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Bend it like Beckham [videorecording] / Fox Searchlight Pictures presents ; Kintop Pictures presents in association with the Film Council and FilmFoerderung Hamburg ... a Kintop Pictures/Bend It Films/ROC Media/Road Movies co-production ; a Gurinder Chadha film ; directed by Gurinder Chadha ; produced by Deepak Nayar, Gurinder Chadha ; written by Gurnider Chadha, Guljit Bindra, Paul Mayeda Berges.

Chadha, Gurinder. (Added Author). Nayar, Deepak. (Added Author). Bindra, Guljit. (Added Author). Berges, Paul Mayeda. (Added Author). Nagra, Parminder, 1975- (Added Author). Knightley, Keira, 1985- (Added Author). Rhys-Meyers, Jonathan, 1977- (Added Author). Kher, Anupam. (Added Author). Panjabi, Archie. (Added Author). Lewis, Shaznay. (Added Author). Harper, Frank. (Added Author). Stevenson, Juliet. (Added Author). Lin, Jong. (Added Author). Krish, Justin. (Added Author). Pruess, Craig. (Added Author). Holes, Ralph. (Added Author). Fox Searchlight Pictures. (Added Author). Kintop Pictures (Firm) (Added Author). Bend It Films. (Added Author). ROC Media. (Added Author). Road Movies Filmproduktion. (Added Author). Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. (Added Author). Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher, Archie Panjabi, Shaznay Lewis, Frank Harper, Juliet Stevenson. (Cast).

Summary:

Eighteen year-old Jesminder's parents want her to be a nice, conventional Indian girl. But she just wants to play soccer like her hero, David Beckham. For Jess, that means kicking a ball around the local park with the lads until she's spotted by Jules, who invites her to join the local women's team.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Widescreen ed.
  • Publisher: Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2003]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 2002.
Special features: Director/co-writer commentary; 10 deleted scenes; "making of" featurette; "Who wants to cook Aloo gobi" cooking featurette; music video with outtakes; trailers; Aloo gobi recipe.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Jong Lin ; editor, Justin Krish ; original music, Craig Pruess ; costume designer, Ralph Holes ; production designer, Nick Ellis.
Participant or Performer Note:
Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher, Archie Panjabi, Shaznay Lewis, Frank Harper, Juliet Stevenson.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG-13, for language and some sexual situations.
System Details Note:
DVD.
Language Note:
English (5.1 Dolby surround), French (5.1 Dolby surround) and Spanish (Dolby surround) language soundtracks with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned in English.

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