1966 - the year England won the football World Cup
A boy's barmitzvah looks set to be a disaster when it coincides with the 1966 World Cup Final - England VS West Germany.
Sixty Six is a British movie made by the UK's Working Title Films.
Cast
Bernie Reuben.....Gregg Sulkin
Manny Reuben.....Eddie Marsan
Esther Reuben.....Helena Bonham Carter
Alvie Reuben.....Ben Newton
Uncle Jimmy.....Peter Serafinowicz
Aunty Lila......Catherine Tate
Dr Barrie.....Stephen Rea
It is the summer of '66, and England is about to be consumed by World Cup Fever. For 12 year-old Bernie though, the biggest day of his life is looming: his Bar Mitzvah, and the day he becomes a man. However, Bernie's family are increasingly distracted by the threat of losing their business and their wayward older son, and the scale of Bernie's Bar Mitzvah diminishes daily. Worst of all the Cup Final is scheduled to take place on the same day and when England makes it through the qualifying rounds, Bernie's longed-for Bar Mitzvah looks set to be a complete disaster...
Sixty Six is directed by Paul Weiland (Roseanna's Grave, City Slickers II), from an original screenplay by Peter Straughan and Bridget O'Connor. It is produced by Elizabeth Karlsen, Tim Bevan, and Eric Fellner and executive produced by Natascha Wharton. The cast line up includes Eddie Marsan, Helena Bonham Carter, Stephen Rea, Catherine Tate, Peter Serafinowicz and introduces Gregg Sulkin as 'Bernie'.
From left to right: Ben Newton (Alvie Rubens), Catherine Tate (Aunty Lila), Front Centre Peter Serafinowicz (Uncle Jimmy), Eddie Marsan (Manny Rubens), Helena Bonham Carter (Esther Rubens), Gregg Sulkin (Bernie)
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Other upcoming British movies from Working Title Films coming in 2007 -
HOT FUZZ
Police Constable, Nicholas Angel is good at his job, so good in fact, he makes everyone else look bad. As a result, his superiors at the Met have decided to sweep him under the carpet. So it is that London's top cop finds himself in the sleepy West Country village of Sandford. With garden fetes and neighbourhood watch meetings replacing the action of the city, Angel struggles to adapt to his situation and finds himself partnered with Danny Butterman, an oafish but well meaning young Constable. Just as all seems lost, a series of grisly accidents motivates Angel into action. Convinced of foul play, Angel realises that Sandford may not be as idyllic as it seems. With his faithful new partner in tow, Angel fights to prove his instincts are correct and uncover the truth about Sandford. Is Angel simply losing his mind in the safest, sweetest village in Britain? Or is something far more sinister at work? Whatever the truth, Sandford is about to get a lot less sleepy.
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BRAN MAK MORN
The story mixes the historical with the fantastical as the title character, a mythical king of ancient Britain, forges an alliance with supernatural troops to contest the unstoppable forces of the Roman Empire.
Peter Berg will direct Bran Mak Morn," an adaptation of the Robert E. Howard fantasy.
Howard is the creator of muscular period fantasy novels and comics that include Conan the Barbarian and King Kull. Though lesser known than those two, Bran Mak Morn is comparable in scope. The adventure mixes the historical with the fantastical as the title character, a mythical king of ancient Britain, forges an alliance with supernatural troops to contest the unstoppable forces of the Roman Empire.
About the writer -
At 13, Howard, being of Scottish descent, began his studies of Scottish history and became fascinated with what he calls "the small dark Mediterranean aborigines of Britain."[1] As these Picts were portrayed as inferior to later tribes, Howard imagined them as a link between modern and ancient times.
His Picts originated on a group of islands near what was once Valusia, the kingdom of the Atlantean Kull. When Atlantis, Lemuria, and Valusia sank into the sea, the Picts survived and were flung into a period of cultural decline. They forgot the art of metal-working and returned to the technique of flintknapping.
They migrated to the North until they reached Caledon, the northern lands of the later British Isles. They drove the extant tribes northward until the Aryans, Celts, and Germans invaded.[2]
The Picts were pushed to the North, where they mingled with the tribes they had defeated earlier. Forgetting most of their technological skills, they became brutish and skilled in warcraft.[3]
Although Bran Mak Morn has dark eyes, he does not resemble the Caledonian Picts as Howard depicts them. He refers to himself as a Mediterranean, possibly meaning that he associates himself with the more ancient Picts.[4]
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MR BEAN'S HOLIDAY 2007 (or Mr Bean 2)
Mr Bean is heading to the South of France for a simple holiday in the sun. His voyage from London to the Riviera soon transcends into one of mischief and mayhem as he inadvertently creates havoc wherever he goes culminating in an unscheduled and riotous screening of his own video diary at the Cannes Film Festival.
workingtitlefilms.com
A boy's barmitzvah looks set to be a disaster when it coincides with the 1966 World Cup Final - England VS West Germany.
Sixty Six is a British movie made by the UK's Working Title Films.
Cast
Bernie Reuben.....Gregg Sulkin
Manny Reuben.....Eddie Marsan
Esther Reuben.....Helena Bonham Carter
Alvie Reuben.....Ben Newton
Uncle Jimmy.....Peter Serafinowicz
Aunty Lila......Catherine Tate
Dr Barrie.....Stephen Rea
It is the summer of '66, and England is about to be consumed by World Cup Fever. For 12 year-old Bernie though, the biggest day of his life is looming: his Bar Mitzvah, and the day he becomes a man. However, Bernie's family are increasingly distracted by the threat of losing their business and their wayward older son, and the scale of Bernie's Bar Mitzvah diminishes daily. Worst of all the Cup Final is scheduled to take place on the same day and when England makes it through the qualifying rounds, Bernie's longed-for Bar Mitzvah looks set to be a complete disaster...
Sixty Six is directed by Paul Weiland (Roseanna's Grave, City Slickers II), from an original screenplay by Peter Straughan and Bridget O'Connor. It is produced by Elizabeth Karlsen, Tim Bevan, and Eric Fellner and executive produced by Natascha Wharton. The cast line up includes Eddie Marsan, Helena Bonham Carter, Stephen Rea, Catherine Tate, Peter Serafinowicz and introduces Gregg Sulkin as 'Bernie'.
From left to right: Ben Newton (Alvie Rubens), Catherine Tate (Aunty Lila), Front Centre Peter Serafinowicz (Uncle Jimmy), Eddie Marsan (Manny Rubens), Helena Bonham Carter (Esther Rubens), Gregg Sulkin (Bernie)
workingtitlefilms.com
********************************************************************************
Other upcoming British movies from Working Title Films coming in 2007 -
HOT FUZZ
Police Constable, Nicholas Angel is good at his job, so good in fact, he makes everyone else look bad. As a result, his superiors at the Met have decided to sweep him under the carpet. So it is that London's top cop finds himself in the sleepy West Country village of Sandford. With garden fetes and neighbourhood watch meetings replacing the action of the city, Angel struggles to adapt to his situation and finds himself partnered with Danny Butterman, an oafish but well meaning young Constable. Just as all seems lost, a series of grisly accidents motivates Angel into action. Convinced of foul play, Angel realises that Sandford may not be as idyllic as it seems. With his faithful new partner in tow, Angel fights to prove his instincts are correct and uncover the truth about Sandford. Is Angel simply losing his mind in the safest, sweetest village in Britain? Or is something far more sinister at work? Whatever the truth, Sandford is about to get a lot less sleepy.
***************************************************
BRAN MAK MORN
The story mixes the historical with the fantastical as the title character, a mythical king of ancient Britain, forges an alliance with supernatural troops to contest the unstoppable forces of the Roman Empire.
Peter Berg will direct Bran Mak Morn," an adaptation of the Robert E. Howard fantasy.
Howard is the creator of muscular period fantasy novels and comics that include Conan the Barbarian and King Kull. Though lesser known than those two, Bran Mak Morn is comparable in scope. The adventure mixes the historical with the fantastical as the title character, a mythical king of ancient Britain, forges an alliance with supernatural troops to contest the unstoppable forces of the Roman Empire.
About the writer -
At 13, Howard, being of Scottish descent, began his studies of Scottish history and became fascinated with what he calls "the small dark Mediterranean aborigines of Britain."[1] As these Picts were portrayed as inferior to later tribes, Howard imagined them as a link between modern and ancient times.
His Picts originated on a group of islands near what was once Valusia, the kingdom of the Atlantean Kull. When Atlantis, Lemuria, and Valusia sank into the sea, the Picts survived and were flung into a period of cultural decline. They forgot the art of metal-working and returned to the technique of flintknapping.
They migrated to the North until they reached Caledon, the northern lands of the later British Isles. They drove the extant tribes northward until the Aryans, Celts, and Germans invaded.[2]
The Picts were pushed to the North, where they mingled with the tribes they had defeated earlier. Forgetting most of their technological skills, they became brutish and skilled in warcraft.[3]
Although Bran Mak Morn has dark eyes, he does not resemble the Caledonian Picts as Howard depicts them. He refers to himself as a Mediterranean, possibly meaning that he associates himself with the more ancient Picts.[4]
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MR BEAN'S HOLIDAY 2007 (or Mr Bean 2)
Mr Bean is heading to the South of France for a simple holiday in the sun. His voyage from London to the Riviera soon transcends into one of mischief and mayhem as he inadvertently creates havoc wherever he goes culminating in an unscheduled and riotous screening of his own video diary at the Cannes Film Festival.
workingtitlefilms.com
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