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Hooligans (2005)

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User Rating: 7.5/10 (22,494 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Lexi Alexander
Writers:
Lexi Alexander (story) &
Dougie Brimson (story) ...
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Release Date:
9 September 2005 (UK) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama more
Tagline:
Stand Your Ground And Fight. more
Plot:
A wrongfully expelled Harvard undergrad moves to London, where he is introduced to the violent underworld of football hooliganism. full summary | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)
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Awards:
3 wins more
User Comments:
Very powerful and close to the mark. more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)
David Alexander ... Nigel
Oliver Allison ... Ben Dunham
James Allison ... Ben Dunham
Joel Beckett ... Terry
Geoff Bell ... Tommy Hatcher

Kieran Bew ... Ike
Andrew Blair ... Announcer
David Carr ... Clive

Brendan Charleson ... John Morris
Scott Christie ... Millwall Lad / Ricky
Alec Dalman ... Security Guard

Claire Forlani ... Shannon Dunham
Jacob Gaffney ... Todd
Henry Goodman ... Carl Buckner

Leo Gregory ... Bovver
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Football Hooligans (Singapore: English title)
Green Street (UK)
Green Street Hooligans (USA) (new title)
The Yank (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for brutal violence, pervasive language and some drug use.
Runtime:
109 min
Country:
USA | UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
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Company:
Baker Street more

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Trivia:
The film's working title was "The Yank". more
Goofs:
Factual errors: At Matt's first match, the away fans team are named as being Birmingham City (who play in all blue shirts and white shorts), and their supporters are referred to as "northerners". However, the team shown playing West Ham United is actually Gillingham (blue and black stripes with black shorts), who ironically are one of the few teams in England south of West Ham. The match shown was played on Saturday 27th March 2004, and finished 2-1 in favour of the Hammers. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Pete Dunham: Fuck me. If I knew we was going to a bar mitzvah, I would have brought me fuckin' skull cap. Mate, Tottenham's due north. Are you lost? Or just fucking stupid?
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Movie Connections:
References The Karate Kid (1984) more
Soundtrack:
Seasick more

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94 out of 131 people found the following comment useful:-
Very powerful and close to the mark., 18 March 2005
Author: Edificio from United States

As an English ex-pat and a football fan, I went along to the Alamo Draft House hoping for the best but expecting the worst. I got the best. This film is simply brilliant and finally provides us with an accurate portrayal of life amongst the hooligans in a way The Football Factory or ID never did.

Central to this are the amazing fight scenes and the performances of the primary actors with Hunnam in particular doing an outstanding job. And if anyone believed that all Elijah Wood movies would forever be tainted with the image of Frodo Baggins, think again. Within about 10 seconds of screen time, any lingering thoughts of LOTR are gone.

Yet whilst the direction, actors and the stunts will attract all the plaudits, for me, the main reason why this film works so well is the very clever story and the amazing script. Yes, in many respects the subject has been 'Americanised' but it has been done in a way which is very subtle. I suspect that much of the credit for this goes to the writer Dougie Brimson because it is obvious very early on that there was a strong English influence on both the plot and the dialogue.

Given the level of violence, not to mention the subject matter, I'm not that sure mainstream America will respond that well to it but for me, the big test will come when it's shown in England but I suspect like me, the English audiences are going to love it.

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