Johnny English (2003)

After a sudden attack on the MI5, Johnny English, Britain's most confident yet unintelligent spy, becomes Britain's only spy.

Director:

Peter Howitt

Writers:

Neal Purvis, Robert Wade

Stars:

Rowan Atkinson, John Malkovich, Natalie Imbruglia

6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rowan Atkinson	...	Johnny English
Tasha de Vasconcelos	...	Countess Alexandra - Exotic Woman
Ben Miller	...	Bough, English's Sidekick
Greg Wise	...	Agent One
Douglas McFerran	...	Carlos Vendetta
Steve Nicolson	...	Dieter Klein
Terence Harvey	...	Official at Funeral
Kevin McNally	...	Prime Minister
Tim Pigott-Smith	...	Pegasus, Head of MI7
Nina Young	...	Pegasus' Secretary
Rowland Davies	...	Sir Anthony Chevenix
Natalie Imbruglia	...	Lorna Campbell
Philippa Fordham	...	Snobby Woman
John Malkovich	...	Pascal Sauvage, the Greedy Frenchman
Tim Berrington	...	Roger

Storyline

Rowan plays the eponymous lead character in a spoof spy thriller. During the course of the story we follow our hero as he attempts to single-handedly save the country from falling into the hands of a despot.

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Plot Keywords:

queen elizabeth ii character | slapstick comedy | looking at oneself in a mirror | spy | british | 

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Taglines:

The star of Bean is now Her Majesty's most trusted secret agent.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for comic nudity, some crude humor and language

Details

Country:

UK France USA

Language:

English French Japanese

Release Date:

18 July 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Johnny English - Der Spion, der es versiebte

Filming Locations:

Buckingham Palace, London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£3,435,342 (United Kingdom), 13 April 2003, Limited Release

Opening Weekend USA:

$9,134,085, 20 July 2003, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$28,082,366

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$160,583,018

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, StudioCanal, Working Title Films

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

John Malkovich, who plays the Frenchman Pascal Sauvage, is actually fluent in French, having spent nearly 10 years working in a theater in Southern France.

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Goofs

When the DVD is put on during Pascal's coronation, Johnny is holding the toothbrushes red above blue, playing the guitar. When the camera goes back to him afterwards, before he starts singing, they have swapped positions (blue above red)

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Quotes

[first lines]
Johnny English: Ah, the Heckler and Koch G-36. Quite deadly in the right hands.

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Crazy Credits

During the end credits, we see Lorna (who was ejected from English's car in the last scene) landing in a swimming pool. Sitting beside the swimming pool is the strange-looking man that English described to his boss early in the film.

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Connections

Featured in Troldspejlet: Episode #29.13 (2003)

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Soundtracks

The Only Ones
Composed by Mark Brydon and Roisin Murphy
Performed by Moloko
Courtesy of The Echo Label Limited

User Reviews

Lightweight Bond Spoof

This James Bond spoof, headed by British comedian Rowan Atkinson, was okay....a fair amount of laughs but not enough to add this film to my collection. Atkinson reminded me a bit of Benny Hill, a more famous English comedian who also doesn't speak much but lets his actions and facial expressions garner his laughs. Both are likable guys.

John Malkovich plays a Frechman here and his accent is pretty good. He seems to be always playing strange roles.

There really isn't a whole lot to say about this film. Except for a very funny toilet scenes, much of it isn't that memorable. Just a lightweight hour-and-a-half of entertainment.