Blackball

Name: Blackball
Director: Mel Smith
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2003-05-18
Duration: 1 h 36 min
Rating: 5.236
Cast: Paul Kaye, Johnny Vegas, James Cromwell, Bernard Cribbins, Alice Evans

“At Last, A Sportsman The British Can Be Proud Of”

2003

1h 36m

Comedy

Director: Mel Smith

Writer: Tim Firth

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Overview

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.