Two teenage boys will do anything to get money to buy season tickets for their local team.Two teenage boys will do anything to get money to buy season tickets for their local team.Two teenage boys will do anything to get money to buy season tickets for their local team.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 3 nominations
Su Elliot
- Mrs. Brabin
- (as Su Elliott)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThough in the movie Gerry McCarten is a die-hard Newcastle fan, in real life 'Chris Beattie' supports Sunderland.
- GoofsWhen Gerry And Sewell Go To The Sunderland, they are seen getting the bus at Haymarket Bus Station in Newcastle City Centre, this is wrong because The Go-North East Bus Company and Nexus transport authority only run buses to Sunderland from Eldon Square Bus Station in Newcastle
- Quotes
Vicar: He was a loyal friend, a doting father, a loving husband who was cruelly taken from us, during a moments lack of concentration, crossing the inner-ring road, late last Thursday night. We will all miss Billy McCarten.
Gerry McCarten: Thank fuck the busdriver didn't.
- SoundtracksAlways On My Mind
Written by Johnny Christopher (as John Christopher), Francis Zambon and Wayne Carson Thompson (as Wayne Thompson)
Performed by Tim Healy
Arranged by Sheridan TonguePublished by Screen Gems/EMI Music Ltd., Budde Songs, Inc. and Chelsea Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
Featured review
Like Herman's previous features, Purely Belter is laced with bittersweet comedy
"You take after your granddad. No words, just dribble and puke." A grandmother tells her teenage daughter's baby "Shearer". Mark Herman's follow-up to his excellent Brassed Off and Little Voice, is a gritty slice of contemporary Geordie life. This Four Film production introduces newcomers Chris Beattie (looks like a miniature Shearer) as Gerry and Greg McLane as unemployed Sewell. They're on a seemingly impossible mission to raise the £1000 for season tickets to see their beloved Newcastle United. While they think up increasingly outlandish money-making schemes - from selling household junk to shoplifting and the odd bit of housebreaking - real life begins to inferere. Gerry's violent and alcoholic father (Tim Healy of Auf Wiedersehn fame putting in a memorable 'orrible performance) forces his way back into his family's life. Like Herman's previous features, Purely Belter is laced with bittersweet comedy and some stunning dialogue ("No Alan [Shearer], not Celine f***ing Dion"), but it somehow lacks the emotional cohesion.
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- benwalsh29
- Jun 29, 2000
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- Also known as
- Абонемент
- Filming locations
- Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, England, UK(on location)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $105,735
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
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