Blackball

Category: Movies •

Genre: Comedy •

Rating: 5.3

Director: Mel Smith,

Writer: Tim Firth,

Cast: Paul Kaye, Johnny Vegas, James Cromwell, Bernard Cribbins, Alice Evans, Vince Vaughn, Imelda Staunton, James Fleet, Kenneth Cranham, Ian McNeice, David Ryall, Terry Alderton, Meredith MacNeill, Emma Amos, Paul Bentall, Neil Conrich, Pamela Cundell, Josie D'Arby, Mark Dymond, Mark Little, Rosie Ede, Neil Finnighan, Christopher Godwin, Howard Goorney, Ian Lindsay, Angus Loughran, Nigel Lindsay, David Schneider, Geoffrey McGivern, Felicity Montagu, Jeff Rawle, Vicki Pepperdine, Stephen Noonan, Ian O'Hara, Beau Holmes, Julian Rivett, Marlene Sidaway, Tony Slattery, Barry Woolgar, Jess-Luisa Flynn, Mel Smith, Jon Snow, Matt Green,

Language: en

Country: United Kingdom

Release Date: May 18, 2003

Plot: 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.