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Blackball. Image shows from L to R: Rick Schwartz (Vince Vaughn), Cliff Starkey (Paul Kaye)
Blackball

Blackball

  • 2003 film

Paul Kaye plays a bowls player whose presence on the sacred greens of Torquay isn't welcomed with open arms. Stars Paul Kaye and Vince Vaughn.

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Blackball. Image shows from L to R: Rick Schwartz (Vince Vaughn), Cliff Starkey (Paul Kaye)

Key details

Genre
Film
Released
2003
Stars
Paul Kaye and Vince Vaughn
Writer
Tim Firth
Director
Mel Smith

Loosely based on a true story, Paul Kaye plays Cliff Starkey, a bowls player whose presence on the sacred greens of Torquay doesn't see him welcomed with open arms: Cliff has punk hair, wears scruffy clothes and carries his bowls in a carrier bag. But he's brilliant at his chosen sport and soon acquires an American agent who propels his protégé into the big time. But fame has its price - along the way Starkey risks losing both his best mate Trev and girlfriend Kerry.

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Additional details

UK certificate
15
Duration
97 minutes
UK release
Friday 5th September 2003
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Also known as
  • National Lampoon's Blackball (US title)
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Most recent repeats
  • Sunday 25th June 2017 at 11:00pm on London Live
  • Friday 23rd June 2017 at 12:00am on London Live
  • Friday 13th November 2015 at 11:00pm on London Live

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