The Football Factory (film)
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| The Football Factory | |
 Promotional poster for The Football Factory. |
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| Directed by | Nick Love |
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| Produced by | Allan Niblo James Richardson |
| Written by | John King (author) (novel) Nick Love |
| Starring | Danny Dyer Frank Harper Tamer Hassan Roland Manookian Neil Maskell Dudley Sutton |
| Music by | Ivor Guest |
| Cinematography | Damian Bromley |
| Editing by | Stuart Gazzard |
| Distributed by | Vertigo Films |
| Release date(s) | May 14, 2004 (UK) |
| Running time | 91 min. (approx.) |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £500,000 |
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The Football Factory is a 2004 English film directed by Nick Love and stars Danny Dyer and Frank Harper. It is based on the novel of the same name by John King.
The film is the first foray into film-making by video game producers Rockstar Games, credited as Executive Producers.
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[edit] Plot
The Football Factory focuses on two firms , namely the Headhunters, who support Chelsea F.C., and the Bushwackers, who support Millwall F.C. Throughout the movie, the Headhunters fight with other English firms such as those supporting Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Liverpool F.C., and Stoke City F.C..
The film follows Tommy Johnson (Dyer), a football hooligan in his mid 20s who has begun to question his morals and the morals of those around him. Tommy's major conflict in the film stems from his inevitable aging. Although he loves his weekend 'meets', he knows he cannot possibly play forever.
While enjoying a night out with his pal Rod, they meet a couple of young women in a bar and both end up back at one of the girls' houses. In the morning, Tommy awakes to a man sitting over him with a knife against his throat. Rod arrives at the scene, hits the man over the head with a cricket bat, and they both are able to run home alive. The man with the knife is revealed to be Milwall Fred's (Hassan) brother, who begins to track down Tommy.
The climax of the film is set around two of the main firms, (Millwall and Chelsea) meeting for a brawl, Billy tells Tommy he is going to take a gun to the fight, Tommy is shocked, but Billy tells him it's only a flare gun. Near the end of the movie, the fight takes place and Tommy gets put in hospital. He says on the voice over (and also said a lot of the times through-out the film) "was it worth it?," and then "'course it fucking was!" Zeberdee is seen going to the pub toilet and snorting Cocaine, the drug dealer he robbed and beat-up earlier is seen coming into the toilet carrying a hand gun, he says "what's happening, zeber-fucking-dee?", Tommy is seen coming into the toilet. The gun goes off, killing Zeberdee, then the credits come up.
[edit] Cast
- Danny Dyer — Tommy Johnson
- Frank Harper — Billy Bright
- Neil Maskell — Rod
- Roland Manookian — Zeberdee
- Jamie Foreman — Taxi Driver
- Tamer Hassan — Millwall Fred
- Kara Tointon — Tameka/Shie
- Tony Denham — Harris
- Stephen Humby — Hooligan
- Danny Kelly — Radio announcer
- Sophie Linfield — Tamara
- Dudley Sutton — Bill Farrell
- John Junkin — Albert Moss
- Peter Osgood - Himself
- Alan Hudson - Himself
- Steve Hickmott - Hooligan
- Martin Knight - Hooligan
