The Calcium Kid (2004)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Alex De Rakoff

Writers:

Derek Boyle (screenplay)
Alex De Rakoff (screenplay)
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Release Date:

30 April 2004 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

It takes a lotta bottle to be the champ

Plot:

The film is a mockumentary comedy, in which Bloom plays young milkman Jimmy. He is an amateur boxer who by a bizarre twist of events ends up fighting the world champion in his home town. |

Plot Keywords:

Boxer | Milkman | Champion | Mockumentary | Irish

Cast

Mark Heap	...	Sebastian Gore-Brown
Michael Lerner	...	Artie Cohen
Ronni Ancona	...	Pat Connelly
Michael Peña	...	Jose Mendez
Julian Zapata	...	Jose's Entourage
Alejandro Ramirez	...	Jose's Entourage
Milton Hernandez	...	Jose's Entourage
Alberto Ramon	...	Jose's Entourage
Hector Trujillo	...	Jose's Entourage
John Correa	...	Jose's Entourage
Janier Morales Drado	...	Jose's Entourage
Wilson Cretaro da Luz Jr.	...	Jose's Entourage
Tamer Hassan	...	Pete Wright
Omid Djalili	...	Herbie Bush
John Joyce	...	Jon Wright
Cathy Dunning	...	Jeanne Wright
Ivanhoe Noronha	...	Pete's Trainer (as Ivanhoe Norona)
Orlando Bloom	...	Jimmy Connelly
Arthur Nightingale	...	Leonard
Gary Lammin	...	Pat's Punter
Bill Thomas	...	Mr. Bennet
Tamzin Griffin	...	Saucy Housewife
Rabbie Kadhim	...	Milk Thief
Anna Wing	...	Vera
David Kelly	...	Paddy O'Flannagan
Rafe Spall	...	Stan Parlour
Billie Piper	...	Angel
Josephine Teale	...	Dolly Bird
Maddy Ford	...	Dolly Bird
Jamie Lewis	...	Dolly Bird
Rupert Procter	...	Pressman
John Ashton	...	Pressman
Matthew Watkin	...	Pressman
Christopher Obi	...	Pressman
Jonathan Ryland	...	Pressman
Nick Conroy	...	Blade
Gia Johnson	...	Latino Beauty
Bill Maloney	...	Barry the Barman
Drew Rhys-Williams	...	Angry Bloke
Lauretta Gavin	...	Young Lady
Sharon Gavin	...	Young Lady
Lyndsey Marshal	...	Mags Livingston
Stephen Critchlow	...	Mr. Holiday
Stevie Nye	...	Young Rascal
Hakeem Araba	...	Young Rascal
James Hall	...	Young Rascal
Eric Mason	...	Greengrocer
Renu Setna	...	Ravi
Ram John Holder	...	Jamaican Barber
Hama Marange	...	Jamaican Barber's Grandson
Donovan Simmonds	...	Football Kid
Alex Alexandrou	...	Football Kid
Kane Mason	...	Football Kid
Carlos Etienne	...	Football Kid
Nashon Esbrand	...	Football Kid
Jason Mullings	...	Football Kid
Ben Martin Byrne	...	Football Kid
Mark Pattison	...	The Altar Boy
Marcus Aserie	...	The Altar Boy
Luke Boyden	...	The Altar Boy
Andy Hill	...	The Altar Boy
Nick Moss	...	Skinhead
Lacey Bond	...	Stan's Mum
Luther Dyer	...	Disillusioned Young Fan
Peter Serafinowicz	...	Dave King (as Peter Serafinowichz)
Frank Harper	...	Clive Connelly
Frank Bruno	...	Himself
Chris Eubank	...	Himself
Nathan Nolan	...	American Director
Bill Rodgers	...	Cameraman Dave
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Doug Cockle	...	News Reporter (uncredited)

Directed by
Alex De Rakoff

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Derek Boyle		screenplay
Alex De Rakoff		screenplay
Raymond Friel		screenplay

Produced by
Tim Bevan	....	producer
Eric Fellner	....	producer
Jacquie Glanville	....	line producer
Richard Johns	....	co-producer
Natascha Wharton	....	executive producer

Original Music by
The Boilerhouse Boys

Cinematography by
David M. Dunlap

Film Editing by
Mags Arnold		(as Marguerite Arnold)
Jon Harris

Casting by
Jina Jay

Production Design by
Joel Collins

Art Direction by
Daniel May
Robyn Paiba

Set Decoration by
Kate Beckly

Costume Design by
Sammy Sheldon

Makeup Department
Jennifer Harty	....	makeup artist
Tanya Lodge	....	makeup designer (uncredited)

Production Management
Steve Chinrey	....	unit manager
Jeanette Haley	....	post-production supervisor
Michelle Wright	....	executive in charge of production: Working Title Films

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vicki Allen	....	third assistant director (as Victoria Allen)
Nick Heckstall-Smith	....	first assistant director
Alex Oakley	....	additional first assistant director
George Walker	....	second assistant director

Art Department
George Ausburger	....	carpenter
Duncan Bayliss	....	painter
Kate Beckly	....	set dresser
Tamsin Beckly	....	art department trainee
Simon Clift	....	property master
Nina Cowan-Russell	....	production buyer
Bruce Gallup	....	stand-by constructor
Andrew Golding	....	construction manager
Ray Griffiths	....	carpenter
Johnny Hexx	....	painter
Beth Hearn Keech	....	art department runner
Vicky Layston	....	assistant art director (as Vicky Layson)
Marcus Mildenhall	....	carpenter
Phillip Nentwig	....	carpenter
Robyn Paiba	....	stand-by art director
Dave Siddons	....	carpenter
Fabrice Spelta	....	art department assistant
Rob Troughton	....	carpenter
Philmore Walkes	....	carpenter

Sound Department
Ben Barker	....	assistant sound editor
Sandy Buchanan	....	foley mixer
Peter Burgis	....	foley artist
Colin Cooper	....	adr recordist
Andie Derrick	....	foley artist (as Andy Derrick)
James Doyle	....	mix assistant engineer
Arthur Fenn	....	boom operator (as Arthur Turner)
Jamie Gambell	....	second boom operator
Ben Greaves	....	second boom operator
Simon Hayes	....	sound mixer
Lee Herrick	....	adr editor
Lee Herrick	....	dialogue editor
John Hopkins	....	sound sync operator
Nicolas Le Messurier	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brendan Nicholson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tom Sayers	....	supervising sound editor
James Seddon	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Will Whale	....	sound trainee
Andrew Caller	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Gary J. Brown	....	Inferno artist
Giles Livesey	....	digital film colorist

Stunts
Tom Aitken	....	stunts
George Cottle	....	stunts
Andy Godbold	....	stunts
Vincent Keane	....	stunt coordinator (as Vince Keane)
Maurice Lee	....	stunts
Terence Plummer	....	stunts (as Terry Plummer)
Buster Reeves	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
John Adefarasin	....	camera loader: additional photography
John Atwood	....	generator operator
Peter Bateson	....	camera loader
David Cozens	....	focus puller: additional photography
Julia Curtin	....	second assistant camera
Paul Edwards	....	Steadicam operator
Sam Garwood	....	director of photography: additional photography
Star Hart	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Paul Hatchman	....	grip
Brian A. Hoffman	....	assistant still photographer: Los Angeles
Giles Keyte	....	still photographer: additional photography
Paul Molloy	....	electrician
Phil Penfold	....	gaffer
Daniel Smith	....	still photographer
Dan Thomas	....	best boy
Chyna Thomson	....	assistant camera
Tammo van Hoorn	....	focus puller: "b" camera

Casting Department
Dixie Chassay	....	casting assistant
Kim Coleman	....	casting: USA (as Kim Taylor-Coleman)
Louis Elman	....	adr voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Bruno de Santa	....	wardrobe supervisor
Catherine Roberts	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Aggela Despotidou	....	assistant editor
Daryl Jordan	....	first assistant editor: E'lab Technical Delivery

Music Department
Nick Angel	....	music supervisor
Kirsten Lane	....	music consultant
Stephen McLaughlin	....	music mixer

Other crew
Lucy Anthony	....	unit nurse
Darin Berlin	....	assistant to director
Tony Davis	....	assistant production coordinator
Anthony Di Cecco	....	trainer: Orlando Bloom
Eric D'Souza	....	technical coordinator
Kirstie Edgar	....	script supervisor
Hannah Farrell	....	assistant: Natascha Wharton
Lucie Graves	....	assistant production coordinator: Working Title
Tarn Harper	....	production accountant
John Hinchliffe	....	technical coordinator
Nigel Hudson	....	boxing trainer: Orlando Bloom and Michael Pena
Aliza James	....	assistant: Eric Fellner
Paul Lubicz	....	trainer: Orlando Bloom
Callum Metcalfe	....	assistant: Tim Bevan
Zoie Miller	....	accounting assistant
Juliet Morris	....	floor runner
Rachael Prior	....	head of development
Anna Raynsford	....	unit publicist
Martyn Richmond	....	production runner
Emily Speak	....	production runner
Deryn Stafford	....	production coordinator
Camilla Stephenson	....	location manager
Polly Wilby	....	assistant accountant
Matthew Wortman	....	location manager
Sarah Jane Wright	....	production executive (as Sarah-Jane Wright)

Production Companies

• Universal Pictures (presents)
• Studio Canal (presents)
• Working Title Films (presents)
• WT2 Productions

Distributors

• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2004) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2004) (Argentina) (VHS)
• RTL Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL7)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Argentina) (all media)
• Universal Home Video (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Universal Home Video (2004) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures (Spain) (2005) (Spain) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures

Special Effects

• Cine Image Film Opticals (end titles)

Other Companies

• ARRI Lighting Rental  lighting
• De Lane Lea Sound Centre  sound facilities (as De Lane Lea)
• Digital Film Lab London  digital post-production
• Jason Wheeler Film Services  negative cutting
• London Editing Machines Ltd.  editing equipment
• Pinewood Studios  sound re-recorded at
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script service

MPAA:

Rated R for language and brief nudity.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Malaysia:U | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Singapore:NC-16 | Spain:T | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

Cameo: [Jamie Gambell]when Stan is fighting with various people in the bar, the guy that he is wrestling with on the pool table is the second boom operator.

Quotes:

Stan Parlour: Your timing's rotten, mate. I've got me bird over. I'm getting me nuts wet.

Movie Connections:

References The Rumble in the Jungle (1974)

Soundtrack:

Wack Wack

cute movie

I've read all the terrible reviews; I wasn't expecting much, especially since I'm unlikely to get any British humor (being in the US and growing up in Asia). But the movie really surprised me at how many times it made me laugh out loud.

The performances are great fun to watch. Yes, the characters are cliché and very 1-D, but they are played with enough enthusiasm and charm to make up for the 'weak' script. There are places where the movie falls on the 'wrong/bad' side of cringe-worthy, like some scenes with Herbie(the manager) and Stan (the best friend), but overall, it's an enjoyable way to spend two hours.

And then, there's Jimmy (Orlando Bloom's character), who with his naivete and haplessness, manages to 'preach' without ever sounding preachy or cheesy. I know this is no Oscar movie, but it isn't as mindless as some comedies out there. At its heart, spoken through Jimmy's dad's quotes, are some good really messages. It's almost a shame that the movie isn't cut for a younger audience. It'd be a good diversion from the usual 'teen queen' movies flooding the cinemas these days.