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6.7/10   965 votes
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Director:
Mark Herman
Writers:
Mark Herman (writer)
Jonathan Tulloch (novel)
Contact:
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Release Date:
3 November 2000 (UK) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
They're a couple of zeros short of a grand
Plot:
Two teenage boys will do anything to get money to buy season tickets for their local team. | add synopsis
Awards:
4 wins & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Hadaway Herman more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Chris Beattie ... Gerry McCarten
Greg McLane ... Sewell
Charlie Hardwick ... Mrs. McCarten
Roy Hudd ... Mr. Sewell
Tim Healy ... Mr. McCarten
Kevin Whately ... Mr. Caird
Jody Baldwin ... Gemma
Kerry Ann Christiansen ... Bridget
Tracy Whitwell ... Clare
Kate Garbutt ... Baby Sheara
Laura Garbutt ... Baby Sheara
Su Elliot ... Mrs. Brabbin (as Su Elliott)
Daniel James Lake ... Matthew Brabin
Tracey Wilkinson ... Mrs. Caird
Libby Davison ... Miss Warren
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Additional Details

Runtime:
99 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Company:
FilmFour more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
When Sewell and Gemma are talking in private, Gerry wants to know what they're talking about. One of his mates comments: "What are you? Inspector fucking Morse?" "Inspector Morse" (1987) was a highly acclaimed TV series starring John Thaw and Kevin Whately, who plays Mr. Caird in this movie. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When the boys enter Mrs. Brabin's backyard after she calls them over, there are dogs running everywhere. She says that there are at least twelve of them. They load up the refrigerator and, while Mrs. Brabin watches them, they leave the backyard. Suddenly all the dogs are gone. more
Quotes:
Gerry McCarten: So how much do you think people are gonna give us, for something we've nicked from a shop called, "Everything's a Pound?" more
Soundtrack:
AMBULANCE more

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1 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
Hadaway Herman, 11 March 2005
2/10

The film is set in Newcastle on Tyne in north east England, the town where I was born and grew up. The film is also fundamentally dishonest - the way it presents the town, the kids, but above all the men of the town. In this film they are all stupid, violent, thieving, thugs.

I suppose I could comment on the plot (predictable), the performances (competently unattractive), the direction (lazy and unimaginative), but to me that is all irrelevant compared to the director's insult to the town and its people.

Thus the invitation in my summary to the director and writer, Mark Herman, to leave the north east.

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