One Night in Istanbul (2014)

A screen adaptation of the hit play about the exploits of a group of Liverpool Football Club fans at the UEFA Champions League 2005 final in Istanbul.

Director:

James Marquand

Writer:

Nicky Allt

Stars:

Steven Waddington, Samantha Womack, Lucien Laviscount

Cast

Credited cast:
Steven Waddington	...	Tommy
Samantha Womack	...	Carmella Jones
Lucien Laviscount	...	Joseph
Erkan Kolçak Köstendil	...	Undercover Cop
Ingvar Sigurdsson	...	Altan (as Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson)
Paul Barber	...	Gerry
Mark Womack	...	Tony Fitz
Terry O'Neill	...	Old Kopite
Ayçin Inci	...	Female Commander
Antonio Bustorff	...	Thief
Marc Hughes	...	Jamie
Sedat Mert	...	Ismail
Gamze Seber	...	Leyla
Fatih Ugurlu	...	Policeman
Ayhan Eroglu	...	Hakan

Storyline

A screen adaptation of the hit play about the exploits of a group of Liverpool Football Club fans at the UEFA Champions League 2005 final in Istanbul.

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Plot Keywords:

football fan | based on play | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Sport

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Steve Waddington originally turned down the role, but after reading the script and his co-stars, he then decided to take the role.

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Soundtracks

You'll Never Walk Alone
Written by Richard Rodgers (as Rogers) and Oscar Hammerstein II (as Hammerstein)
Thanks to EMI

User Reviews

Poor

Everything from the crowd scenes to the plot is wooden. Like many football films you really don't believe that the scenes involve genuine fans but just the extras that they are. Doesn't convince you that this is a match day atmosphere, so poorly adapted for the big screen. Is a stage play and comes across like that. Shame as a decent idea and as a football fan was hoping for a lot more. Rather than humour is a lot of unbelievable daftness that doesn't work. Might work in a theatre but not here.

As football films go this is one of the worst. Not once are you convinced by the casts passion for football or excitement for the game ahead, similar to the screen adaption of Fever Pitch.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

UK

Release Date:

11 September 2014 (UK)

Also Known As:

Jedne noći u Istanbulu

Filming Locations:

Istanbul, Turkey

Box Office

Budget:

$6,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$133,588

Company Credits

Production Co:

Big Ears Entertainment, Karma Film Prod, Stray Dog Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min