Bend It Like Beckham (2002)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Gurinder Chadha

Writers:

Gurinder Chadha (written by) &
Guljit Bindra (written by) ...
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Release Date:

1 August 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sport

Tagline:

Who wants to cook Aloo Gobi when you can bend a ball like Beckham?

Plot:

The daughter of orthodox Sikh rebels against her parents' traditionalism by running off to Germany with a football team (soccer in America).

Plot Keywords:

Victory | Sikh Wedding | Living Room | Multicultural | Kiss

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 17 wins & 18 nominations

Cast

Parminder Nagra	...	Jesminder 'Jess' Kaur Bhamra
Keira Knightley	...	Juliette 'Jules' Paxton
Jonathan Rhys Meyers	...	Joe
Anupam Kher	...	Mr. Bhamra
Archie Panjabi	...	Pinky Bhamra
Shaznay Lewis	...	Mel
Frank Harper	...	Alan Paxton
Juliet Stevenson	...	Paula Paxton
Shaheen Khan	...	Mrs. Bhamra
Ameet Chana	...	Tony
Pooja Shah	...	Meena (as Poojah Shah)
Paven Virk	...	Bubbly
Preeya Kalidas	...	Monica
Trey Farley	...	Taz
Saraj Chaudhry	...	Sonny (as Saraj Chaudry)
Imran Ali	...	Gary
Kulvinder Ghir	...	Teetu
Harvey Virdi	...	Teetu's Mum
Ash Varrez	...	Teetu's Dad
Adlyn Ross	...	Elderly Aunt
Shobu Kapoor	...	Polly
Zohra Sehgal	...	Biji (as Zohra Segal)
Ace Bhatti	...	Nairobi Grandson (as Ahsen Bhatti)
Tanveer Ghani	...	Video Man
Nina Wadia	...	Wedding Guest
Jenni Birch	...	Hounslow Harrier
Olivia Schofield	...	Hounslow Harrier (as Olivia Scholfield)
Natasha Lee	...	Hounslow Harrier
Louise Walker	...	Hounslow Harrier
Danielle Richards	...	Hounslow Harrier
Suzanna Keeka	...	Hounslow Harrier
Tanya Beverly	...	Hounslow Harrier
Sally Kirkbride	...	Hounslow Harrier
Maki Okumurakami	...	Hounslow Harrier
Nav Bopari	...	Hounslow Harrier
Gary Lineker	...	Himself
Alan Hansen	...	Himself
John Barnes	...	Himself
John Motson	...	Himself (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Beckham	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gurinder Chadha	...	Woman in Park / Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Brandi Chastain	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ryan Giggs	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mia Hamm	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Andy Harmer	...	David Beckham (uncredited)
Kristine Lilly	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tiffeny Milbrett	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gary Neville	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gill Penny	...	Victoria Beckham (uncredited)
Bill Ridealgh	...	Man at Airport (uncredited)
Paul Scholes	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Gurinder Chadha

Writing credits
Gurinder Chadha		(written by) &
Guljit Bindra		(written by) &
Paul Mayeda Berges		(written by)

Produced by
Paul Mayeda Berges	....	associate producer
Gurinder Chadha	....	producer
Ulrich Felsberg	....	executive producer
Russel Fischer	....	executive producer
Simon Franks	....	executive producer
Zygi Kamasa	....	executive producer
Deepak Nayar	....	producer
Paul Ritchie	....	line producer
Haneet Vaswani	....	executive producer
Barbara von Wrangell	....	line producer: Germany (as Barbara Von Wrangell)

Original Music by
Craig Pruess

Cinematography by
Jong Lin		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Justin Krish

Casting by
Carrie Hilton
Liora Reich

Production Design by
Nick Ellis

Art Direction by
Mark Scruton		(supervising art director) (uncredited)

Set Decoration by
Sara Neighbour		(as 'Cheeky' Sara Neighbour)

Costume Design by
Ralph Holes

Makeup Department
Sarah Astley	....	hair stylist
Sarah Astley	....	makeup artist
Tal Botzer	....	assistant hair stylist: Germany
Tal Botzer	....	assistant makeup artist: Germany
Emma Cowen	....	assistant hair stylist
Emma Cowen	....	assistant makeup artist
Julie Kendrick	....	daily hair stylist
Julie Kendrick	....	daily makeup artist
Lucky	....	henna and nail artist
Rita Patel	....	daily hair stylist
Rita Patel	....	daily makeup artist
Paula Price	....	hair stylist
Paula Price	....	makeup artist
Sara Tuohey	....	makeup trainee
Julie Van Praag	....	hair stylist supervisor
Julie Van Praag	....	makeup supervisor

Production Management
Claudia Blümel	....	production manager: Germany (as Claudia Bluemel)
Sandra Shuttleworth	....	production manager
Claudia Sumner	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paul Mayeda Berges	....	second unit director
Phil Booth	....	second assistant director
Gundula Dietrich	....	second assistant director: Germany
Fiona Gosden	....	additional third assistant director (as Fiona Godsen)
Guy Heeley	....	first assistant director
Oliver Kester	....	third assistant director: Germany
Vicky Marks	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Ian Bee	....	carpenter (as Ian 'Buzz' Bee)
Lee Bryant	....	additional stand-by props
Jaswinder Bushell	....	art department consultant
Jay Butcher	....	carpenter
Phil Clarke	....	art department assistant
Lisa Collins	....	painter
Nina Cowan-Russell	....	assistant props buyer (as Nina Russell-Cowan)
John Drury	....	carpenter
Lizzie Hagan	....	junior buyer
Andrew Hall	....	painter (as Andrew 'Hally' Hall)
Russell Hanson	....	dressing props
Nick Holmes	....	scenic artist
Henry Jones	....	chargehand carpenter
Dave Kibble	....	storeman
Thorwald Kiefel-Kuhls	....	set decorator: Germany
Nigel Kirk	....	lead painter
Ray McNeill	....	property master
Jono Moles	....	construction manager
Lucy Moles	....	construction buyer
Tom O'Donnell	....	graphic designer (as Tom O'Donell)
Barnaby Papworth	....	carpenter
Clive Pickard	....	stand-by props
Greg Smith	....	additional stand-by props
Sarah Stuart	....	assistant art director
Jonathan Watts	....	stagehand
Ashley Winter	....	stand-by art director
Ruth Wynne	....	additional stand-by props
Stuart Read	....	stand-by props (uncredited)

Sound Department
Tim Boggs	....	adr supervisor
Bryan Bowen	....	supervising sound editor
Michael J. Broomberg	....	foley artist (as Michael Broomberg)
Susan Cahill	....	digital assistant
Gary Coppola	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Gary J. Coppola)
Lisle Engle	....	sound effects editor
Alan Freedman	....	adr mixer: US
Jamie Gambell	....	second boom operator
Robert Getty	....	dialogue editor
John Hayes	....	production sound mixer
Dan Johnson	....	adr recordist: UK (as Daniel Johnson)
Craig Jurkiewicz	....	foley editor
Daryl Lathrop	....	foley assistant
Aaron Levy	....	stage recordist
Diane Marshall	....	foley artist (as Sissa Diane Marshall)
David Melhase	....	dialogue editor
Michael Mullane	....	sound effects editor
Preston Oliver	....	adr recordist: US
Bryan Pennington	....	consultant: Dolby
Rudy Pi	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paul Schwartz	....	boom operator
Alec St. John	....	assistant sound editor (as Alec St John)
Graeme Stoten	....	adr mixer: UK (as Graham Stoten)
Lucy Sustar	....	foley mixer
James Wright	....	consultant: Dolby
Chris Elam	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Minky Billups	....	lead digital artist
Scott Billups	....	visual effects supervisor
Chris Buchakjian	....	digital artist
Tim Cutt	....	digital artist
Josh Levine	....	digital artist
Mark Edwards	....	visual effects producer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Jim Bishop	....	focus puller
Lou Bogue	....	gaffer
Neil Brown	....	additional focus puller
Ben Chads	....	additional focus puller
Philip Coleman	....	additional grip
Chris Connatty	....	clapper loader
John Cridlin	....	additional focus puller
Sara Deane	....	camera trainee
Matthew Hale	....	additional focus puller
Star Hart	....	camera trainee (as Star)
Tony Hennessey	....	stand-by rigger (as Tony Hennessy)
Finch Judges	....	camera trainee
Mary Kyte	....	additional camera operator
Callum Milne	....	electrician
Jamie Monks	....	additional grip
Phil Mullally	....	additional focus puller
Peter Myslowski	....	grip
Charles Palmer	....	additional camera operator
Christine Parry	....	still photographer
Ralph Ramsden	....	additional focus puller
Gary Romaine	....	additional grip
Martin Stephens	....	additional camera operator
Pat Sweeney	....	best boy
David Taylor	....	electrician
Eva Vellmer	....	camera trainee: Germany
Simon Ward	....	additional grip (as Simon Wards)
Peter Wignall	....	Steadicam operator (as Peter Wignal)
Peter Wignall	....	camera operator (as Peter Wignal)
Terry Williams	....	additional grip (as Terry William)
Jonathan Yates	....	generator operator
Niki Roberton	....	camera trainee (uncredited)

Casting Department
Carole Ruggier	....	adr casting: USA
Stephen Moore	....	casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Johnathon de Domenico	....	costume supervisor (as Johnathon De Domenico)
Rupert Goldbeck	....	costume trainee: Germany
Samantha Green	....	costume trainee
Rebecca Townsend	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Carlos Domeque	....	assistant editor
Karin C. Müller	....	post-production: Road Movies (as Karin C. Mueller)
John Scott	....	post-production assistant
Chuck Winston	....	color timer

Music Department
Liz Gallacher	....	music supervisor
Malkith Singh	....	music performer: "Jind Mahi" (as Malkit Singh)

Transportation Department
Kevin Canty	....	driver: bus
David Gwyther	....	unit driver (as Dave Gwyther)
Ben Hibbert	....	driver: American trailer
Charles Jaffrey	....	unit driver
Vidya Krishnamurthy	....	runner driver
Darren Mackie	....	runner driver
Ian McLoughlin	....	driver: camera truck
Mark O'Hanlan	....	dining bus driver
David Taylor	....	driver

Other crew
Reno Antoniades	....	legal services: Lee & Thompson
Joanna Ashton-Jones	....	development executive: Road Movies
Jamie Atkins	....	assistant chef
Denise Booth	....	sales manager: Road Movies
Victoria Chambers-Pike	....	script supervisor
Philip Clark	....	scout
Simon Clifford	....	football coach
Simon Clifford	....	football coordinator
Andrew Cooke	....	location manager
Lauren Cox	....	assistant to producer
Charlotte Craib	....	production runner
Jeremy Crane	....	production runner
Josh Davies	....	assistant production coordinator
Laurie Dodsworth	....	post-production accountant
Susan Dretzka	....	production coordinator
Steve Dyke	....	assistant chef
Christin Freitas	....	extras wrangler: Germany
Frank Graf	....	head of business affairs: Road Movies
Frank Graf	....	head of finance: Road Movies
Dewi Grobecker	....	floor runner: Germany
Uwe Grobecker	....	accounting: KSG, Germany
Claudia Hallemann	....	production coordinator: Germany
Arthur Heinert	....	extras wrangler: Germany
Christian Hilgers	....	runner: Germany
Christian Hilgers	....	trainee: Germany
Simon Hill	....	assistant accountant
Lisa Inman	....	trainee: FT2
Clyde Lane	....	chef
Richard Lever	....	legal services: Lee & Thompson
Hailon Li	....	assistant: Ulrich Felsberg, Road Movies
Raj Malde	....	post-production accountant (as Raju Malde)
Daniel Manea	....	runner: Germany
Daniel Manea	....	trainee: Germany
Paul Mason	....	floor runner
Christian Meinecke	....	runner: Germany
Christian Meinecke	....	trainee: Germany
Karin C. Müller	....	legal administrator: Road Movies (as Karin C. Mueller)
Louise O'Malley	....	production accountant
Joel O'Sullivan	....	stills assistant
Volker Otte	....	funding manager: Road Movies
Volker Otte	....	legal affairs: Road Movies
Rainer Pyls	....	accountant: Road Movies
Bill Ridealgh	....	nurse (as Bill 'The Pill' Ridealgh)
Christopher Scharf	....	floor runner: Germany
Ute Schneider	....	head of development: Road Movies
Alison Skinner	....	location assistant
Eve Swannell	....	production secretary
Jesse Acton Thompson	....	floor runner (as Jesse Acton-Thompson)
Eva Tuecking	....	extras wrangler: Germany
Kai-Peter Uhlig	....	legal services: Road Movies
Sven Weingand	....	runner: Germany
Sven Weingand	....	trainee: Germany
Karin Werbeer	....	location manager: Germany (as Karin Verbeek)
Lucy Williams	....	additional location manager
Joshua Finn	....	assistant production coordinator: Los Angeles (uncredited)
Laurence Parker	....	post-production accountant (uncredited)

Thanks
Thomas Augsberger	....	additional thanks
Mr. Bakshi	....	additional thanks: Bakshi Catering Co.
David Beckham	....	special thanks
Victoria Beckham	....	special thanks
Manjeet Bedi	....	additional thanks
Sudha Bhuchar	....	special thanks
Bajinder Bindra	....	special thanks
Mrs. Tarlochau Singh Bindra	....	special thanks
Mr. Tarlochau Singh Bindra	....	special thanks
Karsten Brünig	....	additional thanks (as Karsten Bruenig)
Ezme Bushell	....	special thanks
Ajay Chabra	....	special thanks (as Ajay Chhabra)
Balwant Kaur Chadha	....	additional thanks (as Mrs. Balwant Kaur Chadha)
Balwant Kaur Chadha	....	special thanks (as Mrs. Balwant Kaur Chadha)
Sardar Bhajan Singh Chadha	....	dedicatee: dear dad (as Bhajan Singh Chadha)
Sheran Chadha	....	special thanks
Satyendar Pal Chaudhry	....	additional thanks
Martino Chevannes	....	additional thanks
Mr. Kulwant Singh Chowdhary	....	special thanks
Mrs. Kulwant Singh Chowdhary	....	special thanks
Chris Craib	....	additional thanks
Amerjit Deu	....	special thanks
Pierre Du Plessis	....	special thanks
Matthias Emcke	....	additional thanks
Pat Farmer	....	additional thanks
Anthony Farthing	....	additional thanks
Mia Hamm	....	special thanks
Mandy Hayes	....	additional thanks
Vinnie Holden	....	special thanks (as Vince Holden)
Hamish Hunter	....	additional thanks
Piers Jackson	....	additional thanks
Mr. Ayub Kahn	....	additional thanks: Oriental Star Agency
Milica Kastner	....	additional thanks
Marisa Knightley	....	additional thanks
Tim Levy	....	special thanks
Harvir Mahajan	....	special thanks
Kaval Mahajan	....	special thanks
Mrs. Satpal Kaur Mahajan	....	special thanks
Tripat Mahajan	....	special thanks
Sirish Malde	....	special thanks
Tarlochan Singh Mangat	....	special thanks
Nick Manzi	....	additional thanks
Cameron McCracken	....	special thanks
Nathaniel McNeil	....	additional thanks
Mrs. Tajwant Singh Mohindru	....	special thanks
Mr. Tajwant Singh Mohindru	....	special thanks
Mary Nayar	....	additional thanks
Ryan Noto	....	additional thanks
Bharti Padharia	....	additional thanks
Sita Pall	....	additional thanks
Caroline Peacock	....	additional thanks: Adidas UK
Bill Perryman	....	additional thanks: Yeading Football Club
Simon Perry	....	special thanks
Nancy Ross	....	additional thanks
Parminder Sekhon	....	special thanks
Amerjit Sidhu	....	additional thanks
Chandru Vaswani	....	additional thanks
Kiran Vaswani	....	additional thanks
Kara Walters	....	additional thanks
Matthew Waters	....	additional thanks
Hugh Whittaker	....	additional thanks
Peter Wicks	....	additional thanks
John Woodward	....	special thanks
Kurt Woolner	....	additional thanks

Production Companies

• Kintop Pictures (presents) (co-production)
• Film Council (in association with) (as The Film Council)
• Filmförderung Hamburg (in association with) (as FilmFoerderung Hamburg)
• British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) (with participation of) (as BskyB)
• British Screen Productions (with participation of) (as British Screen)
• Helkon Media AG (in association with) (as Helkon SK)
• Scion Films (in association with) (as Future Film Financing)
• Bend It Films (co-production)
• Roc Media (co-production)
• Road Movies Filmproduktion (co-production) (as Road Movies)
• Future Films
• Redbus Pictures (uncredited)
• Works, The (in association with)

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2004) (Brazil) (VHS)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (Argentina)
• A-Film Distribution (2002) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (200?) (Netherlands) (video)
• Albatros Film (2003) (Japan) (all media)
• Fox Searchlight Pictures (North America) (South America)
• Gativideo (2004) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2004) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Helkon SK (2002-2003) (UK) (theatrical)
• Highlight Film (Germany)
• Lucky Red
• Metropolitan Filmexport
• Redbus Film Distribution (2003-) (UK) (all media)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (USA)
• United King Films (Israel)
• iDream Productions (2002) (India) (all media)

Other Companies

• 2020 Casting  extras casting (uncredited)
• AON Insurers  insurance
• AON Jauch & Hübner KGaA  completion bond (as AON Jauch & Huebener)
• Action Vehicles  action vehicles
• Adidas  additional thanks
• All Around the World Shop  additional thanks
• Angels & Bermans  costumes
• Axium  payroll
• Bakshi Catering Company  additional thanks
• Barn Owl Picture Company  clearances
• Business Travel Organizer (BTO24)  travel agency
• CI Travel Consultants  travel agency
• Carlsberg  additional thanks
• Cine Licht Camera Rental GmbH  camera equipment (as Cine Licht GMBH)
• Cobra Beer  additional thanks
• Colmar Coaches  
• Compuhire  playback services
• County Council Hamburg-Eimsbuettel  additional thanks
• DRS Construction  construction
• Daminis  additional thanks
• East End Foods  additional thanks
• Elite Self Drive  car and truck hire
• Emfoundation  unit publicity
• Europcar  car and truck hire
• Eyeszeit Filmservice  extras casting
• Eyeszeit Filmservice  production services: Hamburg
• Film Finances  completion bond
• First Choice Furniture  additional thanks
• Football Club Gruen-Weiss Hamburg  additional thanks
• Fuji Kine Film Vertriebsges  film stock
• Fuji Photo Film  film stock
• Fulham Ladies Football Club  additional thanks
• Futebol De Salao  additional thanks
• Guardforce Security  security
• Gut Drauf  catering
• Hammerhead Television Facilities  steadicam (as Hammerhead TV Facilities)
• Hammersmith W.M. Club  additional thanks
• Hyperactive  editing equipment (as Hyper Active)
• IBM Services  minibuses and coaches
• Iggi  additional thanks
• International Production Services (IPS)  production services: Germany
• J&J International  catering
• JSS Security Servicce  security
• Jacetts Sportswear  additional thanks
• Jaguar Cars Ltd.  action vehicles
• KSG  accounting: Germany
• KTC (Edibles)  additional thanks
• Key Entertainment  music consulting
• Khubsoorat Collection  additional thanks
• Lee & Thompson  legal services
• Lee Lighting  electrical equipment
• Little India Shop  additional thanks
• Lucozade  additional thanks
• Luno Net  additional thanks
• M&C Executive Cars  unit transport
• Magic Film and Video Works  negative cutting
• Malde & Co.  auditors
• Malibu Suncare  additional thanks
• Media Moguls  ethnic publicity
• Metro Rigging  rigging
• Milan Records  soundtrack album published by
• Mitre Sports International  additional thanks
• Mr. Youngs  preview theater
• Nationwide Access  cherry pickers
• New Look  additional thanks
• Oriental Star Agency  additional thanks
• Panavision UK  camera equipment
• Peoples Wardrobe  additional thanks
• Pride Oil  additional thanks
• QPR Ladies Football Club  additional thanks
• Ramesh Jewellers  additional thanks
• Rubicon Exotic Juices  additional thanks
• Rude  additional thanks
• Santa Clara University Athletics  additional thanks
• Shepperton Preview Theatre  preview theater
• Solomons Artist  additional thanks (as Solomon Artistes)
• Solomons Artist  extras casting (as Solomons Artistes)
• Sony Entertainment Television Asia  additional thanks (as Sony TV Asia)
• Soundelux  post-production sound
• Steigenberger Hotel, Hamburg  additional thanks
• Sunrise Radio  additional thanks
• Superhire  property hire
• Title House Digital  titles and opticals
• UEFA Champions League  additional thanks
• Variety Silk House  additional thanks
• Women's United Soccer Association  additional thanks
• Woolsey Bikes  additional thanks
• Yeading Football Club  additional thanks
• Zee TV  additional thanks
• Zee TV  clip courtesy: "Antakshari"

Also Known As:

Kick It Like Beckham (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language and sexual content.

Runtime:

112 min | Spain:115 min

Country:

UK | Germany | USA

Language:

English | Punjabi | Hindi | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Malaysia:U | South Korea:12 | Portugal:M/6 | Spain:13 | Chile:14 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Austria:6 (Steiermark) | Brazil:Livre | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:IIA | Iceland:L | India:U | Ireland:12PG | Netherlands:AL | Norway:7 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:12 (canton of the Grisons) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #38936)

Filming Locations:

Contessa Lingerie Shop, Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK

Company:

Kintop Pictures

Trivia:

Jess wears #7 for the Hounslow Harriers, the same number 'David Beckham' wears for England and once wore for Manchester United.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Jules is in her bed depressed, she takes the picture of her and Joe and crumples it. But when it is seen in the trash, it only has a few creases in it and it looks pretty intact.

Quotes:

Joe: You're lucky... to have a family that cares that much about you. I can understand you don't want to mess with it.
Jess: Joe...
Joe: And I don't fancy being busted by your dad again. You better get back.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Cry_Wolf (2005)

Soundtrack:

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