Once Upon a Time in the Midlands

Release Date:

Aug 29, 2003

MPAA Rating:

R

Running Time:

1:43

Genre:

Comedy Drama

Director:

Shane Meadows

Cast:

Robert Carlyle	Jimmy
Rhys Ifans	Dek
Kathy Burke	Carol
Shirley Henderson	Shirley
Ricky Tomlinson	Charlie
Finn Atkins	Marlene
Kelly Thresher	Donna
Andrew Shim	Donut
Ryan Bruce	Emerson
Eliot Otis Brown Walters	Lake
Anthony Strachan	Jumbo
David McKay	Dougy
James Cosmo	Billy
Vic Reeves	Plonko
Bob Mortimer	Kung-Fu Clown
Richard Garfoot	Wrestling Clown
Vanessa Feltz	Chat Show Host

Producers:

Andrea Calderwood , Hanno Huth , Paul Trijbits , Paul Webster

Writers:

Paul Fraser, Shane Meadows

Language:

English

Official Website:

http://www.sonyclassics.com

Related Programs:

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Ocean's Eleven

Intermission

Premium

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Jimmy is a small-time crook living in Glasgow, Scotland, long since absent from the lives of his ex-wife, Shirley, and 12-year-old daughter, Marlene, who live in England's Midlands. One day, Jimmy happens to catch Shirley and Marlene on a TV talk show, where Shirley has rejected the proposal of her boyfriend, Dek . Taking this as a sign, Jimmy up and leaves for the Midlands to win Shirley back.

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