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The Parole Officer

Year:

2001

Duration:

93 min

Genres:

Comedy | Crime

IMDB rate:

6.4

Director:

John Duigan

Awards:

2 nominations

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 2001-08-10

Filming Locations: Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Earnings

Budget: $6,000,000

Opening Weekend: £902,028 (UK) (12 August 2001)

Gross: £3,214,144 (UK) (16 September 2001)

Cast

Actor

Character

Emma Williams

Steve Coogan

Simon Garden

Emma Gilmour

Secretary

Susan Jane Tanner

Stern Woman

Iain Mitchell

Tribunal Chairman

James Smith

Tribunal Man

Om Puri

George

Steven Waddington

Jeff

Ben Miller

Colin

Stephen Dillane

Inspector Burton

Bruce McGregor

First Policeman

Lena Headey

Emma

Justin Burrows

Mills

Marc Goodhall

Death

Clive Kneller

Deacon

John Henshaw

Cochran

Buster Reeves

First Hardman

Brian Nickels

Second Hardman (as Brian 'Sonny' Nickels)

Terence Mann

Desk Sergeant

Jake Abraham

Seedy Bloke

Jo-Anne Knowles

TV Interviewer (as Jo Anne Knowles)

Eiji Kusuhara

Japanese Businessman

Togo Igawa

Japanese Businessman

Kate Deakin

Club Receptionist

David Nicholls

Bill (as Dave Nicholls)

Francesca Hall

Club Manageress

Olga Grahame

Jeff's Mam

Jenny Agutter

Victor's Wife

Hazel Douglas

Old Lady in Art Gallery

Victoria Gould

First Security Guard

Natasha Alexander

Second Security Guard

Simon Pegg

Deflated Husband

Julia Davis

Insinuating Wife

Bernard Wrigley

Bike Group Leader

Alan Clarke

Lycra Crusty

Kevin Malloy

Alarm Company Operator

Richard Sinnott

Bank Manager

Iain McKee

Second Policeman

Peter Rylands

Third Policeman

Donna Henry

WPC at Service Station

Sue McCormick

Garage Customer

Elaine Barnett

Sales Assistant

June Broughton

Old Lady

Amy Shaw

Old Lady

Geoff Oldham

Mayor

Peter Armitage

Chief Constable

Andrew Norris

Fourth Policeman

Nayef Rashed

Victor in Disguise

Will Tacey

Fifth Policeman

Omar Sharif

Victor

Jason Redshaw

Barman

Sarah Desmond

Zoe (uncredited)

Steve Farrell

Extra (uncredited)

Ryan Kruger

Protester (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The stuffed koala with the drugs in it is a reference to director John Duigan's Australian background. It was originally to be a rabbit, so the ears of the stuffed toy could be seen peeping out of the top of Inspector Burton's bag.

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The outside shots of the West Clyde Bank were filmed in an old bank in Castle Street, Liverpool. The interior shots identify it as being the Deansgate Branch, Manchester.

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A CGI shot of a wasp flying up Steve Coogan's nose took 12 hours and 10,000 feet of 35mm film before the wasp flying in a small glass cabinet could be coaxed into the nostril of green wax head

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Goofs

The ring in the model pig's nose changes from horizontal to vertical before and after the pig is cut in half. The blade would otherwise have had to cut through the ring, which is intact throughout.

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A radio control vehicle would not work in a bank vault because the signal would be blocked by the walls.

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Two of the girls on the Pepsi Max roller coaster are briefly replaced by adults.

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Quotes

Simon Garden: [Trying to bribe the gunmen on the roof] 'OK, look. Er, in my wallet I've got forty pounds, that's twenty each!'

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Kirsty: What is it?

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Colin: What we don't need is a curly headed wanker trying to be Captain Kirk.

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