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Dates: 1997 (Copyright), 26 December 1997 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Bob Spiers

Synopsis: The Spice Girls are followed for five days leading up to their live gig at London's Royal Albert Hall. They have to contend with photo ops, an encounter with aliens, an army training session, and the tabloid press.

Genres:
Comedy, Musical

Subjects:
Pop music (the charts), Pop stars, Music industry
Releases
Date: 26 December 1997Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / SDDSAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 89 mins 52 secs - Length: 8353 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

Credits (159)
a Fragile Films production: Fragile Films, Developed in association with: Brackmount Films, Present: The Spice Girls, [Presented] in association with: PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Icon Entertainment International, Executive Producer: Simon Fuller, Produced by: Uri Fruchtmann, Produced by: Barnaby Thompson, Co-producer: Peter McAleese, Concert Line Producer: Dionne Orrom, Associate Producer: Kim Fuller, Production Associate: Clare Mitchell, Unit Manager: Ben Greenacre, Production Manager: Shellie Smith, Concert Production Manager: Finoula Orrom, Production Co-ordinator: David Seaton, Assistant Co-ordinator: Nicole Kavanagh, Sara Morris, Production Accountant: Sarah Lucraft, Assistant Accountant: Judith Harris, Accountant to Five Girls Ltd.: Richard Harris, Location Manager: Sarah Lee, 2nd Unit Location Manager: Simon Crawford Collins, Post-production Supervisor: Stephen Barker, Post-production Co-ordinator: Nicole Kavanagh, Spice Girls' Personal Assistant: Charlotte Howarth, Rachel Pinfold, 2nd Unit Director: Barnaby Thompson, Assistant Director (3rd): Mike Hanley, Assistant Director (2nd Unit, 2nd): Matthew Carver, First Assistant Director: Max Keene, 2nd Unit, 1st Assistant Director: Stuart Renfrew, Second Assistant Director: Finn McGrath, Script Supervisor: Sarah Garner, 2nd Unit Continuity: Maggie Lewty, Casting: Vanessa Pereira, Casting: Simone Ireland, Casting Assistant: Kate Bulpitt, Written by: Kim Fuller, Additional Writing by: Jamie Curtis, Based on an idea by The: The Spice Girls, Based on an idea by: Kim Fuller, Director of Photography: Clive Tickner, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: Paul Englefield, Concert Lighting Director: Steve Nolan, Lighting Production Manager: Robin Wain, Camera Operator: Jeremy Gee, Camera Operator: Jeremy Hiles, Camera Operator: Ian Jackson, Camera Operator (Concert): Steve Tickner, Camera Operator (Concert): Eugene O'Connor, Camera Operator (Concert): Joe Dyer, Rodrigo Gutierrez, Steadicam Operator: Roger Tooley, Focus Puller: Jonathan Sykes, Focus Puller (Additional): Giles Christopher, Focus Puller (Additional): Julian Bucknall, Focus Puller (Additional): Baz Irvine, Dean Thompson, Focus Puller (2nd Unit): Martin Shepherd, Focus Puller (Concert): Rob Roy, Focus Puller (Concert): Marcus Domleo, Focus Puller (Concert): Tom Harding, Keith Broom, Focus Puller (2nd Unit): Julian Bucknall, Clapper/Loader: David Matches, Clapper/Loader (Additional): Guy Hazel, Clapper/Loader (2nd Unit): Jackie Oudney, Clapper/Loader (Concert): Catherine Derry, Ingrid Weel-Sesson, Gaffer: Michael Hand, Grip (Additional): Wayne Rowe, Grip (2nd Unit): Peter Scorah, Steve Morgan, Grip: Alan Rank, Unit Stills Photographer: Alex Bailey, Special Effects Supervisor: Stuart Brisdon, Special Effects Technician: Mark Haddenham, Michael Tilley, Concert Pyrotechnics: Just FX, Lincoln Parkhouse, Flying Effects Supplied by: Kirby's Flying Ballets, Editor: Andrea McArthur, Editor (Additional): Jinx Godfrey, Edited @: The Whitehouse Post Productions, Assistant Picture Editor: Mark Edinoff, Production Designer: Grenville Horner, Art Director: David Walley, Art Director: Colin Blaymires, Set Decorator: Linda Wilson, Storyboard Artist: Chris Forster, Construction Manager: Robin Thistlethwaite, Costume Designer: Kate Carin, Wardrobe Assistant: Dena Thanopoulos, John Laurie, Wardrobe Supervisor: Eleanor Baker, Wardrobe (2nd Unit): Kenny Ho, Chief Make-up/Hair Designer: Graham Johnston, Make-up (2nd Unit): Ivana Primorac, Make-up Artist: Marese Langan, Spice Girls Make-up: Karin Darnell, Spice Girls Hair Stylist: Jennie Barnor-Roberts, Spice Girls Stylist: Seta Niland, Title Sequence: Plume Limited, Original Music by: Paul Hardcastle, Music Vocalist: Maxine Hardcastle, Executive in Charge of Music: Dawn Solér, Music Editor: Tom Sayers, Music Recorded @: Paul Hardcastle Studios (London), Music Consultant: Peter Evans, Choreographer: Priscilla Samuels, Concert Sound Engineer: Mike Dolling, Sound Mixer: Colin Nicolson, 2nd Unit Sound Mixer: Ian Voigt, Concert Sound Technician: Erik Evans, Tristan Johnson, Post-production Service: Reelsound Limited, Pinewood Studios, Boom Operator: Tony Cook, Boom Operator (2nd Unit): Alastair Mason, Sound Assistant: Noel Thompson, Dubbing Mixer: Peter Maxwell, Mick Boggis, Supervising Sound Editor: Glenn Freemantle, Supervising Sound Editor: Max Hoskins, Dialogue Mixer: Hugh Strain, ADR Mixer: Clive Pendry, ADR Editor: Gillian Dodders, Foley (Footsteps Artist): Felicity Cotterell, Jack Stew, Foley (Footsteps Mixer): Ted Swanscott, Stunt Co-ordinator: Peter Brayham, Stunt Performer: Dani Biernat, Stunt Performer: Andy Bradford, Stunt Performer: Billy Bradstock, Stunt Performer: Helen Caldwell, Stunt Performer: Stuart Clark, Stunt Performer: Danielle da Costa, Stunt Performer: Frank Henson, Stunt Performer: Dave Holland, Stunt Performer: Crispin Layfield, Stunt Performer: Tom Lucy, Stunt Performer: Séon Rogers, Stunt Performer: Kiran Shah, Stunt Performer: Tony Smart, Anna Stacey, Stand-in: Sarah Clackson, Stand-in: Natalie Davis, Stand-in: Louise Hughes, Stand-in: Dan Mcgrath, Stand-in: Michelle Riley, Stand-in: Candida Scott-Knight, Stand-in: Asta Sighvats, Stand-in: Nicola Wakeman, Diving Supervisor: Mick Briggs, Digital Sound Consultant: Nick Church, Unit Publicist: Julie Smith, Studio: Twickenham Film Studios
Cast (55)
Mel B, Emma, Mel C, Geraldine Halliwell, Victoria Adams (The Spice Girls), Richard E. Grant (Clifford), Alan Cumming (Piers Cuthbertson-Smyth), George Wendt (Martin Barnfield, film producer), Claire Rushbrook (Deborah), Mark McKinney (Graydon, screenwriter), Richard O'Brien (Damien, photographer), Roger Moore (Chief), Kevin Allen (Gainer, TV director), Devon Anderson (Jack), Michael Barrymore (Mr Step), Richard Briers (bishop), Simon Chandler (hospital parent), Elvis Costello (himself), The Dream Boys (themselves), David Fahm (Enzo, cameraman), Jason Flemyng (Brad), Neil Fox (voice of radio DJ), Stephen Fry (judge), Bob Geldof (himself), Llewella Gideon (nurse), Guy Gowan (waiter), Jools Holland (musical director), Bob Hoskins (himself), Barry Humphries (Kevin McMaxford), Elton John (himself), Craig Kelly (nervous guy), Hugh Laurie (Poirot), Meat Loaf (Dennis, driver), Marian McLoughlin (hospital parent), Kevin McNally (policeman), Naoko Mori (Nicola), Neil Mullarkey (Barnaby), Steven O'Donnell (Jess, soundman), Bill Paterson (Brian, café owner), Jonathan Ross (himself), Jennifer Saunders (fashionable woman), Simon Shepherd (doctor), Cathy Shipton (midwife), Peter Sissons (newsreader), Denise Stephenson (Jack/Evie's mother), Perdita Weeks (Evie), Dominic West (photographer), Simon Ellis, Andy Gangadeen, Paul Gendler, Fergus Gerrand, Steve Lewinson, Michael Martin (The Spice Band), Gary Glitter ([himself -scenes deleted]), Frank Bruno ([originally cast])