Blackball

At Last, A Sportsman The British Can Be Proud Of

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2003 / 96min.

Rating5.2

Genres

Comedy

Synopsis

Blackball follows the fortunes of Cliff Starkey, a working-class fine of lawn bowls with an exceptional talent. Wanting to take on the Aussies he manages to become regional champion, only to get banned. Sports agent Rich Schwartz picks him up and makes him so popular the Bowls Committee deem to lift the ban. Now the question is whether he can regain his form and his friends to beat the Aussies.

Directors

Actors

Vince Vaughn

James Cromwell

Ian McNeice

Kenneth Cranham

Imelda Staunton

Rosie Ede

Nigel Lindsay

Johnny Vegas

Paul Kaye

Bernard Cribbins

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