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Fever Pitch
A romantic comedy about a man, a woman and a football team. Based on Nick Hornby's best selling autobiographical novel, Fever Pitch. English teacher Paul Ashworth believes his long standing obsession with Arsenal serves him well. But then he meets Sarah. Their relationship develops in tandem with Arsenal's roller coaster fortunes in the football league, both leading to a nail biting climax.
1997 · Directed by David Evans · 102 min · Comedy · Romance · 10 frames
Tagline
Life Gets Complicated When You Love One Woman And Worship Eleven Men
Crew
- Screenplay: Nick Hornby
- Cinematography: Chris Seager
- Edited by: Scott Thomas
- Music: Boo Hewerdine, Neill MacColl
- Production design: Michael Carlin
- Produced by: Amanda Posey
Cast
- Colin Firth as Paul Ashworth
- Ruth Gemmell as Sarah Hughes
- Mark Strong as Steve
- Holly Aird as Jo
- Ken Stott as Ted, the Headmaster
- Stephen Rea as Ray, the Governor
- Neil Pearson as Paul's Dad
- Lorraine Ashbourne as Paul's Mum
- Luke Aikman as Young Paul
- Bea Guard as Paul's Sister
Production
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Studios: Scala Productions, Wildgaze Films, Film4 Productions
- Themes: london, england, sports, relationship problems, jogging, teacher, football (soccer), dating
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