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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Ronan Bennett (screenplay)
Stephen Fry (book)
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Release Date:
19 April 2002 (USA) more
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An escapist comedy from the director of "The Full Monty"
Plot:
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 more
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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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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Lucky Break - Rein oder raus (Germany)
Our Lucky Break (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for brief strong language and some sexual references.
Runtime:
107 min | USA:108 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Roger 'Rog' Chamberlain: I understand you fellas have lost interest in long-term imprisonment. more
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References South Pacific (1958) more
Soundtrack:
54-46 Was My Number more

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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
That Lord Nelson., 4 March 2006
Author: dbdumonteil

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.

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