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Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical 2004 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Alexander Korda Award 2003 · Nominated
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Trivia. FAQ. IMDbPro. All topics. Awards. Bend It Like Beckham. Jump to. 17 wins & 20 nominations. American Cinema Editors, USA. 2004 Nominee Eddie. Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical. Justin Krish. BAFTA Awards. 2003 Nominee Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film. Deepak Nayar. Gurinder Chadha. British Comedy Awards.
At the time of its release, Bend It Like Beckham became the highest-grossing association football themed sports film in the United States; it remains the third highest-grossing film there in this genre (behind Kicking & Screaming and She's the Man).
Bend It Like Beckham: Directed by Gurinder Chadha. With Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher. Two ambitious girls, despite their parents' wishes, have their hearts set on careers in professional football.
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- IN AMERICA, IT WAS ALMOST KNOWN AS MOVE IT LIKE MIA. In 2002, studio executives at Fox Searchlight were concerned that Americans wouldn’t know who David Beckham was, and wouldn’t understand what it meant to “bend” a soccer ball.
- EVEN THOUGH IT'S NAMED FOR DAVID BECKHAM, THE FILM WAS ACTUALLY INSPIRED BY PLAYER IAN WRIGHT. Chadha said that her initial idea to write a film about “the evolving concept of Britishness” came about when she saw an image of Ian Wright, a black player, wearing the Union Jack flag at the Euro 96 championship.
- GURINDER CHADHA DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SOCCER. Chadha relied on her co-writers to fill in the blanks of what she didn't know, writing “jargon jargon football jargon,” instead of actual content, into the Beckham script.
- BOTH PARMINDER NAGRA AND KEIRA KNIGHTLEY DID ALL OF THEIR OWN SOCCER PLAYING. “I put them into three months solid football training and they had a coach and every day they would in and train," Chadha told blackfilm.com. "
Film. Awards. Mar 28, 2002 3:53pm PT. Bend It Like Beckham. An Anglo-Indian girl gets to realize her dream after meeting a blonde English tomboy in "Bend It Like Beckham," an...
Feb 29, 2016 · 27. 1.9K views 7 years ago. Bend It Like Beckham stars Natasha Jayetileke, Lauren Samuels and Jamie Muscato discuss the show's five nominations at this year's Olivier Awards with...
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Jan 26, 2016 · Arts and entertainment correspondent. Bend It Like Beckham has been named best musical at the Critics' Circle Theatre Awards. The win comes just days after it was announced the show would...
