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4.2/10   77 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Chris Cook (writer)
Release Date:
7 November 2006 (UK) more
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Tagline:
Who needs eyes when you've got balls?! more
Plot:
Lee, a soccer player who descends into depression when he goes blind, is encouraged to take up the game again by a maverick American and the inspiration of Leeds Utd legend, Billy Bremner. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Nick Bartlett ... Lee Vaughan
Clare Grogan ... Sandra Reeves
Peter Lorimer ... Leeds United Fan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chris Beaumont ... Referee Nigel Biddicombe
Samantha Beckinsale ... Maddie Vaughan

Stuart Brennan ... Ajax the Keeper
Charlie Campbell ... Chav in Glasses
Adam Chapman ... Joey
Joseph D. Cook ... Freak Show Chav
Brenda Dowsett ... Mrs. Fry
Nick Dutton ... Aaron the Technician
David Earl ... Tony Queen
Duncan Henderson ... Jim the Psycho Postman
Frank Jarvis ... Mr. McClintock
Tara Keatley ... Daniella Funnell
Gary Knowles ... Goalkeeper
Alan Magor ... No. 5 - Cup Final Opposition
Fiz Marcus ... Teresa Senior Officer
Des McAleer ... Denis Cleghorn

Roz McCutcheon ... Shelley de Moussin

Patrick Micallef ... Charlie Howard
Li Mills ... Amanda the TV Producer
Brian Mitchell ... Wes The Grey
Dave Mounfield ... Derek the Manager
Jane Peachey ... Gina Blackwell
Michael Petek ... Referee Trevor Lestrange
Daniel Rabin ... Jason Thompsett

Tom Rooke ... Brian the Grey (as Thomas Rooke)
Tim Secrett ... Al the Grey
Gabriel Swartland ... Lawrence the Security Guard
Georgina Tasker ... Sasha the Ex
Rudi Walters ... Mickey the Grey
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Runtime:
90 min
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Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Charlie Howard: Your disability is our opportunity more
Movie Connections:
Remake of Bury It (2002) more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful.
Penalty King, 20 March 2009
8/10
Author: Kay Setterfield from United Kingdom

The Penalty King tells the story of Lee who is a blind football fan, and his friend Charlie and how he gets Lee to love the Beautiful game again! I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the Penalty King, as usually a film about football would not be my first choice, but I think this film would appeal to football fans and non fans, as it is a strong character driven piece with a great, and very humorous in places script.

Though the film is of a lower budget, it has a high quality feel to it,by using lots of shooting locations,past Leeds games footage, and a good use of soundtrack.

Overall I found the Penalty King to be a funny uplifting movie, which is made more enjoyable by the buddy relationship between the central characters Lee and Charlie.

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