Blackball
2003, Film, 96 min, Comedy, Drama, Sport, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 59
At Last, A Sportsman The British Can Be Proud Of
Blackball follows the fortunes of Cliff Starkey, a working-class fine of lawn bowls with an exceptional talent. Wanting to take on the Aussies he manages to become regional champion, only to get banned. Sports agent Rich Schwartz picks him up and makes him so popular the Bowls Committee deem to lift the ban. Now the question is whether he can regain his form and his friends to beat the Aussies.
Directed by Mel Smith
Cast
- Paul Kaye as Cliff
- James Cromwell as Ray
- Alice Evans as Kerry
- Bernard Cribbins as Mutley
- Johnny Vegas as Trevor
- Vince Vaughn as Rick
- Imelda Staunton as Bridget
- James Fleet as Alan the Pipe
- David Ryall as Giles Wilton
- Ian McNeice as Hugh The Sideburns
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