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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.
Initial release: 28 September 2001 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.
- 86 min
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Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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. Most candidates decline the position,...
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- Ricky Tomlinson
- Steve Barron
- Comedy
Mike Bassett: England Manager. 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).
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.
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.
