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5.1/10   358 votes
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Director:
Writers:
John Lynch (writer)
Mary McGuckian (writer)
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Release Date:
12 May 2000 (UK) more
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Tagline:
With the world at your feet, what is there left to tackle?
Plot:
The life story of former Manchester United football legend, George Best. | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins more
NewsDesk:
Patsy Works To Forget Her Troubles
 (From WENN. 23 June 2000)

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terrible casting more (12 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
John Lynch ... George Best
Ian Bannen ... Sir Matt Busby
Jerome Flynn ... Sir Bobby Charlton
Ian Hart ... Nobby Stiles
Patsy Kensit ... Anna
Cal Macaninch ... Paddy

Linus Roache ... Denis Law

Adrian Lester ... Rocky
David Hayman ... Tommy Dougherty / The Barman
James Ellis ... Dickie Beal

Roger Daltrey ... Rodney Marsh
Clive Anderson ... Interviewer
Sophie Dahl ... Eva Haraldsted

Stephen Fry ... Frazer Crane
Dave Duffy ... Limosine Driver
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Runtime:
102 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Soundtrack:
Don't Bring Me Down more

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1 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
terrible casting, 30 October 2006
4/10
Author: freecloud89 from United Kingdom

its very hard i imagine to make a movie about a real life legend, the most important thing is to get the casting right of the subject the movie is about, thats the problem with this movie, from the first moment you see john lynch it hits you, the guy is a good actor and you cant blame him for taking the part, but he does not look anything like george best, if it was the pete townshend story he would have looked perfect, apart from being a genius footballer player george best had an incredible face, its so hard to watch this movie without thinking the whole time how unconvincing he is not because of any bad acting but just he is so badly cast, he looks like a forty year old man in a wig trying to look like a guy in his early twenties, one day someone will make a better movie about the life of george best, but you can be sure they will cast someone in their early twenties who is as near to or equally as good looking as best himself , only then will it be convincing and believable..

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