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 | character name as title | spy | 

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Taglines:

Neví, co je strach. Neví, co je nebezpecí. Neví vlastne vubec nic. (He Knows No Fear. He Knows No Danger. He Knows Nothing.) [Slovak]

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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

Peter Howitt: The man that Bough threatens to play the DVD at the crowning ceremony.

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Goofs

Why are Klein and Vendetta still in the garage next to the Tower of London the following morning? It would seem prudent to make a very quick getaway indeed after stealing the Crown Jewels.

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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 La noche de...: Duda Razonable (2017)

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Soundtracks

A Man for All Seasons
Music by Hans Zimmer
Lyrics by Robbie Williams
Performed by Robbie Williams
Recording engineered and mixed by Al Clay
Co-produced by Al Clay
Courtesy of EMI Recorded Music Limited / In Good Company Co, Limited

User Reviews

A Very Funny Parody of 007 Movies

Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson) is a bureaucratic employee of the British Secret Service, who dreams to be a charming agent. His dreams come true when all the British agents die, due to the lack of security in a funeral where he was the responsible. Johnny English, with the support of his assistant Bough (Ben Miller) and Lorna Campbell (Natalie Imbruglia), fights against the evil Pascal Sauvage (John Malkovitch), a powerful French who wants to be the king of the United Kingdom and transforms England in a great prison for all criminals of the world. This silly story is a very funny parody of 007 movies. Rowan Atkinson is very hilarious, as usual, and it is impossible not laughing with his stupidities. The singer Natalie Imbruglia is very beautiful, the unknown Ben Miller is the efficient assistant of Johnny English, and John Malkovitch, with a ridiculous French accent, complete the funny cast of this comedy. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): `Johnny English'