Paul Dean |
| Peter Wight | ... | Officer George Barratt |
| Celia Imrie | ... | Amy Chamberlin |
| Peter McNamara | ... | Ward |
| Andy Linden | ... | Kenny |
| Ram John Holder | ... | Old Billy Morris |
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Rated PG-13 for brief strong language and some sexual references.
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107 min | USA:108 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Finland:K-11 |
Australia:M |
Germany:6 |
Netherlands:AL |
Singapore:PG |
Spain:T |
UK:12 |
USA:PG-13
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Roger 'Rog' Chamberlain:
I understand you fellas have lost interest in long-term imprisonment.
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References South Pacific (1958)
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54-46 Was My Number
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It was probably made to capitalize on the well-deserved success of the "Full Monty" :both films have a lot in common ;proles / prisoners setting a show up.
The major drawback is Christopher Plummer's part :it's really underwritten and the scenarists obviously favored James Nesbitt's role.Too bad for the "show " sequences are the best in the whole film but we do not laugh enough.Lord Nelson's and "that" Lady Hamilton's song is deliciously stupid and provides a great moment of fun.The inmates ironically singing "we're going home" is a hilarious scene too.
But it seems that the director could not make up his mind :he hesitates between comedy and drama:the sadistic warden is a cliché ,as old as the hills in what is finally a prison movie.
Watchable but the screenplay was not fully exploited.