The Art of Football from A to Z (2006) (TV)

Director:

Hermann Vaske

Writers:

John Cleese
Chris Langham

Release Date:

27 January 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Comedy | Sport

Tagline:

Sketch comedians John Cleese and Tom Konkle in a comic look at soccer.

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

John Cleese	...	Himself
Tom Konkle	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Keith Allen	...	Himself
Michael Ballack	...	Himself
Franz Beckenbauer	...	Himself
Boris Becker	...	Himself
Bono	...	Himself
Pierluigi Collina	...	Himself
Mia Hamm	...	Herself
Thierry Henry	...	Himself
Dennis Hopper	...	Himself
Elton John	...	Himself
Kaká	...	Himself
Tony Kaye	...	Himself
Kasey Keller	...	Himself
Henry Kissinger	...	Himself
Markus Lüpertz	...	Himself
Trumaine McBride	...	Himself
Malcolm McLaren	...	Himself
Pelé	...	Himself
Michel Platini	...	Himself
Nik Powell	...	Himself
Birgit Prinz	...	Herself
Ronaldo	...	Himself
David A. Stewart	...	Himself
Jasmin Tabatabai	...	Herself
Giovanni Trapattoni	...	Himself
Desmond Tutu	...	Himself
Ruud van Nistelrooy	...	Himself
Wim Wenders	...	Himself
Arsène Wenger	...	Himself

Directed by
Hermann Vaske

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
John Cleese
Chris Langham

Produced by
Oliver Herder	....	co-producer
Greg Jenkins	....	producer: Brazil
Vincent Joliet	....	producer
Hermann Vaske	....	producer
W. Wilder Knight II	....	co-dependent producer

Cinematography by
Goran Pavicevic
Máté Tóth Widamon

Sound Department
John Hays	....	additional sound mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Ambrose	....	gaffer
Pat O'Mara	....	key grip (as Patrick O'Mara)
Sasha Rendulic	....	additional cinematographer

Editorial Department
Thor Janke	....	colorist (as Tori Janke)

Other crew
Jennifer Feist	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Hermann Vaske's Emotional Network
• Studio Hamburg Filmproduktion

Distributors

• Arte (2006) (non-USA) (TV)
• BFS Video (2009) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"The Art of Soccer with John Cleese" - USA (video title)

Runtime:

90 min | Germany:112 min (TV version) | France:112 min

Country:

France | USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Hermann Vaske's Emotional Network

John Cleese meets the beautiful game...

It is always a good idea to define something from A to Z. It is even a better idea to define Football (the one that is actually played with both a foot and a ball) from A to Z. It is obviously a fantastic idea to have Thierry Henry, Michael Ballack, Mia Hamm, Káká, Pelé, Arséne Wenger, Pierluigi Collina and Brigit Prinz explaining the beautiful game they play better than everyone (except Ronaldinho). The class and humour provided by John Cleese, with several references to the Monty Python legacy, works as intermission between the statements and the precious footage of amazing moments of the Football history. All in all, a pretty good documentary about the past, present and future of this sport that moves hordes of people around the World. By the way, no matter how much I admire Henry, he cheated on the semi-final against Portugal :P Ginete