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Release Date:
19 April 2002 (USA)
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Tagline:
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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Hudgens' Lucky Break
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Hudgens' Lucky Break
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Well, yeah, y'know, 'spose it was ok.
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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 Chamberlain | |
| 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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Runtime:
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 "London's Burning" (1988)
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Sunny
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| Woah, great film. | sam-love |
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The kind of film that does get much of a reaction from you. Some Ok laughs, some ,mildly touching moment and one very sad moment that worked so well thanks to Tim Spall's excellent performance. The acting was very good,the plot was fine, but the script lacked a little sparkle.