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Mike Bassett: England Manager is a 2001 satirical mockumentary comedy film directed by Steve Barron and starring Ricky Tomlinson, Amanda Redman, Bradley Walsh, Dean Lennox Kelly and Geoff Bell. The film follows Mike Bassett, who is appointed England manager having only previous experience of managing in the English lower leagues , he is tasked ...
England's Football Association scrambles to find a replacement for the national team's manager after Phil Cope (Malcolm Terris) dies of a heart attack.
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- Ricky Tomlinson
- Steve Barron
- Comedy
With only three games left for England to qualify for the World Cup in Brazil, the team manager suffers a near-fatal heart attack, forcing football's top brass to turn in desperation to Mike Bassett (Ricky Tomlinson, "The Royle Family"), a rough and rude minor league club manager with a lousy track record and low hopes for victory.
When the manager of the England football team, suffers a heart attack, the Football Association opts to replace him with Norwich FC manager Mike Bassett (Ricky Tomlinson). Followed everywhere he goes by a documentary crew, Bassett gets off to a rocky start: the press are against him, and the country as a whole seems to have little hope for the ...
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- Steve Barron
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.
After England's football (soccer) manager has a heart attack, Mike Bassett is hired as the new manager and promptly announces the team will win the World Cup. 591 IMDb 6.8 1 h 25 min 2001. X-Ray 13+. Comedy · Sports · Feel-good · Fun. Available to rent or buy.
