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Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002)
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Ratings: 6.0/10 from 2,613 users
Metascore:
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Reviews: 34 user | 44 critic | 23 from Metacritic.com After seeing his ex-girlfriend (Henderson) turn down a nationally televised marriage proposal, a small-time crook (Carlyle) returns to his hometown to try and win back her heart. Director:Shane Meadows |
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Jimmy
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Vanessa Feltz | ... |
Vanessa
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Charlie
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Carol
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Vicki Patterson | ... |
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Shirley
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Finn Atkins | ... |
Marlene
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Kelly Thresher | ... |
Donna
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Dek
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Andrew Shim | ... |
Donut
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Ryan Bruce | ... |
Emerson
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Eliot Otis Brown Walters | ... |
Lake
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Anthony Strachan | ... |
Jumbo
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David McKay | ... |
Dougy
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Billy
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Storyline
Originally from the Midlands, Jimmy is currently living in Glasgow eking out a living as a hapless petty crook. One day, he sees his old family and friends - including his older foster sister Carol, her boyfriend/his old buddy Charlie, Jimmy's ex-wife and Carol's best friend Shirley, and Jimmy's pre-teen daughter Marlene - on a television talk show, they baring their souls to a national audience. He has not seen any of them in years. Of note on the show, Shirley rejects the marriage proposal of her slightly awkward live-in boyfriend Dek. Jimmy sees her answer to Dek as a reason to head back to the Midlands to reunite with his past, especially with Shirley and Marlene. Dek, already humiliated, is less than thrilled to see Jimmy back in their lives. In the ensuing duel between Jimmy and Dek for Shirley and Marlene's affections, others get caught up in the crossfire. Meanwhile... Written by Huggo
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Érase una vez en los Midlands See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
£129,920 (UK) (8 September 2002) (74 Screens)Gross:
$171,830 (USA) (14 December 2003)Company Credits
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Marlene: Jimmy left. You're leaving. What's the difference?
Dek: I don't want to go.
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(1971)
Written by Ray Dorset
Published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd./Universal Music Publishing Ltd.
Performed by Mungo Jerry
Courtesy of Eliot M. Cohen of Satellite Music Ltd. See more »
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When Dek (played by Rhys Ifans) finds out that Jimmy (played by Robert Carlyle), is back in town, he proclaims to Carol: "He's only your foster brother! He could have Hannibal Lector's DNA for all we know! Rhys Ifans went on to portray Grutas, Hannibal Lector's nemesis, in Hannibal Rising. See more »Quotes
Dek: I'm nothing like Jimmy.Marlene: Jimmy left. You're leaving. What's the difference?
Dek: I don't want to go.
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Special thanks to ... the People of Carlton and Gedling, Nottingham ... See more »Soundtracks
"Lady Rose"(1971)
Written by Ray Dorset
Published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd./Universal Music Publishing Ltd.
Performed by Mungo Jerry
Courtesy of Eliot M. Cohen of Satellite Music Ltd. See more »
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