Movie: Blackball (2003)

• Director: Mel Smith
• Release Date: 5 September 2003 (UK)
• Run Time: 96 min
• Country: UK
• Genre: Comedy , Drama , Sport  
• MPAA: Rated R for language.

Tagline: At last, a sportsman the British can be proud of…  

Trivia: Mel Smith confessed that five minutes before they started filming they realized everyone was absolutely useless at playing lawn bowls. 

Goofs: Continuity: There is paper confetti all over the floor of the indoor bowling green for the England Vs Australia match, in the next shot there is none. 

“Try as he might, the roguishly handsome Cliff Starkey, just can’t keep out of trouble. In his sleepy home town on the English coast, nothing much inspires him…apart from bowls. Cliff has always preferred to play by his own rules much to the disapproval of the regimented, elderly bowls fraternity. Before long, the bay boy of bowls is turning the sedate and very English pastime upside down with hysterical results. Written by Anonymous”