Hooligans (2005)

Director:

Lexi Alexander

Writers:

Lexi Alexander (story) &
Dougie Brimson (story) ...

Release Date:

9 September 2005 (UK)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Tagline:

Stand Your Ground And Fight.

Plot:

A wrongfully expelled Harvard undergrad moves to London, where he is introduced to the violent underworld of football hooliganism.

Plot Keywords:

West Ham | Fight | Hooliganism | Hooligan | Reputation

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Elijah Wood	...	Matt Buckner
Charlie Hunnam	...	Pete Dunham
David Alexander	...	Nigel
Oliver Allison	...	Ben Dunham
James Allison	...	Ben Dunham
Geoff Bell	...	Tommy Hatcher
Joel Beckett	...	Terry
Kieran Bew	...	Ike
David Carr	...	Clive
Andrew Blair	...	Announcer
Brendan Charleson	...	John Morris
Scott Christie	...	Millwall Lad / Ricky
Alec Dalman	...	Security Guard
Claire Forlani	...	Shannon Dunham
Jacob Gaffney	...	Todd

Also Known As:

Football Hooligans (Singapore: English title)
Green Street (UK)
Green Street Hooligans (USA) (new title)
The Yank (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for brutal violence, pervasive language and some drug use.

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Singapore:M18 | Germany:16 | Mexico:C | Czech Republic:15 | Finland:K-15 | Brazil:16 | Iceland:16 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Australia:MA | Hungary:18 | USA:R (certificate #41109) | Portugal:M/16 | France:-16 | UK:18 | Ireland:18

Filming Locations:

Bank Underground Station, London, England, UK

Company:

Baker Street

Trivia:

Was nominated for the William Shatner Golden Groundhog Award for Best Underground Movie. The other nominated films were MirrorMask (2005), Nine Lives (2005), Up for Grabs (2004) and Sunnyvale (2005).

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Matt leaves Boston, a Delta Airlines jet is shown taking off, implying he is on board it. He is then shown arriving and an announcement can be heard saying welcome to Heathrow. At the time of the movie, Delta Airlines did not serve Heathrow.

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?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Lie to Me: Grievous Bodily Harm (#2.5)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Queen's English

Saw it last night...

I saw Hooligans last night at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema (downtown location) in Austin, Texas. This was a great feature length film debut for director Lexi Alexander. You have to like fight films though, because this was not sugar-coated (think Fight Club). Viewers never got much of a break from the violence. Lexi said in Q&A that this is based on some of the *firms/gangs* she was exposed to as a kid, and that it's not make believe--this stuff really goes on. I also learned that Lexi is a martial arts expert/champion (I think she's undefeated?).

Charlie Hunnan was absolutely amazing and I can't wait to see him appear in more films. I have to add that Lexi, Charlie, and the other cast members (including Elijah Wood) were extremely friendly in person. Charlie was polite to us and answered our questions about his career even though he was trying to grab a bite to eat...nice guy and a terrific actor!