Project Detail

Kick Off

Synopsis

What happens when the hardest team in the Sunday Soccer league comes up against a gay team (pun intended) and finds they've finally met their match? 

Watch and wince as fledging referee Elton Glixton struggles to control this testosterone tsunami as rude-boy meets bum-boy in this outrageous new comedy set in the crazy gung-ho world of 5-a-side footie. 

The latest and craziest from award-winning writer/director Rikki Beadle-Blair (Bashment, Stonewall, Metrosexuality).  High-voltage entertainment from a vibrant and sexy 17-strong cast. 

Details

Year
2010
Type of project
Features
Running time
99 mins
Director
Rikki Beadle-Blair
Producer
Rebecca Joerin, Ian Sharp, Carleen Beadle, Diane Shorthouse, Rikki Beadle-Blair
Editor
Edmund Swabey
Screenwriter
Rikki Beadle-Blair
Director of Photography
Mike Doxford
Sound
Peter Bailey, Chris Goldsmith, Aquarium Studios
Composer
Rikki Beadle-Blair
Principal cast
Ian Sharp, Jason Maza, Nathan Clough, Jay Brown, Stephen Hoo, Micheal Lindall, Jack Shalloo, Jai Rajani, Ludvig Bonin, Craig Storrod, Duncan MacImmes, Rebecca Joerin, Alexis Gregory, Kyle Treslove, Sasha Frost, Samantha Lyden, Ryan Quartley, Rikki Beadle-Blair

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Production Status

Production Company

Achilles Entertainments

info@achillesentertainments.co.uk

The Shorthouse Organisation

contact@dianeshorthouse.co.uk

Team Angelica

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