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Cast verified as complete
Robert Carlyle | ... |
Gaz
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Mark Addy | ... |
Dave
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Wim Snape | ... |
Nathan
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Steve Huison | ... |
Lomper
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Tom Wilkinson | ... |
Gerald
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Paul Barber | ... |
Horse
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Hugo Speer | ... |
Guy
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Lesley Sharp | ... |
Jean
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Emily Woof | ... |
Mandy
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Deirdre Costello | ... |
Linda
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Paul Butterworth | ... |
Barry
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Dave Hill | ... |
Alan
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Bruce Jones | ... |
Reg
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Andrew Livingston | ... |
Terry
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Vinny Dhillon | ... |
Sharon
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Kate Layden | ... |
Bee
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Joanna Swain | ... |
Sheryl
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Diane Lane | ... |
Louise
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Kate Rutter | ... |
Dole Clerk
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June Broughton | ... |
Lomper's Mum
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Glenn Cunningham | ... |
Police Inspector
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Chris Brailsford | ... |
Duty Sergeant
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Steve Garti | ... |
Policeman
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Malcolm Pitt | ... |
Job Club Manager
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Dennis Blanch | ... |
Director
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Daryl Fishwick | ... |
Social Worker
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David Lonsdale | ... |
Repossession Man
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Muriel Hunte | ... |
Horse's Mum
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Fiona Watts | ... |
Beryl
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Theresa Maduemezia | ... |
Horse's Sisters
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Fiona Nelson | ... |
Horse's Sisters
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The British Steel Stocksbridge Band | ... |
Brass Band
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Marie Jackman | ... |
Audience Member (uncredited)
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Arnold Montey | ... |
Audience Member (uncredited)
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Enn Reitel | ... |
Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
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Elaine Young | ... |
Audience Member (uncredited)
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Directed by
Peter Cattaneo |
Written by
Simon Beaufoy | ... | (written by) |
Produced by
Paul Bucknor | ... | co-producer |
Polly Leys | ... | co-producer |
Uberto Pasolini | ... | producer |
Lesley Stewart | ... | associate producer |
Music by
Anne Dudley |
Cinematography by
John de Borman | ... | director of photography (as John De Borman) |
Editing by
David Freeman | ||
Nick Moore |
Editorial Department
Fred Chandler | ... | post production executive |
Jatinderpal Chohan | ... | second assistant editor |
Giles Gardner | ... | second assistant editor |
Rob Gordon | ... | digital on-line editor |
Celia Haining | ... | second assistant editor |
Bob Rodger | ... | color timer |
Gabrielle Smith | ... | first assistant editor |
Ben Yeates | ... | second assistant editor |
Tom Mayclim | ... | negative cutting assistant (uncredited) |
Robert Pond | ... | Negative assembly supervisor (uncredited) |
Casting By
Susie Figgis |
Production Design by
Max Gottlieb |
Art Direction by
Chris Roope |
Costume Design by
Jill Taylor |
Makeup Department
Lucy Bennett | ... | makeup trainee |
Christine Blundell | ... | hair designer (as Chris Blundell) / makeup designer (as Chris Blundell) |
Marese Langan | ... | assistant makeup artist |
Scott Beswick | ... | makeup artist: second unit (uncredited) |
Louise Burton | ... | assistant makeup artist: second unit (uncredited) |
Sian Richards | ... | hair stylist supervisor (uncredited) / makeup supervisor (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Gilchrist | ... | first assistant director |
Claire Hughes | ... | second assistant director |
Ben Johnson | ... | third assistant director |
Harry Boyd | ... | third assistant director (uncredited) |
Natasha Ross | ... | second unit director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Mark Adams | ... | painter |
Emma Dibb | ... | assistant art director |
Paul Fogarty | ... | carpenter |
Mike Houseman | ... | construction manager |
Gus Lupton | ... | stand-by props |
Leon McCarthy | ... | stand-by carpenter |
John Mills | ... | property master |
Steve Puttock | ... | prop man (as Steve Buttock) |
Duncan Wheeler | ... | production buyer (as Duncan W. Wheeler) |
Terry Woods | ... | property master |
Jess Alexander | ... | art department assistant: second unit (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Michael Bottomley | ... | sound trainee |
Torin Brown | ... | re-recording assistant |
Felicity Cottrell | ... | foley artist |
Alistair Crocker | ... | sound recordist |
Chris Dibble | ... | sound recording engineer |
Eddie Dougall | ... | sound maintenance engineer |
Stewart Henderson | ... | adr editor / dialogue editor |
Alberto Ovejero | ... | dubbing mixer |
Steve Price | ... | sound recording engineer |
Adrian Rhodes | ... | re-recording mixer |
Jack Stew | ... | foley artist |
Ted Swanscott | ... | adr re-recordist / foley re-recordist |
Ian Wilson | ... | sound editor |
John Avery | ... | sound: second unit (uncredited) |
Keith Quirk | ... | sound: second unit (uncredited) |
Geoff Tookey | ... | sound: second unit (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
Ian Rowley | ... | special effects |
Tim Baxter | ... | optical effects (uncredited) |
Rob Rowley | ... | special effects assistant (uncredited) |
Visual Effects by
Rob Gordon | ... | digital online editor |
Stunts
Terry Forrestal | ... | stunt arranger |
Kiran Shah | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Peter Bateson | ... | camera trainee |
Jim Bradshaw | ... | electrician (as Jimmy Bradshaw) |
Simon Bray | ... | steadicam operator |
Pete Cavaciuti | ... | steadicam operator (as Peter Cavaciuti) |
Ross Chapman | ... | electrician |
Vinny Cowper | ... | electrician |
Tony Diffley | ... | electrician |
Tom Hilton | ... | still photographer |
Baz Irvine | ... | focus puller |
Kirstin McMahon | ... | clapper loader (as Kirsten McMahon) |
Geoff Read | ... | best boy |
Ted Read | ... | gaffer |
Peter Scorah | ... | second grip |
Peter Sinclair | ... | photographer: second unit |
Robin Stone | ... | grip (as Robin A. Stone) |
Alan Stoyles | ... | rigger |
David Worley | ... | camera operator |
Stuart Brereton | ... | second assistant camera: second unit (uncredited) |
Danny Cohen | ... | photography: second unit (uncredited) |
Sam Osborne | ... | camera operator: second unit (uncredited) |
Chris Roach | ... | photography: second unit (uncredited) |
Casting Department
Jocelyn Cammack | ... | extras casting |
Carol Crane | ... | extras casting (as Carole Crane) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tessa Phillips | ... | assistant costume designer |
Nikita Rae | ... | wardrobe assistant |
Dennis Brack | ... | costumes: second unit (uncredited) |
Location Management
Robert How | ... | location manager |
Sarah Tapsfield | ... | location assistant |
Music Department
Niall Acott | ... | assistant recording engineer |
Dave Bishop | ... | musician: clarinet |
Hugh Burns | ... | musician: acoustic guitar |
Anne Dudley | ... | conductor / orchestrator |
Karen Elliott | ... | orchestral recording supervisor: Air Edel Associates Limited |
Liz Gallacher | ... | music consultant |
Isobel Griffiths | ... | musicians contractor |
Julian Jackson | ... | musician: harmonica |
Erik Jordan | ... | assistant recording engineer |
Robert Kraft | ... | executive in charge of music |
Graham Lawrence | ... | music editor |
Andy Pask | ... | musician: bass |
Jamie Talbot | ... | baritone saxophone |
Mark Berrow | ... | musician: violin (uncredited) |
Thomas Cavanaugh | ... | music business & legal affairs (uncredited) |
Danielle Diego | ... | music executive (uncredited) |
Anne Dudley | ... | music producer: "You Can Leave Your Hat On" (uncredited) |
Ellen Ginsburg | ... | music clearance (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Cathy Doubleday | ... | script supervisor |
Victoria Chambers-Pike | ... | script supervisor: second unit (uncredited) |
Transportation Department
John Dempsey | ... | driver: dining bus |
Jeff Edwards | ... | wardrobe vehicle driver |
Ronald Green | ... | driver: winnebago (as Ron Green) |
Colin Stephenson | ... | driver: road train and make-up |
Gordon Vickers | ... | driver: winnebago |
Additional Crew
Nicky Agnew | ... | caterer |
Brendan Diver | ... | caterer |
Suzanne Facenfield | ... | production secretary |
Juan J.J. Falero | ... | stand-in (as Juan J. J. Falero) |
Tony Flaherty | ... | caterer |
Suzanne Grand | ... | choreographer |
Lynne Greenshields | ... | assistant accountant |
Phillip Hoppner | ... | tutor |
Kate Ledger | ... | production coordinator |
Vikki Luya | ... | unit publicist (as Vikky Luya) |
Suzanne Lynch | ... | floor runner |
Olivia Monti | ... | floor runner |
Vicky Nottingham | ... | stand-in |
Gavin Ricketts | ... | production runner |
Jenny Snape | ... | chaperone |
Darren Spencer | ... | production runner |
Julia Wilson Dickson | ... | voice coach (as Julia Wilson-Dixon) |
Jon Wilson | ... | floor runner |
Jennifer Woods | ... | floor runner |
Susanna Wyatt | ... | accountant |
Tyler Atkinson | ... | digital distribution (uncredited) |
Simon Dowling | ... | title designer (uncredited) |
James Wilson | ... | production executive: Fox Searchlight Pictures (uncredited) |
Thanks
David Aukin | ... | thanks (as Aukin, Lechner & Reich Inc.) |
Jack Lechner | ... | thanks (as Aukin, Lechner & Reich Inc.) |
Allon Reich | ... | thanks (as Aukin, Lechner & Reich Inc.) |
Production Companies
- Redwave Films
- Channel Four Films (developed by)
- Twentieth Century Fox (copyright owners)
Distributors
- Searchlight Pictures (1997) (United States) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century Fox (1997) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century Fox (1997) (United States) (theatrical) (as Twentieth Century Fox)
- Bandur Film (1997) (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) (theatrical)
- Bandur Film (1997) (Yugoslavia) (theatrical)
- Columbia TriStar Films (1997) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Finnkino (1997) (Finland) (theatrical) (VHS)
- Fox Film (1997) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Hispano Foxfilms S.A.E. (1997) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Kommunenes Filmcentral (KF) (1997) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century Fox (1997) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century Fox (1997) (Japan) (theatrical)
- UGC-Fox Distribution (UFD) (1997) (France) (theatrical)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (1997) (United States) (VHS) (pan and scan)
- 20th Century Fox Argentina (1998) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- 20th Century Fox India (1998) (India) (theatrical)
- Odeon (1998) (Greece) (theatrical)
- Gativideo (1998) (Argentina) (VHS)
- Gativideo (1999) (Argentina) (DVD)
- New Star Home Entertainment (1998) (Sweden) (VHS)
- 20th Century Fox Television (United States) (tv)
- Egmont Entertainment (2000) (Finland) (DVD)
- Fox Network (2000) (United States) (tv)
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2000) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (2001) (Finland) (tv)
- SF Home Entertainment (2001) (Sweden) (DVD)
- SubTV (2005) (Finland) (tv)
- SF Home Entertainment (2006) (Sweden) (DVD)
- SF Home Entertainment (2009) (Sweden) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2013) (United Kingdom) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2014) (United States) (DVD) (Blu-ray included in "Fox Searchlight 20th Anniversary Collection")
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2014) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Film1 (2015) (Netherlands) (tv) (limited)
- AVROTROS (2017) (Netherlands) (tv) (NPO1)
- Disney+ (2021) (Australia) (video) (VOD) (Star)
- Disney+ (2021) (Canada) (video) (VOD) (Star)
- Disney+ (2021) (Non-US) (video) (Star)
- Hulu (2021) (United States) (video)
- Paramount+ (2021) (United States) (video) (VOD)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
- Abril Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Air-Edel Associates (orchestra recording)
- Angel Recording Studios (music recorded at)
- C.T.S. Studios (music recorded at)
- Capital FX (titles and opticals)
- Corbett & Keene (publicity)
- Coulthard Productions ("Sheffield - City on the Move": courtesy of)
- Descriptive Video Works (descriptive video)
- Dolby (in selected theatres)
- Film Finances (completion guarantor)
- Hothouse Music (music supervisor)
- Jeremy Walker + Associates (publicity)
- Lee Lighting (electrical equipment)
- Motion Picture Association (MPA)
- Movietech (camera equipment)
- Olswang (legal services provided by)
- Panavision (grip equipment)
- Paramount Pictures (scenes from: "Flashdance" courtesy of)
- RCA Victor (soundtrack)
- Sampson & Allen (insurance provided by)
- Sapex Scripts (post-production script services)
- Sheffield City Council (thanks to)
- Sheffield District Works Department (thanks to)
- Stones Bitter (thanks to)
- Studios (media production: Yugoslavia)
- Trebor Bassett (thanks to)
- Tru-Cut (negative cutting)
- Video Film & Grip Company (grip equipment)
- Warner Bros. De Lane Lea (sound re-recording)
- Yorkshire Screen Commission (thanks to)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
In the decaying steel mill town of Sheffield in Northern England, friends Gaz and Dave, both now unemployed and on the dole after the closure of most of the town's steel mills, steal scrap metal from the closed mills to supplement their meager income, often with Gaz's twelve year old son, Nathan, on the days Gaz has custody. Still, Gaz is behind in child support payments to his ex-wife, Mandy. When Mandy threatens to sue for full custody in that Gaz can't support Nathan in any way, Gaz, seeing the long line up of women clamoring to get in to see a touring Chippendales styled dance troupe, thinks he can solve his financial and thus custody problems by forming his own male exotic dance troupe with some of his fellow un- or underemployed ex-mill workers. In addition to Dave, he has in mind middle-aged Gerald, their former foreman who has not told his spending-happy wife Linda that he has been unemployed for six months, and Lomper, a mild-mannered security guard who they just met in the act of him trying to commit suicide in his depression. The obvious problem is that with the exception of Gerald who knows how to ballroom dance, they are not generally stripper material, either in looks, skill or temperament, with especially slightly overweight Dave having body image issues, he believing his wife, Jean, having a wandering eye because of what he considers his unappealing looks. In an open casting among those at the employment office, they are able to recruit further misfits Horse, an older man who does know the contemporary dances of his era, and younger Guy, who can't dance and can't sing but loves Singin' in the Rain (1952) and has a natural gift below the belt. Beyond the many obstacles in being able to put together a dance strip act that women would pay to see, they have to overcome their own individual issues, Gaz's which includes Nathan, who loves his father but with who he just wants to do "normal" father/son activities. Written by Huggo |
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Taglines | Six men. With nothing to lose. Who dare to go.... See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $3,500,000 (estimated) |
Opening Weekend United Kingdom | GBP523,961, 02 Jan 1998 |
Cumulative Worldwide Gross | $257,938,649 |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Robert Carlyle has said that filming was chaotic and that 20th Century Fox were so unhappy with the first cut that they considered scrapping its theatrical release and going straight to video. Carlyle has stated that it was the hard work of producer Uberto Pasolini and editor Nick Moore that rescued the film. See more » |
Goofs | Whilst the guys are watching Flashdance (1983), Dave criticizes the girl welding saying the mixture is all wrong and she's using too much acetylene. Shows how much he knows - she is actually arc welding. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity (1999). See more » |
Soundtracks | The Zodiac See more » |
Crazy Credits | The film shown behind the opening credits is "Sheffield...City on the move", made in 1971 for the Sheffield Publicity Department. See more » |
Quotes |
Dave:
Anti-wrinkle cream there may be, but anti-fat-bastard cream there is not. See more » |