Movie
Fever Pitch
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1997-04-04
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Scala Productions, Wildgaze Films, Film4 Productions
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
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
- Richard Claxton as Robert Parker
- Charles Cork as Rex
Crew
- David Evans - Director
- Nick Hornby - Screenplay
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