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When Saturday Comes (Original title)On the Line (Working title)Pint O'Bitter (Working title)
Dates: 1995 (Copyright), 01 March 1996 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Maria Giese

Synopsis: Jimmy leaves school in the 1980s in Sheffield with only two choices - working down the mine or in a factory. Ten years later he gets a chance to become a footballer with Sheffield United but fails the trial. After a series of disasters in his personal life Jimmy determines to sort his life out.

Genre:
Sport

Subjects:
Football, Sheffield, Sheffield United
Releases
Date: 01 March 1996Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 98 mins 25 secs - Length: 8857 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Guild Film Distribution

Credits (81)
©: Capitol Films Limited, a Daly/Lambert/Teper production: James Daly, a Daly/Lambert/Teper production: Christopher Lambert, Meir Teper, Presents: Capitol Films, Executive Producer: David Matalon, Executive Producer: Peter Koral, Produced by: James Daly, Produced by: Christopher Lambert, Meir Teper, Line Producer: Peter McAleese, Associate Producer: Hannah Leader, Production Co-ordinator: Shellie Smith, Production Accountant: Wendy Ellerker, Location Manager: Keith Hatcher, Post-production Supervisor: Benjamin Greenacre, Stephen Barker, 1st Assistant Director: Tommy Gormley, 2nd Assistant Director: Bernard Bellew, 3rd Assistant Director: Mark Ingram, Script Supervisor: Libbie Barr, Casting by: Jeremy Zimmerman, Casting Assistant: Manuel Puro, Written by: Maria Giese, Story by: James Daly, Director of Photography: Gerry Fisher, Camera Operator: Cary Fisher, Camera Operator: Rodrigo Gutierrez, Camera Operator: Paul Englefield, Camera Operator: Jim Turrell, Grant Cameron, Focus Puller: Martin Shepherd, Focus Puller: Mike George, Focus Puller: Francis Todd, David Bryant, Clapper Loader: David Hedges, Clapper/Loader: Guy Hazel, Clapper/Loader: James Bloom, Gaffer: Ken Sykes, Grip: Robin Stone, Grip: Peter Scorah, Video Operator: David Seaton, Stills Cameraman: Paul Chedlow, Special Effects: Emergency House, Film Editor: George Akers, 1st Assistant Editor: David Barrett, 2nd Assistant Editor: Jon Harris, Production Designer: Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski, Art Director: Luana Hanson, Set Decorator: Linda Wilson, Props Master: Barry Gibbs, Construction: David Shakarian, Costume Designer: Kate Carin, Wardrobe Master: John Norster, Chief Make-up Artist/Hairdresser: Robert McCann, Make-up Artist: Graham Johnston, Titles/Opticals: General Screen Enterprises, Laboratory: Technicolor, Colour Timer: Mark Waddell, Music by: Anne Dudley, Music Conducted by: Anne Dudley, Music Orchestrated by: Anne Dudley, Music Co-ordination: Karen Cockerell, Maggie Rodford, Music Score Produced by: Roger Dudley, Steve Price, Sound Recordist: Simon Okin, Boom Operator: Jim Wilkinson, Re-recording Mixer: Ray Merrin, Graham Daniel, Dialogue Editor: Dennis McTaggart, Sound Effects Editor: Jason Adams, ADR Editor: Derek Holding, Foley Artist: Felicity Cottrell, Jason Swanscott, Foley Mixer: Ted Swanscott, Foley Editor: Richard Hiscott, Stunt Co-ordinator: Peter Brayham, Dialect Coach: Jerry Grenell, Publicity: JAC Publicity
Cast (42)
Sean Bean (Jimmy Muir), Emily Lloyd (Annie Doherty), Pete Postlethwaite (Ken Jackson), Craig Kelly (Russell Muir), John McEnery (Joe Muir), Ann Bell (Sarah Muir), Melanie Hill (Mary Muir), Chris Walker (Mac), John Higgins (Rob), Tim Gallagher (Steve), Peter Gunn (Tommy), Nick Waring (Gary), James Mckenna (George McCabe), Tony Currie (Tony Currie), Mel Sterland (captain), Steve Huison (Jack), David Leland (priest), Douglas Mcferran (Norman the foreman), Ian Taylor (young Jimmy Muir), Richard Flower (young Russell Muir), Shaaron Jackson (Susie the barmaid), Bill Stewart (Bullneck), Andrew Shepherd, Paul Kemp, Nick Conway, John Tams (brewery worker), Dave Hill (Fred), Philippa Howell (Mrs Doherty), Rita May (Mabel), Rebecca Nichols (stripper), Chris Cooke (miner), Ken Kitson (careers officer), Jon Henshaw (MC (Springwood)), David Gibbons (boy on bus), Daniel Oldham (street footballing kid), Tracey Shaw (Tina), Corinne Heritage (Tracy), Lucy Rogers (Debbie), Andrew Livingstone (Hallam spectator), Keith Hatcher (Hatcher), Martin Tyler (football commentator), Freddie Fletcher (Judd)