Mike Bassett: England Manager

2001    89m    Not Rated
6.840%76%70%
The manager of England's national football unexpectedly succumbs to a heart attack, and suddenly the search is on for a replacement. Most people who seem qualified for the position have the good sense to turn it down, and so the responsibility falls to Mike Bassett, a scruffy and loud-mouthed lout whose claim to football fame is leading a previously undistinguished team to a league championship. Bassett insists that England will win the World Cup under his leadership, but that's before he replaces his star player with a once-gifted footballer who has since developed a drinking problem, and hired a one-time car salesman as his assistant. After stunning losses to Poland and Belgium, Bassett goes from a favorite of both fans and the press to one of the most hated men in England; hoping to whip his team into shape, he subjects them to the high-tech training methods of eccentric Dr. Shoegaarten, which injures more players than it helps. Despite Bassett's ineptitude, England manages to qualify for the World Cup tournament thanks to group opponents Turkey losing their final game, and he flies to Rio with his team in hopes of somehow turning their bad luck around.
Directed By
Steve Barron
Studio
Hallmark Entertainment, Artists Independent Productions, Film Council

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Cast of Mike Bassett: England Manager
  • Ricky TomlinsonMike Bassett
  • Amanda RedmanKarine Bassett
  • Philip JacksonLonnie Urquart
  • Bradley WalshDave Dodds
  • Martin BashirInterviewer
  • Phill JupitusTommo Thompson
  • Dean Lennox KellyKevin Tonkinson
  • Robbie GeeSmallsy
  • Geoff BellGary Wackett
  • PeléHimself
  • Ulrich ThomsenDr. Hans Shoegaarten
  • Geoffrey HutchingsGeoffrey Lightfoot
  • Angela CurranMargaret
  • Danny TennantJason Bassett
  • Sean GilderJournalist
  • Mark BurdisJournalist
  • Nigel LindsayJournalist
  • Sue BarkerHerself
  • Gabby LoganHerself
  • Keith AllenHimself
  • Natasha KaplinskyHerself
  • Dickie BirdHimself
  • Robert PuttJack Marshall
  • John AlfordDeano
  • Dean HolnessDanny
  • Scott MeanParksey
  • Terry KielyHarpsey
  • Peter McGillycuddyGorgeous
  • Toby RedwoodBerksey
  • Thomas KenyonMacca
  • Andy AnsahSuper
  • Robert CampionSmudger
  • Alex LawlerSexy
  • Dion OsborneOssie
  • Danny HusbandsNormal
  • Declan PerkinsPerky
  • Phil GrideletGrids
  • Jenny FrostHerself
  • Liz McClarnonHerself
  • Malcolm TerrisPhil Cope
  • Ian LindsayManchester Rep
  • Lloyd McGuireMidlands Rep
  • Chris McQuarryAlan Massey
  • Stephen WaltersSupporter
  • Barry VenisonHimself
  • RonaldoHimself
  • Kim DurhamBenson
  • Robert HudsonHedges
  • Des HamiltonScottish Player
  • Paul RattrayScottish Player
  • Neil PeplowScottish Goalie
  • Glen MulhernIrish Player
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