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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 with guiding the team to qualification for the ...
Sep 28, 2021 · Happy anniversary to cult classic football mockumentary Mike Bassett: England Manager which was released 20 years ago today. Good films about the beautiful game are rare, but even within the few heralded as such, Mike Bassett is too often overlooked. Let’s set the scene: two months prior to the movie coming out, The Office had debuted on UK ...
Sep 28, 2023 · It has been 22 years since the release of this iconic football film. Simon Lillibury. 13:00, 28 Sep 2023. 22 years ago today, Mike Bassett: England Manager was unleashed upon the unsuspecting British public. For a generation of football fans, this masterpiece is known line-by-line and formed an integral part of their love for the game, as Mike ...
Mar 24, 2022 · Nick Miller. Mar 24, 2022. It’s just over 20 years since the release of Mike Bassett: England Manager, the story of a well-meaning but buffoonish second-tier coach who is elevated to the...
Tommo Thompson. Watchlist. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. England's Football Association scrambles to find a replacement for the national team's manager after Phil Cope (Malcolm Terris) dies...
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Sep 28, 2021 · 07:05, 28 Sep 2021. 20 years ago today, Mike Bassett: England Manager was unleashed upon the unsuspecting British public. For a generation of football fans, this masterpiece is known line-by-line and formed an integral part of their love for the game, as Mike Bassett became the England manager an entire nation adored.
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In its depiction of a manager painfully unsuited to the task at hand, Mike Bassett plays on Graham Taylor’s struggles in An Impossible Job, the infamous documentary that followed England’s failure to qualify for USA ’94. The film borrows that same behind-the-scenes style and parodies several of the figures involved in the abortive qualifying campaign.
