Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Steve Barron

Writers:

John R. Smith (writer)
Rob Sprackling (writer)

Release Date:

28 September 2001 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Sport

Tagline:

He Knows F.A. About Football.

Plot:

The manager of England's national football unexpectedly succumbs to a heart attack, and suddenly the search is on for a replacement...

Plot Keywords:

England | World Cup | Manager | Unpopularity | Mobile Phone

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Ricky Tomlinson	...	Mike Bassett
Amanda Redman	...	Karine Bassett
Bradley Walsh	...	Dave Dodds
Philip Jackson	...	Lonnie Urquart
Phill Jupitus	...	Tommo Thompson
Dean Lennox Kelly	...	Kevin Tonkinson
Martin Bashir	...	Interviewer
Robbie Gee	...	Smallsy
Pelé	...	Himself
Kevin Piper	...	Norwich newsreader
Robert Putt	...	Jack Marshall
Malcolm Terris	...	Phil Cope
Philip Dunbar	...	Sussex rep
Ulrich Thomsen	...	Dr. Hans Shoegaarten
Lloyd McGuire	...	Midlands rep

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English | Portuguese

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:PG | Iceland:L | Australia:M (DVD rating) | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Apollo Pub, Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK

Company:

Artists Independent Productions

Trivia:

There were only a maximum of 300 extras used at Wembley Stadium. The Moving Picture Company were responsible for all the visual effects, which included crowd replacement/replication at Wembly and the Maracana. Thanks for the compliment.

Goofs:

Continuity: It is shown in a graphic that striker Rufus Smalls is the highest ever leading goal scorer with 52 goals, however in a later graphic he is shown to have scored 49 goals making him the 2nd highest goal scorer

Quotes:

Karine Bassett: [to Camera] Last night Mike had a dream that Bobby Moore was chasing him round Wembley Stadium shouting "Look what you've done you bloody idiot"

Movie Connections:

Features "Dream Team" (1997)

A Funny comedy that rings true!

Mike Bassett:England Manager is a mock documentary about a new England Manager and the trials and tribulations he goes through during qualification and subsiquant world cup in Brazil. There are loads and loads of funny moments in this film and i promise you even if you are not a football fan you will like this a lot. Basically we see Ricky Tomlinson brilliantly playing the new England snatched from the first division as manager of Norwich City into the spotlight.We see all the things that really happen to England managers but exagerated ten fold with very funny consiquences such as the moment he wrote his first England team down on a fag packet and gave it to his P.A to type out for the press , 10 minutes later there were two new players added to the squad.......Benson & Hedges!!. One uncanny thing that does come out of the film is the results in the world cup, England beat Argentina 1-0 and go out of the tournement to Brazil ., exactly what happens a year after the film is made in the real world cup in Japan! 8 out of 10.