Hooligans (2005)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Lexi Alexander

Writers:

Lexi Alexander (story) &
Dougie Brimson (story) ...
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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 | Hooligan | Hooliganism | Violence

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

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
Christopher Hehir	...	Keith
Jon House	...	Commanding Officer
Charlie Hunnam	...	Pete Dunham
Terence Jay	...	Jeremy Van Holden
Jamie Kenna	...	Big Marc
Joshua Kennedy	...	Lad
Frank McAvennie	...	Himself
Ross McCall	...	Dave
Johnny Palmiero	...	Garry
Francis Pope	...	Ned
Martin Sherman	...	Mitch (as Martin T. Sherman)
Rafe Spall	...	Swill
Mhairi Steenbock	...	Young Girl
Elijah Wood	...	Matt Buckner
Tony Adams	...	Firm Member
Ian Ament	...	Firm Member
Chris Atkinson	...	Firm Member
David Badillo	...	Firm Member
Steve Benham	...	Firm Member
Lee Bircham	...	Firm Member
Roy Borrett	...	Firm Member (as Roy Borret)
Mark Brighton	...	Firm Member
D'Angelo Brown	...	Firm Member
Paul Causton	...	Firm Member
Alan Clarke	...	Firm Member
Herbie Clarke	...	Firm Member
James Corlis	...	Firm Member
Domenico D'Amato	...	Firm Member
Tony Davis	...	Firm Member
Michael Day	...	Firm Member
Ivanhoe Douglas	...	Firm Member
Barry Dowden	...	Firm Member
Nathan Drake	...	Firm Member
Gabriel Faccini	...	Firm Member
Daniel Farmer	...	Firm Member
James Fisher	...	Firm Member (as James S. Fisher)
Lee Foley	...	Firm Member
Mark Gibbs	...	Firm Member
Robbie Greig-Smith	...	Firm Member
Ash Gungor	...	Firm Member
Jamie Hall	...	Firm Member
Will Hall	...	Firm Member
Mark Hammond	...	Firm Member
Elliot Hill	...	Firm Member (as Elliott Hill)
Terry Hillman	...	Firm Member
David Holland	...	Firm Member
Menot Iacoponi	...	Firm Member
Will Irvine	...	Firm Member
Gareth Jones	...	Firm Member
Mark Langdale	...	Firm Member
Gary Lawrence	...	Firm Member
Jeffery Lefroy	...	Firm Member
Peter Mack	...	Firm Member
Nic Main	...	Firm Member
Glen Maney	...	Firm Member
Paul McCaffrey	...	Firm Member
Chris Mordue	...	Firm Member
Alan Moynes	...	Firm Member
Alex O'Brien	...	Firm Member
Peter O'Conner	...	Firm Member
David Parkes	...	Firm Member
John Perkins	...	Firm Member
Denzie Phipps	...	Firm Member
Kingsley Pilgrim	...	Firm Member
Al Pritchard	...	Firm Member
Peter Rnic	...	Firm Member (as Peter Rinc)
Wayne Saunders	...	Firm Member
Keven Schwarz	...	Firm Member
Ian Shadbolt	...	Firm Member
Daniel Sutter	...	Firm Member
Michael Thompson	...	Firm Member
Nick Tregenza	...	Firm Member
Ben Trow	...	Firm Member
Darren White	...	Firm Member
Mathias Fanimo	...	West Ham Academy Player
Jefferson Hall	...	West Ham Academy Player (as Robert Hall)
Mathew Harvey	...	West Ham Academy Player
Lamarr Hurley	...	West Ham Academy Player
Billy Knott	...	West Ham Academy Player
Jack Paxman	...	West Ham Academy Player
George Phillips	...	West Ham Academy Player
Daniel Potts	...	West Ham Academy Player
Jack Powell	...	West Ham Academy Player
Aaron Quaintance	...	West Ham Academy Player
Reece Samuel	...	West Ham Academy Player
Jack Smart	...	West Ham Academy Player
Blair Turgott	...	West Ham Academy Player
Lewis Warren	...	West Ham Academy Player
Alex Binkley	...	Harvard Rower
Alexander Erdos	...	Harvard Rower
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marc Warren	...	Steve Dunham
Shon Blotzer	...	Alex (uncredited)
Morne Botes	...	Hooligan (uncredited)
Matt Grey	...	Millwall Hooligan (uncredited)
Andy Pilgrim	...	Firm Member (uncredited)
Randi Leigh Potenzo	...	Girl in bar (uncredited)
Robert Stone	...	Football Hooligan (uncredited)
Dan'l Terry	...	Man in Bar (uncredited)

Directed by
Lexi Alexander

Writing credits
Lexi Alexander		(story) &
Dougie Brimson		(story)
Dougie Brimson		(screenplay) &
Josh Shelov		(screenplay) (as Joshua Shelov) &
Lexi Alexander		(screenplay)

Produced by
Lexi Alexander	....	executive producer
Bill Allan	....	executive producer
Patrick Aluise	....	executive producer
Jon S. Baird	....	associate producer
Alexander Buono	....	co-producer
Deborah Del Prete	....	producer
Keith Evans	....	executive producer
Jon Favreau	....	executive producer
Tom Hulme	....	executive producer
Linda McDonough	....	associate producer
Gigi Pritzker	....	producer
Tamsin Rawady	....	line producer: Boston
Paul Schiff	....	executive producer
Kevan Van Thompson	....	line producer
Donald Zuckerman	....	producer

Original Music by
Christopher Franke

Cinematography by
Alexander Buono

Film Editing by
Paul Trejo

Casting by
Kahleen Crawford
Des Hamilton

Production Design by
Tom Brown

Art Direction by
Ricky Eyres

Set Decoration by
Sara Wan

Costume Design by
John Krausa

Makeup Department
John Henry Gordon	....	hair stylist
John Henry Gordon	....	makeup artist
Deborah Hawkins	....	makeup artist
Lesley Lamont-Fisher	....	makeup designer
Derek Lloyd	....	makeup artist
Eric Scruby	....	hair stylist
Eric Scruby	....	makeup artist
Rupert Simon	....	hair stylist
Rupert Simon	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Ali James	....	unit manager
Ingrid Litman	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lucy Egerton	....	third assistant director
Mark Egerton	....	first assistant director
Arabella Gilbert	....	assistant director in charge of crowd
Matthew Jensen	....	second unit director
Martin Sosa	....	second assistant director
Rachael Tottingham	....	third assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Philippa Broadhurst	....	art department assistant
Garry Dawson	....	stand-by props
Chris Drew	....	storyboard artist
Mark Hedges	....	dressing prop man
Adam Kincaid	....	assistant art director
Steve Rogers	....	stand-by props
Chloe Short	....	production buyer
Rosanna Westwood	....	stand-by art director

Sound Department
William Dotson	....	supervising sound editor
Brian Dunlop	....	adr recordist
Christian Dwiggins	....	sound re-recording mixer
Marshall Garlington	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ivo Heger	....	adr supervisor
Ricky Hernandez	....	sound designer
Les Honess	....	sound mixer
Shawn Kennelly	....	foley mixer
Laura Macias	....	foley artist
Chris Navarro	....	adr recordist
Vince Nicastro	....	foley artist
Rick Polanco	....	assistant sound editor
Jamie Roden	....	adr mixer
Alan Sallabank	....	sound re-recording mixer: UK
Cathie Speakman	....	supervising adr editor
Ken Teaney	....	sound re-recording mixer
James Wright	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby

Special Effects by
Luke Marcel	....	special effects technician
Bernard Newton	....	special effects technician
Robin Pritchard	....	prosthetic technician

Visual Effects by
Derek Bird	....	digital compositor
Joshua D. Comen	....	visual effects producer: EPC
Christopher Dusendschon	....	digital imaging supervisor: iO FILM
Adam Hawkey	....	digital intermediate colorist
Kevin Mullican	....	color science/imaging r&d
Marlo Pabon	....	visual effects supervisor: EPC
Francis Puthanangadi	....	digital artist

Stunts
Barbara Bernhardt	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Nicola Berwick	....	stunt double: Claire Forlani (as Nikki Berwick)
Pat E. Johnson	....	stunt coordinator (as Pat Johnson)

Camera and Electrical Department
Nick Allsop	....	camera trainee
Wailoon Chung	....	electrician
Laurence Edwards	....	crane technician
Dai Evans	....	grip trainee
Dan Fontaine	....	gaffer: second unit
John Hembrough	....	Steadicam operator
Giles Keyte	....	still photographer
Steve Kitchen	....	best boy
Alison Lai	....	clapper loader: second camera
David Fred Masselink	....	digital imaging technician
Ron Nicholls	....	grip: second unit
Mark Packman	....	electrician
James Saligari	....	camera operator

Casting Department
Leigh French	....	voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nicky Barron	....	wardrobe assistant
Anna-Maria D'Amato	....	wardrobe assistant
Shirley Nevin	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Roger Fenton	....	assistant editor
Joe Fineman	....	post-production consultant
Michael John Koetter	....	assistant digital colorist
Shannon Martellaro	....	assistant editor
Mato	....	color timer
Nicholas Sousa	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Jason Bentley	....	music supervisor
Avital Korin	....	music editor
Edgar Rothermich	....	music producer
Edgar Rothermich	....	music recordist
H. Scott Salinas	....	orchestrator: strings
Kip Smedley	....	music engineer: main titles music

Transportation Department
Pete Newman	....	unit driver

Other crew
Catherine Allinson	....	script supervisor
Jon S. Baird	....	electronic press kit
Jon S. Baird	....	technical advisor
Erik Bright	....	publicist
William Conacher	....	dialect coach
Clifford De Spenser	....	dialect coach: adr
Marcie Friedman	....	assistant: Gigi Pritzker
Ben Gladstone	....	location manager
Neil Hodge	....	head chef
Ben Holt	....	production co-coordinator
Paula Jack	....	dialect coach: pre-production
Carlton Jarvis	....	set medical advisor
Sara E. Kutney	....	assistant: Deborah Del Prete
Christopher Lahr	....	assistant accountant
Julie Landholt	....	graphic artist: titles
Tom Leeburn	....	production assistant
Christian McWilliams	....	location scout
Freya Pinsent	....	production accountant
Ceris Price	....	unit publicist
Martyn Richmond	....	assistant: Lexi Alexander
Bill Ridealgh	....	unit medic
Mark Schofield	....	assistant: producer
Heather Tyler	....	post-production accountant
James Windeler	....	floor runner
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond company representative (uncredited)

Thanks
Matt Ferrucci	....	special thanks
Andrew W. Schwertfeger	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Baker Street
• Odd Lot Entertainment

Distributors

• Califórnia Home Vídeo (2006) (Brazil) (VHS) (DVD)
• Freestyle Releasing (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• Media Cooperation One (MC-One) (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• Odd Lot Entertainment
• Oy Nordisk Film (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• RCV Film Distribution (2005) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• SPI International (2006) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Universal (2005) (UK) (theatrical)
• Wise Policy (2006) (Japan) (all media)

Special Effects

• Title House Digital (additional visual effects)

Other Companies

• 2020 Casting  extras casting
• AFM Lighting  lighting
• Arion Facilities  dailies telecine transfers
• Insignia Public Relations  unit publicity
• Kodak  motion picture film supplied by
• Mad Dog Casting  extras casting
• Senator International  world sales agency
• Vehicles in Vision  action vehicles supplier
• iO Films  digital intermediate

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:

Terence Jay, who plays Jermey Van Holden, also performs the song 'oneblood' that plays during the final fight scene.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The crew are seen boarding a First Great Western Train. These do not go to Manchester.

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:

References The Karate Kid (1984)

Soundtrack:

Seasick

HOOLIGANS is the best of this genre so far

First of all there hasn't been a good film about English Football Hooliganism. Both ID in 1995 and last years FOOTBALL FACTORY either failed to convince or just went down the familiar exploitative road of glamorising the buzz and thrill of violence.

HOOLIGANS as the title suggests depicts what these aforementioned films centre upon with the added value of having a story and characters you care about. There's no avoiding the cliché's as the ranks of these organised gang members are portrayed as gangsters.

Similar to BBC's Gary Oldman drama THE FIRM broadcast in 1986 it also show the characters as normal members of society, family men with respectable jobs. FOOTBALL FACTORY took the extreme and unconvincing scenario that these weekend animals are florist's during the week which might be amusing but the subject matter of organised territorial football hooliganism needs to be given a serious look at.

Fortunately HOOLIGANS portrays this more realistically, sure there's the stereo types in designer clothes (The Chavs) as we call them now where loyalty, respect, revenge, dignity and pride are what they live for, not the enjoyment of the actual sport. This simply acts as the excuse to fight in a traditional gang warfare environment. The prospect of West Ham's cup tie with Millwall brings joy to the faces of both sets of fans.

Casting Elijah Wood is a bold move, he looks like a Choirboy but this adds to the films main storyline of innocence corrupted. The acting is better than average, despite letting his cockney accent slip on occasions, Gang leader Charlie Hunnam shows a genuine mix of anger, aggression and compassion which holds the film together.

This won't win awards but it's refreshing to see a film finally tackling the subject matter that unfortunately has been a shameful factor of Britain's attitude towards football as we are constantly under threat of being disqualified from International tournaments due to the bad behaviour of soccer hooligans.