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6.7/10   114 votes
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Director:
Hermann Vaske
Writers:
John Cleese (writer)
Chris Langham (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
27 January 2009 (USA) more
Genre:
Documentary | Comedy | Sport
Tagline:
Sketch comedians John Cleese and Tom Konkle in a comic look at soccer.
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
John Cleese meets the beautiful game... more (2 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)

John Cleese ... Himself

Tom Konkle ... Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Ballack
Franz Beckenbauer

Bono
Pierluigi Collina ... Himself

Dennis Hopper ... Himself

Elton John
Kaká
Tony Kaye ... Himself
Markus Lüpertz
Trumaine McBride ... Himself
Pelé
Michel Platini
Ronaldo
David A. Stewart
Ruud van Nistelrooy

Wim Wenders

Directed by
Hermann Vaske 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
John Cleese  writer
Chris Langham  writer

Produced by
Oliver Herder .... co-producer
Greg Jenkins .... producer: Brazil
Vincent Joliet .... producer
Hermann Vaske .... producer
 
Cinematography by
Goran Pavicevic 
Máté Tóth Widamon 
 
Sound Department
John Hays .... additional sound mixer
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Ambrose .... gaffer
Pat O'Mara .... key grip (as Patrick O'Mara)
Sasha Rendulic .... additional cinematographer
 
Other crew
Jennifer Feist .... production coordinator
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Le foot, c'est de l'art (France)
The Art of Soccer with John Cleese (USA) (video title)
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Runtime:
90 min | Germany:112 min (TV version) | France:112 min
Country:
France | USA | Germany
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Company:
Hermann Vaske's Emotional Network more

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10 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
John Cleese meets the beautiful game..., 22 August 2006
8/10
Author: João Ginete from Portugal

It is always a good idea to define something from A to Z. It is even a better idea to define Football (the one that is actually played with both a foot and a ball) from A to Z. It is obviously a fantastic idea to have Thierry Henry, Michael Ballack, Mia Hamm, Káká, Pelé, Arséne Wenger, Pierluigi Collina and Brigit Prinz explaining the beautiful game they play better than everyone (except Ronaldinho). The class and humour provided by John Cleese, with several references to the Monty Python legacy, works as intermission between the statements and the precious footage of amazing moments of the Football history. All in all, a pretty good documentary about the past, present and future of this sport that moves hordes of people around the World. By the way, no matter how much I admire Henry, he cheated on the semi-final against Portugal :P Ginete

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