3 strikes is a 2000 american screwball comedy film written and directed by dj pooh .

the film stars brian hooks as rob douglas , a man just released from a one-year sentence in jail , who already has two strikes to his name .

since he is living under california 's three strikes law , rob decides to go straight and leave the street life alone .

however , things go horribly wrong for him as he gets involved in an altercation with the police upon the day of his release .

the plot centers on rob as he evades the police until he can prove his innocence , for fear that he will be put away for good with a third strike .

david alan grier , faizon love , and n'bushe wright co-star .

3 strikes ( film )

3 strikes ( film ) <EOT> a very funny , raunchy film about a guy trying to stay out of prison after getting his " 3 strikes . "

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this cast list of who was in 3 strikes includes both lead and minor roles . ( 15 items )

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3 strikes cast list , listed alphabetically with photos when available . this list of 3 strikes actors includes any 3 strikes actresses and all other actors from the film . you can view additional information about each 3 strikes actor on this list , such as when and where they were born . to find out more about a particular actor or actress , click on their name and you ' ll be taken to page with even more details about their acting career . the cast members of 3 strikes have been in many other movies , so use this list as a starting point to find actors or actresses that you may not be familiar with .

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brian hooks plays a character who is just released from jail . and the state adopts a " 3 strikes " rule for felons that involves serious penalties . hooks has 2 strikes , and wants to change . . . see full summary »

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came out there had only been one film to reach the $ 750 million milestone . that film was

cars 3 is pixar ' s eighteenth feature film , and the second sequel to the 2006 film cars , released on june 16 , 2017 . it was directed by brian fee .

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after rob douglas ( brian hooks ) gets released from prison with two strikes , the state adopts the 3 strike rule , and he must do everything he can do stay out of trouble .

was impressive , as it grew 3 % to $ 28 . 3 million for a 12 - day total of $ 423 . 93 million . this is the second biggest

ever , although 12th - biggest for a film not opening on that day . the film fell 17 % from

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pixar saved the best for last . cars 3 is the most impressive entry in the series .

notable other work : he played a wampa in the empire strikes back , continuing his lucasfilm career . richards died in 2014 .

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silkk the shocker , c - murder , total , and snoop dogg will be among the artists pitching in for the soundtrack to " 3 strikes , " an urban comedy marking the directorial debut of hip - hop producer dj pooh .

at $ 3 . 5 million , so we are going to have to wait for final numbers to figure out if that record fell . meanwhile , the film managed $ 3 . 2 million on friday in japan , toppling the previous record for opening day in that market previously held by

stop reading now if you haven’t seen cars 3 ! you’re only hurting yourself and spoiling your sense of wonder .

. this time it is the opening day record in the u . k . , where the film earned $ 14 . 3 million . that’s right , the film earned more in the u . k . than it did in all 12 markets it opened in

a reveal of cars 3 concept art featuring cruz ramirez ( the yellow car ) and lightning mcqueen ( red ) .

cars 3 movie review : after two films that couldn’t match up to pixar’s high standards , cars 3 - buoyed by owen wilson’s earnest performance , and a darker , more emotional story - races away as the best entry in the series .

lasseter later revealed on june 8 , 2016 , during an interview with entertainment weekly ' s marc snetiker , that doc hudson , a character from the first film who died before the events of the second film , would be referenced several times in cars 3 . [ 24 ]

chart with $ 133 . 3 million for a total of $ 546 . 0 million after just two weeks of release .

cars 3 original motion picture soundtrack is available june 16 and can be pre - ordered digitally here and via amazon here .

film to reach $ 500 million . the two new releases weren’t bad either .

in a trio of lists . how does this film compare to others in the

a first look at concept art for cars 3 featuring cruz ramirez ( the yellow car ) and lightning mcqueen ( red ) .

brian hooks plays a character who is just released from jail . and the state adopts a " 3 strikes " rule for felons that involves serious penalties . hooks has 2 strikes , and wants to change his life for the better . when a friend picks him up , they are pulled over , and his friend shoots at police officers , and hooks escapes . now hooks , a wanted man , must clear his name of having nothing to do with the shooting .

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in fourth place is the chinese film " father and son , " starring the well - known comedians da peng and fan wei . it debuted with $ 12 . 3 million . however , the film failed to live up to fans ' high expectations , based on the success of da peng ' s last film , " pancake man , " one of the biggest hits of 2015 .

if it plays like age of ultron and iron man 3 , which it may if only due to the huge opening , it gets to a sad , shameful $ 427 million . let’s say tragedy strikes and audiences comparatively reject the film , and it plays closer to spider - man 3 than iron man 3 ; it still ends up crawling to $ 400m domestic . so yeah , unless it plays like watchmen or x - men origins : wolverine , it’s getting over the $ 400m domestic mark . and that means it’s almost certainly going to be the biggest live - action movie of the summer , with only possibly finding dory stopping it from taking the overall crown .

with an average score of 8 . 3 out of 10 . this is actually on par with or better than some awards season players and it is stellar for a blockbuster . the film is widely expected to fit somewhere between

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just in time for your summer road trip , disney - pixar is releasing not one , but two soundtracks : cars 3 original motion picture soundtrack and cars 3 original score composed and conducted by randy newman , composed and conducted by randy newman . both soundtracks are available from walt disney records on june 16 when cars 3 opens in theaters , but the pre - order kicks off tomorrow , may 19 , 2017 !

cars 3 original score composed and conducted by randy newman is available june 16 from walt disney records and can be pre - ordered here .

the film , also written by pooh ( who co - wrote ice cube ' s " friday " ) , pokes fun at california ' s " three strikes " law , an edict that means a sentence of 25 years to life for anyone convicted of a third felony .

. by tomorrow we can get back to regular comparisons . the film is now the biggest 2017

destroyed the record book . however , it wasn ' t the only film playing in theaters .

a few final thoughts on j . j . abrams’s film , nostalgia , and the expectations game

the first weekend collection in kerala is also overwhelming as the film got rs 88 lakh net collection .

i would never have gone to see this movie , but the multiplex i was in got their films mixed up and started showing " 3 strikes " instead of the film i ' d come to see , " topsy turvy " ( which , btw , i saw a few years later and found pretty boring ) . i lasted through about 20 minutes of this film before i walked out in disgust . first of all , it simply isn ' t funny . but more importantly , i ' ll bet if this had been produced , written and direct by * white * men , there would have been massive protests against " 3 strikes " as representative of the worst kind of stereotyping of african - americans . the af - am characters in this film are comprised of drug dealers , ex - cons , hookers and morons . i mean , i ' m * white * and * i * was offended by the portrayals . why the al sharptons and jessie jacksons of america didn ' t denounce this piece of cr * p is beyond me .

worse , “3 strikes” relies much too heavily on multiple repetitions of gags that aren’t especially funny the first time around . antonio fargas plays a minor character who exists only to periodically — and noisily — break wind while everyone around him reacts to the olfactory assault . when a comedy needs this many fart jokes to get laughs , it’s safe to assume that something is seriously amiss .

i think this assessment doesn’t spend enough time considering three very important phrases . those phrases are : episode i , episode ii , and episode iii … now it’s true that abrams didn’t invent much and he borrowed quite a bit . but … he made something that critics , and fans , have been waiting on for over 30 years—a decent star wars film , and arguably the best star wars film since the empire strikes back .

, the film earned an easy first place with $ 34 . 46 million to push its running tally to $ 686 . 43 million . not only is this the best domestic box office for a film released in

will make during its opening weekend . there ' s a chance no film makes in total as much as

exuberantly rude and crude , but generally more frantic than genuinely funny , “3 strikes” is poised to score quick and fade fast in urban markets . in marked contrast to the similarly slapdash “friday” ( 1995 ) , which first - time helmer d . j . pooh co - wrote with ice cube , pic has limited crossover potential , and likely won’t reach beyond its target audience [ … ]

ew asked the film’s director , cars veteran brian fee , and pixar / disney animation chief creative officer john lasseter what they thought about where the franchise stands after cars 3 . whether it’s with a fourth film , a follow - up short ( a . k . a . the toy story model ) or a medium yet to be determined , this race is likely far from over .

in “star wars v : the empire strikes back , ” han ( harrison ford ) and luke ( mark hamill ) are rebels on the ice planet hoth . ( lucasfilm ltd & tm . / all rights reserved . )

indy claim to fame : jones’ arch - rival outfoxes him for the golden idol in the film’s opening sequence .

rogue one is an unusual film to come from a massive film studio in 2016 . while the rest of hollywood is aping the marvel method — creating movies that exist , in part , to establish spinoffs and . . .

for a week - long total of $ 296 . 5 million . it is impossible to compare the film to

, as the seventh day in that film’s run was christmas eve and it fell 28 % as a result .

debuts , we should see explosive growth at the box office . it will open with more than any film last

, and it took the film 253 days , and a late summer re - release , to get there .

an interview with writer / director boots riley about his incendiary new film , " sorry to bother you . "

on november 21 , 2016 , the first teaser trailer for cars 3 was released on the pixar youtube channel . an extended teaser aired january 9 , 2017 . [ 25 ]

just a year later , fisher appeared in horror satire scream 3 as former hollywood star bianca burnette , a role she helped to write at the suggestion of producer bob weinstein .

. as for the new releases on friday , spain led the way with $ 3 . 5 million . the record for biggest opening day in that market is currently held by

# kanchana2 - north india ( mumbai , pune , goa , delhi etc ) , 3 day net = rs 22 lakhs , fab ! overseas it is doing extraordinary business .

exuberantly rude and crude , but generally more frantic than genuinely funny , “3 strikes” is poised to score quick and fade fast in urban markets . in marked contrast to the similarly slapdash “friday” ( 1995 ) , which first - time helmer d . j . pooh co - wrote with ice cube , pic has limited crossover potential , and likely won’t reach beyond its target audience of inner - city ticketbuyers .

universal / illumination ' s " despicable me 3 " is the only hollywood film to remain in the top five charts . it slid to third place , adding $ 20 . 8 million for a 17 - day total of $ 135 . 7 million . the animated sequel has become the no . 2 - grossing imported animated film ever in china behind walt disney pictures ' 2016 animation " zootopia . "

it was previously assumed that pixar would order a third film in the cars franchise after the box office and merchandising success of cars 2 . on august 17 , 2013 , voice actor michael wallis told radio audiences that cars 3 would take place on california ' s route 99 . [ 19 ]

at the disney stockholder meeting on march 18 , 2014 , disney ceo bob iger first announced that pixar had begun pre - production on cars 3 . [ 20 ] [ 21 ]

the home video release of the film had a trailer of the second movie and came with a free trading card .

the film ' s director richard marquand had a go piloting an at - as walker in return of the jedi .

stole its thunder , as that film also fell faster than anticipated . overall , the box office fell 13 % from

is on pace for $ 650 million to $ 700 million . the film is still in second place on the 2017

. the film’s four - day weekend haul was $ 96 . 0 million , which is about 10 % lower than

was the only other film to earn more than $ 10 million . in fact , the weekend was so bad that

. before we get into the specifics , let’s talk about some benchmarks . if the film’s reviews were in line with

cars 3 original score composed and conducted by randy newman reunites the cars franchise with the oscar® - winning composer . newman , who was behind the oscar® - winning music in disney·pixar’s toy story 3 and monsters , inc . , composed the score for the first cars movie and penned the oscar® - nominated song “our town . ” for cars 3 , newman created a score that reflects the heart and high - octane action of the film— 21 tracks in total are included on the soundtrack . “randy has a real connection to the cars world , ” says macdougall . “his ability to capture the feeling of this film , its characters , locations and the americana theme throughout is extraordinary—the music is so naturally fluid and inspired . it really feels like randy is coming home with this score . ”

. this is far from the end for the film , as it is poised to reach $ 800 million over the weekend and it has $ 900 million domestically within its sights . the film hasn ' t entered the top ten on the

cars 3 was the underdog , coming from behind , facing shiny new competition . it was betrayed by its own family , and challenged by gru . but it saved its best for last . in its final lap , it won . it became the first film in the series pixar should be proud of .

exuberantly rude and crude , but generally more frantic than genuinely funny , " 3 strikes " is poised to score quick and fade fast in urban markets . in marked contrast to the similarly slapdash " friday " ( 1995 ) , which first - time helmer d . j . pooh co - wrote with ice cube , pic has limited crossover potential , and likely won ' t reach beyond its target audience of inner - city ticketbuyers .

were very profitable and well received . this film had high expectations . it didn ' t live up to them . its

industry trade analyst and tracker sreedhar pillai tweeted that the film will get 60 more screens for the next weekend in kerala .

despicable me 3 is full of references and the empire strikes back joke is just one of the more interesting ones pointed out by youtube channel flicks and the city . the movie makes other references to everything from raiders of the lost ark to the marx brothers classic duck soup , a film reference that many of the adults in the audience are likely to miss . you might not even notice doctor nefario in that shot as he ' s almost hiding , and while he looks to be frozen in something that looks more like standard ice , the pose is impossible to overlook .

while jeremy bulloch is known for playing boba fett , he had a small role as an imperial officer in empire strikes back - he ' s the one escorting leia once she has been captured by vader . whether this counts as a cameo or he was just filling in , i ' m not sure because he wasn ' t ' famous ' still after the film came out .

early in the film , ash ' s pikachu defeats raymond ' s golem with thunderbolt , which should have had no effect .

here’s something crazy : the opening weekend for captain america : civil war was almost double the $ 95 million debut for captain america : the winter soldier . there are plenty of cases of first sequels crushing the opening weekend of their initial installments . but aside from the “11 years later in 3d and opened on a friday as opposed to a wednesday” toy story 3 , i’ve never , ever seen the opening weekend of a third installment rocket upwards this high compared to the second film . and no , not return of the jedi since the empire strikes back didn’t open wide until its fifth weekend .

underestimated the demand for this film . the film does have to deal with the fanboy effect . films with fanboy appeal tend to have shorter legs , because fanboys rush out to see the movie opening day / opening weekend . however , there are factors at play here that will likely help its legs over the weekend . firstly , the film’s word of mouth should be amazing as it is earning

here’s where things stand : on the one hand , the cars 3 finale could be the perfect cap to lightning’s journey , a rare second sequel achievement that strikes the right chords in sentiment and makes perfect destined sense for the character . knowing that lightning has found potential happiness in a new role — and inherited the mantle of his own late mentor , doc hudson — could give enough closure to audiences as they walk out the theater for what could be the last time .

the fantasy action film " wu kong " dominated china ' s box office for a second consecutive week . ( new classics media )

pulled in $ 18 . 02 million , during their respective 13th day of release . at this pace , the film will will overtake

total rose to $ 1 . 513 billion . at the end of business on sunday , the film was in third place for the

to $ 160 million . this would have been a good opening weekend result for the film . it will be well above the current

in january 2017 , after it was reopened and bought by warner bros . interactive entertainment , avalanche software confirmed a game based on the film . [ 40 ] on april 5 , 2017 , the title of the game was revealed to be cars 3 : driven to win , and it was released for playstation 3 , xbox 360 , wii u , playstation 4 , xbox one , and nintendo switch in north america on june 13 , [ 41 ] [ 42 ] australia on june 14 , [ 43 ] and europe on july 14 . [ 44 ]

“lightning mcqueen is on the journey of a lifetime—traveling cross - country , revisiting the past and looking into his own heart and soul to answer some big questions , ” said cars 3 director brian fee . “just like the music in the first two cars movies , the songs and score in this film really help support the story we are telling . ”

the fantasy action film " wu kong " reigned at china ' s box office last week for the second consecutive week , grossing $ 33 . 1 million and bringing its total to $ 92 . 5 million over 11 days , according to the film consulting firm artisan gateway .

. however , the film opens in china this week and it could jump into third place just due to its opening in that territory .

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randy newman revealed during an interview with the advertiser in the february of 2016 that he would be the film ' s composer . [ 4 ]

for those who still haven ' t seen it , we can do a full featured review . the film smashed box office records here and earned

tamil superstar vijay recently called raghava to congratulate on the film ' s success , and the latter is now planning a special screening for him .

the light comes from the left side and the polymeric film is constrained in a non - responsive frame . videos are played in real time .

. as for the film’s weekend projection , we are looking at a $ 95 million weekend , plus or minus $ 5 million . it is possible the film could crack $ 100 million over the weekend , but very unlikely . that said , it has already broken a couple of major records—

fisher made cameo appearances in films as early as 1980 - the same year as the empire strikes back ; she showed up as ' mystery girl ' in the blues brothers , just two years after dan aykroyd and john belushi ' s characters featured on fisher ' s episode of saturday night live .

pikachu ' s vacation has the first appearances of the generation ii pokémon snubbull and marill , and the feature film is the first appearance of donphan .

china ' s government , intent on building a domestic film industry to rival hollywood ' s , typically bans imported releases during peak moviegoing periods , such as national holidays and summer vacations . the blackouts — officially called " domestic film protection periods " — have historically given a summer bump to local films .

in the empire strikes back , obi wan’s ghost tells luke that yoda was “the jedi master who instructed me” . unless he means yoda taught him when he was a youngling – as yoda is shown to do in attack of the clones – this cannot be true in the retrospective context of the prequel films .

a heavy imperial presence allows for a few other callbacks . in the background of one shot loiter a viper probe droid ( originally used in empire strikes back ) as well as an at - st walker ( return of the jedi ) . one of saw gerrera’s soldiers is also sporting a scout trooper helmet .

fell about as much as the average sophomore blockbuster film falls during a post - holiday weekend , earning first place with $ 29 . 40 million , while

" the ballad of narayama " is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…

if you saw despicable me 3 this weekend , and based on the box office numbers it would appear you did , you probably noticed several easter eggs and in - jokes throughout the film . however , did you notice this particular star wars reference ? the supporting character of doctor nefario , voiced by russell brand , has appeared in all of the despicable me films , but while the character had a significant part in the fist two installments , his appearance here is fairly quiet . sometime since the last movie nefario has apparently frozen himself in carbonite , in a similar position to han solo at the end of star wars : the empire strikes back . check him out in the upper left corner of the image below .

half the fun of disney’s zootopia — the animation studio’s record - setting highest - grossing film since frozen — is in the rich visual atmospheres surrounding the anthropomorphized action of the film’s crime - solving duo , bunny cop judy hopps ( ginnifer goodwin ) and her sly fox partner , nick wilde ( jason bateman ) .

“3 strikes” is not exactly zippy in its pacing . none of the characters — not even detective jenkins ( david alan grier ) , the primary cop on rob’s trail — appear to be in much of a hurry to get anywhere or do anything . late in the movie , there’s a scene in which rob is pursued by lapd officers , swat marksmen and surly attack dogs while he’s on his way to surrender in full view of tv news cameras . this may be the slowest chase of its kind since the cops dogged o . j . simpson in his bronco .

has taken over first place , so theater owners will be slightly more likely to drop this film for new releases . that said , it is already the biggest

as of sunday morning , a figure that will make it , by some margin , the highest - grossing film on opening weekend at the domestic box office .

will fall . the pre - orders alone will guarantee that . on the downside , it is very likely that no film will make as much in total as

a hilarious movie , full of sexual themes and innuendo . the movie is centered around a community of african - americans in la , one of whom has been arrested for felonies twice , one away from a long jail term . unfortunately , he gets picked up from jail by his " friend " in a stolen car . the strikes keep piling up ! it ' s nothing that you wouldn ' t expect from a film of this kind . just something to see on a friday night .

· “freeway of love , ” made famous in 1985 by aretha franklin , is performed for the soundtrack by actress lea delaria , who also provides the voice of miss fritter , a school bus - turned - demolition - derby - queen in cars 3 .

was the only other film to earn more than $ 20 million , landing in second with $ 23 . 18 million . the biggest new release of the week was

is the only film most people are talking about . in fact , it is going to dominate the box office to such a degree that its only real competition is

i first watched this movie after it was released . i thought it was hilarious from the start & well thought out . if you enjoyed friday , next friday or friday after next , you will love this movie . you have to have an open mind to watch this movie , as it is full of coarse language , drug use & sexual innuendos . heaps of good r & b music to add to the overall feel of the movie . brian hooks stars as the hapless ex - con who is trying to make a clean break & avoid going to jail for life if he gets another strike , i . e . 3 strikes . he doesn ' t try too hard to stay out of trouble as it seems to find him at every turn & with the so - called friends he has , they will surely help him back to jail quickly . a few cameo appearances by famous actors such as monique , hilarious as usual , george wallace & antonio fargas . overall the movie is a riot & the out - takes at the end are as funny as the movie . it was made to poke fun at the ' 3 strikes ' ruling , so sit back & enjoy .

this was the banlieue where la haine had been filmed , and i was here with my friend , producer geoff bird , to make a radio 4 programme , twenty years of hate , looking back at what it meant . our starting point was that the film could not have been made without the people around here , many of whom had featured in the film . we wanted to know how they felt about the film , its historic significance , and what , if anything , had changed since then .

disney’s first standalone star wars film , set between revenge of the sith and a new hope , is finally here . rogue one ’s sort - of - prequel status allows it to tie in with other star wars stories , from the core series to spinoffs like rebels , giving eagle - eyed fans plenty to search for throughout the film .

despicable me 3 won the box office last weekend but the film will have a hard time doing that two weeks in a row with sony ' s spider - man : homecoming set for release . the next chapter in the marvel cinematic universe is almost guaranteed to put up huge numbers , however , it ' s the international box office that has made the despicable me franchise what it is , so expect those numbers to keep climbing .

. year - to - date is a little less useful , as 2016 is only 3 days old , but it is 27 % higher than 2015 was after the first weekend . this is even more impressive , as 2015 had an extra day before the weekend .

yeah , universal has despicable me 3 in two weeks , but pixar / disney and illumination have always done well side - by - side . again , the movie will sell loads of merchandise . more valuable for the franchise , and for pixar itself , is the swell of initially relatively positive reviews . much of the consternation over the deluge of pixar sequels , both recent past and near future , is the fear that they will be closer in quality to cars 2 than toy story 3 . while no one is arguing that cars 3 reaches all - time classic levels , its high quality offers hope for the likes of the incredibles 2 and toy story 4 as well as hope that the company that redefined top - tier animated entertainment in a computer - animated age still has the potential to surprise .

that may not be accurate or fair , but what this means is that i would argue that positive reviews are more valuable for cars 3 than big box office . truth be told , cars 3 is probably going to do well here and abroad . the prior two films were popular with kids and frankly , they play fine for those wanting a kid - friendly babysitter or for those who don ' t demand that every pixar film be a scorching dark knight of the every - dying soul - type experience . captain underpants didn ' t really perform to regular dreamworks animation standards , so there is a lull in the animation marketplace since the boss baby ( also dwa ) was 2 . 5 months ago .

’s opening friday . the studio expects the film to earn in the mid - to high - $ 90 million range , which puts it on pace for approximately $ 200 million . if the film doesn’t get to $ 200 million over the weekend , then it will be more front - loaded than we anticipated and more front - loaded than the

franchise . however , they reportedly had to reshoot 70 % of the movie , which lifted the price to $ 250 million . the box office needed to break even during the film’s initial push into the home market rose from about $ 500 million to $ 650 million . and with an initial international debut of $ 65 . 0 million in 54 markets , this film is just not going to get there . the unending talk of behind - the - scenes trouble seems to have hurt the film’s box office chances and even its

’s $ 132 million debut . in spite of these awesome stats , there’s about as much negative press for the film as positive , and some of it not entirely fair .

the record for biggest international opening weekend . the film added $ 56 . 8 million on friday , which is an amazing number , but it is behind the $ 60 million

a young african - american man is enjoying his freedom after his second stretch in prison . under the “three strikes and you’re out” law , another brush with the police could mean life behind bars , so he’s determined to stay out of trouble . he quickly learns , however , that trouble has a way of finding him , no matter where he goes .

and some are calling it a box office failure . that’s complicated . the film was originally going to cost $ 150 million to make , making it the cheapest installment in the new

remains almost exactly in the middle of those two films and it is maintaining its pace for $ 650 million to $ 700 million domestically . the film remains in sixth place on the

the " ' 77 " retrospective runs from august 4 - 24 at new york ' s film society of lincoln center . for tickets , showtimes and more information , click here .

in two very similar shots at the beginning and end of the film , as officer jenny warns the trainers about the storm , the backpacks of corey and fergus drastically shrink in size .

of all time on friday ( a monstrous $ 104 . 787 million , including $ 45 million in thursday previews ) , the film looks to be holding on well through the weekend .

is unperturbed by the competition , and will come out an easy winner , according to studio estimates released on sunday . its $ 68 . 486 million projected 3 - day gross takes it to $ 365 million after 10 days in release . among its new records this weekend , it became the

mewtwo says much less at the end of the original film , telling mew that these events are best forgotten , and only saying to ash that the clones will live somewhere in the world .

gareth edwards noted that he made a cameo himself at some point in the film . there’s likely other cameos and nods that we’ll see in the coming months . what else did you spy ?

will top in two days , at the most . meanwhile , it should have no problem becoming the first film to ever hit $ 800 million domestically and will do so over the weekend .

, it crushed the previous mark . it became the first film to ever earn more than $ 100 million in a single day , blowing past that milestone with $ 120 . 5 million on

the cannes international film festival is the most talked - about film festival of the year , where directors from around the world showcase their newest work , from the most challenging art cinema to the big blockbusters . for many years , roger ebert and a team of contributors have covered cannes , and we are continuing that tradition with start - to - finish coverage from around the festival .

disney / pixar’s third cars film ends , as plenty of sequels do , with a thematic passing of the torch , accompanied by the discovery of a promising new role for our protagonist . in the case of lightning mcqueen , the ending of cars 3 finds owen wilson’s aging racer taking up a sudden new position as de facto coach and crew chief for cruz ramirez ( cristela alonzo ) , who comes into her own as a racer and speeds to victory under lightning’s cool guidance in the finale .

, the higher end appears to be more likely than the lower end . previously , $ 200 million was the target for the film’s opening weekend , but now $ 210 million to $ 225 million is within reach . furthermore , it is expected to top that during its opening weekend internationally leaving the film with a slim chance at $ 500 million worldwide . on the downside , the film likely cost that much to make and advertise , so it needs to be a $ 1 billion hit worldwide to break even in a timely fashion . fortunately , no one really thinks that will be a problem . in fact , a lot of people are assuming the film will earn $ 1 billion internationally , while most won ' t be shocked if it reaches $ 2 billion worldwide .

the film isn’t so much a rebuttal to the copious “is pixar doomed ? ” think pieces that have flooded the internet since cars 2 as much as it is a passionate defense of the cars franchise as an artistic enterprise that happens to move a lot of merchandise , as opposed to vice versa . and , without going into details , the film argues that reliable moneymakers like cars 3 allow would - be risks like ratatouille , inside out and up to be less risky . but beyond metaphor and parable , it is a mostly solid character drama , one that lays off the car puns , pop - culture references and frantic action that marred ( in varying degrees ) the first two films .

could help it break records over the weekend . it has already broken some box office records , becoming the first film to reach $ 100 million in advance ticket sales . the other wide releases are

kanchana 2 is the third film in the horror - comedy franchise . raghava has acted in as well as directed all the parts . taapsee pannu and nithya menen play important roles in kanchana 2 .

yep , even the force got to awaken in zootopia , but the slight homage to star wars is decidedly more retro in its callback . “there’s a nod to star wars when judy is trying to get the train car moving , ” moore points out . “she turns on the power , and the car dies , and she gives it a whack à la the millennium falcon , and it comes back to life , à la the empire strikes back . there’s all sorts of film references . we layer it all in . we spent years doing the movie , so we had time to do it ! ”

without going into spoilers , the film walks a very fine line between being empowering and being patronizing . however , with the important note that the movie is written to be appreciated by young children , cars 3 serves as a reminder that all the “you can do anything ! ” cheerleading doesn’t mean a darn thing if the would - be gatekeepers don’t offer opportunities to those disenfranchised demographics . even if the film’s finale tries to have its cake and eat it too , it works as a rebuttal to the standard underdog sports story , just as the end of monsters university worked as a rebuttal to the whole “if you want something badly enough , you can succeed beyond your wildest dreams” tropes so prevalent in kids flicks .

one of the earliest elements of the original script for the empire strikes back was an appearance of darth vader’s lair , known as bast castle . concept artist ralph mcquarrie had illustrated the structure , which was later incorporated into other stories in rebels . a more imposing version of the castle is a minor location in rogue one . director krennic stops by to brag about his work on the death star to vader .

think back to attack of clones where obi wan and anakin chase padme ' s would be assassin to the bar . after obi wan strikes with his light saber a white haired man is shown . this is none other than anthony daniels , that actor who plays c3po . oh my ! ahmed best is in the scene too but best not to mention that too loudly in case the jar jar haters are listening

in the french dub , misty ' s staryu makes no sound when it is released from its poké ball . in all other versions of the film , staryu ' s voice can be heard twice .

for the lowly protagonist , david mann , spielberg hand - picked character actor dennis weaver because he loved his performance as the jittery and feeble hotel night manager in orson welles’s 1958 film touch of evil .

grew a lot more , up 12 % to $ 16 . 7 million . i was expecting the film to bounce back more than this . that said , it is already in seventh place on the

the image of han solo frozen in carbonite in star wars : the empire strikes back has become so iconic that it ' s a frequent reference for any comedy that ' s looking to make viewers think of star wars . you ' ll find it in a lot of cartoons and a surprising number of video games . you can even buy a refrigerator that has the image of frozen han solo on the front .

this was the first film so there was not a real tendency to cast people in the know by way of self referential cameos . except for one . joe johnston donned a storm trooper costume for a couple of scenes . johnston of course was responsible for designing the tie fighter and other space ships for the film . he went on to become a fairly good director in his own right most notably captain america .

giving it a total of $ 531 . 86 million after 18 days of release . due to misalignment in holidays , we can’t really compare this film’s new year’s day results with the new year’s day results of

throughout the film , the original hand - drawn clouds of mewtwo ' s storm are replaced with more realistic - looking cgi clouds . the water in the storm is also altered to have different shades of blue .

in the english dub , after being returned back to the port , brock admires how beautiful nurse joy and officer jenny are . in the original japanese version of the film , brock is admiring miranda as well .

an actor limited to stereotypical roles because of his ethnicity , dreams of making it big as a highly respected performer . as he makes his rounds , the film takes a satiric look at african american actors in hollywood .

since he started as film critic for the chicago sun - times in 1967 , and began covering movies locally and at international film festivals , roger ebert has met and interviewed countless movie idols , artists and unknowns - - some of them even before they became famous . there ' s hardly a major figure in the history of movies , from the last part of the 20th century into the 21st , that he hasn ' t encountered .

the title has nothing to do with baseball , by the way , so don’t expect to see kevin costner or ken griffey jr . among the victims of fargas’ gas attacks . “3 strikes” refers to california’s controversial law that requires a mandatory sentence of 25 years to life for anyone convicted of a third felony . rob douglas ( brian hooks ) is introduced as a two - time loser who’s determined to walk the straight and narrow after he’s released from l . a . county jail . but on the day of his release , rob is picked up by a buddy , j . j . ( de’aundre bonds ) , who’s driving a stolen car , and when j . j . is pulled over by a police cruiser , the car thief responds by firing his gun at the cops .

the road to success has been rocky for cars , but it has , inelegantly , managed to maneuver it . and as a standalone piece of filmmaking , cars 3 makes the best decision it possibly could have : it makes a hasty u - turn from all that spy nonsense , returns to its roots , and drives the series back onto a race track . unlike the first film — which is more a victim of unreal expectations set by members of its family than anything else , and cars 2 , which is indefensibly forgettable — this movie is a joy .

no , don’t take that headline to suggest that the crash you’ve seen in all the trailers is a fatal spoiler that sees lightning mcqueen go the way of the cassette player . but the question of what happens next in the cars franchise — and whether we’ll ever see it — is a fairly good question to ask once you’ve seen cars 3 .

on the way to maz kanata ' s castle on takodana , when the falcon began to malfunction , the mechanically savvy rey , who was sitting in the cockpit to the right of solo , made a modification to the ship by simply bypassing a faulty compressor . later , the falcon crew arrived at takodana and met maz kanata . [ 3 ]

life - size models of mcqueen and storm were shown at the 2017 formula 1 british grand prix as part of a promotion by disney and the formula one group to promote the uk release of the film . [ 37 ]

as with the death star , yavin base is littered with familiar hardware : x - wing fighters , pilots , ground crew , and so forth , which all makes sense , given that the film precedes a new hope .

· bruce springsteen’s 1984 hit “glory days” gets a modern - day makeover by grammy® - nominated performer andra day , who voices sweet tea in the film—a performer in the cotter pin with a hairstyle reminiscent of day’s signature look .


the football factory is a 2004 british sports drama film written and directed by nick love .

the film stars danny dyer , tamer hassan , frank harper , roland manookian , neil maskell and dudley sutton .

the film is loosely based on the novel of the same name by john king and the first foray into film making by video game producers rockstar games , credited as executive producers .

the film was released in the united kingdom on 14 may 2004 .

in 2004 , chelsea f.c. football supporters ' fanzine cfcuk produced a special edition - " cfcuk - the football factory " to coincide with the release of the film .

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the football factory ( film ) <EOT> the football factory danny dyer tamer hassan the bbc is not responsible for the content of external websites .

if you want to answer the questions , " who starred in the movie the football factory ? " and " what is the full cast list of the football factory ? " then this page has got you covered .

in 2004 , chelsea fanzine cfcuk produced a special edition - " cfcuk - the football factory " to coincide with the release of the film .

lads ' country . . . danny dyer , as tommy johnson , lets off steam in the football factory .

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this cast list of who was in the football factory includes both lead and minor roles . ( 10 items )

of course a worthwhile film could be made about football hooligans , just as the american writer bill buford once wrote a genuinely enlightening book , called among the thugs , on the subject . the football factory , however , is emphatically not that film .

the football factory cast list , listed alphabetically with photos when available . this list of the football factory actors includes any the football factory actresses and all other actors from the film . you can view additional information about each the football factory actor on this list , such as when and where they were born . to find out more about a particular actor or actress , click on their name and you ' ll be taken to page with even more details about their acting career . the cast members of the football factory have been in many other movies , so use this list as a starting point to find actors or actresses that you may not be familiar with .

football factory isn ' t self - consciously cool ; it has a base , wild energy that will stay with you .

football , brotherhood and violence . what ' s not to love ? the blues . reds forever ! ! ! be sure to check out the football factory 5 - part documentary series on youtube as well for the real thing .

this is not a conclusion you are invited to draw from the football factory , the much - hyped new film based on john king ' s 1996 novel about the activities of london football hooligans . released on friday , timed to coincide with the climax to the domestic season and the prelude to england ' s participation in euro 2004 , the football factory has already attracted criticism from those whobelieve its depiction of violence to be irresponsible .

apart from being an actor , tamer is also the owner of greenwich borough football club .

danny dyer delves into the social history and sub culture of football hooliganism over the past 50 years in this 6 part documentary series . inspired by the film the football factory in which he starred , dyer embarks on a journey into football ' s violent heartlands , where he discovers the firms , their main men , the stories of their major battles , as well as the culture , fashion and music that surrounds them .

i rewatched the football factory on film4 last night . i don ' t harbour any real dislike for it as many do ; elements of it are misunderstood and better realised than it gets credit for . i want to talk about its ending , though . you cannot end a film like the football factory does . i don ' t mean it ends badly . i mean it ends wrongly .

" the football factory " focuses on two different groups of english football supporters — the headhunters , who support chelsea , and the bushwhackers , who support millwall . throughout the movie , the headhunters fight with other english groups such as those supporting tottenham hotspur , liverpool , and stoke city .

based on the hit novel by john king of the same name , brit flick the football factory takes a no holds barred look at working class male culture through the eyes of four different generations .

yeah i ' m not sure how i ' d made it eleven years after the film ' s release without seeing it either ! for a while , it seemed that the football factory was a staple of british film - fans who also enjoy the beautiful game . the plot can pretty much be summed up in five words : chelsea football hooligans gon ' hooligan .

the football factory is a candid snapshot of the darker side of the beautiful game . bbc tyne caught up with director nick love and actors danny dyer and tamer hassan when they hit newcastle as part of a whistlestop tour to support the film .

nick : part of me wishes i had thought of it myself as it has been a great bit of underground marketing . music plays a big part in the football factory . . .

tommy johnson is a football thug . how do you make a character like that likeable ?

to condemn the film is to run the risk of sounding humourless ( although not as humourless as the film ) . but if the football factory encourages one idiot to transgress the bounds of civilised behaviour in cardiff next week or in portugal next month , the price of love ' s right to make such a film will have been too high .

an unsparing depiction of the ugly violence surrounding the beautiful game , the football factory uses jagged camera work and a pumpedup soundtrack to create a strangely seductive choreography of fists , boots and bricks on flesh .

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the craftsman was assembled in the same factory , northern scientific equipment ltd ; bark street , bolton , as the witness .

rigorous analysis would conclude the football factory is about as close to the award - winning city of god as wayne rooney is to ronaldo . but , like his fight sequences , love ' s point is well made .

see also , images relating to the selo factory during earlier times , as sent to me by sharon ellis .

a wrongfully expelled harvard undergrad moves to london , where he is introduced to the violent underworld of football hooliganism .

roald dahl’s books have entertained and entranced kids and their imaginations for decades . several successful films have been made based on his works , but the most recognisable dahl adaptation has to be the 1971 film willy wonka & the chocolate factory , based on his 1964 novel , charlie and the chocolate factory .

film vs book : the football factory in this next series of articles , iâm going to take a look at books and their subsequent translation into a film . it is often said that a novel will always be superior to its adaptations , but is this really the case ? this week : the football factory . written by john king in 1997 , and directed by nick love in 2004 . ah , nick love . usually i wouldnât attack someone like this . love has a many a critic raining arrows on his head , . . . ( continued )

the football factory is more than just a study of the english obsession with football violence ; it ' s about men looking for armies to join , wars to fight and places to belong . a forgotten culture of anglo - saxon males fed up with being told they ' re not good enough and using their fists as a drug they describe as being more potent than sex and drugs put together . shot in documentery style with the energy and vibrancy of handheld , the football factory is frighteningly real yet full of painful humour as the four characters ' extreme thoughts and actions unfold before us .

other films relationg to the selo factory , viewable at the east aglian film archive , are : catalogue no . 2843 , being a 19minute film made by well - known amateur cinephotographer george sewell , featuring 16mm film processing ( developing and subsequent printing to a positive ) of ilfords selo amateur film stock . printing the 16mm negative film to a positive for projection was done using a schustek printer , that is reported was also capable of reducing 35mm film size down to a 16mm positive . catalogue no . 7980 , being an 8minute film showing aerial footage of the selo factory and the nearby town of brentwood and surrounding areas .

there ' s not a football player in sight here . the action takes place in the game ' s netherworld - the streets around british football grounds where gangs of hooligans gather to beat one another senseless , all in the cause of a good day out .

selochrome roll film believed to have been phased out , the last film to bear the famous selochrome brand , derived from the 1920s selo factory name . or was it ? information has come to me that there may have been a 35mm selochrome film still being tested in 1969 , but it never got to market .

the basildon factory , which was built by the company , was completed in 1957 . it became the factory for processing ilford ' s colour films . other activities eventually ( by 1964 ) included the making of colour prints , colour printing from transparencies and the manufacture of chemicals and equipment .

one season and one football team in crisis , as power , money and politics fuel a club spiralling out of control .

an impressive 90 - minute performance from all involved . with the story of misguided male bonding around their love for football and fighting , the film is like a mixture of trainspotting and fight club .

an insight on the gritty life of a bored male , chelsea football hooligan who lives for violence , sex , drugs & alcohol .

subscribe to trailers : urltoken subscribe to coming soon : urltoken subscribe to classic trailers : urltoken like us on facebook : urltoken follow us on twitter : urltoken the football factory ( 2004 ) official trailer # 1 - british movie hd the football factory is more than just a study of the english obsession with football violence , its about men looking for armies to join . . . cast : director : nick love producer : jack armstrong allan niblo : urltoken stephen north frank harper jamie macdermott james richardson : urltoken rupert preston : urltoken robert blagojevic writer : nick love john king editor : stuart gazzard : urltoken james moriarty cinematographer : damian bromley composer : ivor guest

the company was acquired by xylonite in the 1980s . paul godfrey reports that the bx factory complex is / was right beside the norwichlondon liverpool street railway and viewing from the train its possible to see that demolition contractors have nearly flattened the factory ( aug 2009 ) . the site is now up for re - development .

it ' s all depressingly familiar - especially if you have seen the firm , alan clarke ' s 1989 bbc television film starring gary oldman as the man in charge of hostilities - although there is one crucial difference between the two movies . clarke offers analysis without empathy . the football factory , on the other hand , is half in love with these characters .

tamer : all of them have seen the film and they absolutely love it . in the film you ' ve got a range of football supporters chelsea , west ham , millwall and tottenham and they ' ve all mixed together to play chelsea firm . whatever football club they support , they love it . everywhere we go , people are like ' football factory - what a great film ' . i go onto the terraces in millwall and i ' m like a celebrity . nick : the reason for that is an incomplete pirate dvd of the film got out last year and from one dvd it ' s turned into an epidemic . tens of thousands of copies are going up and down the country . the thing is the pirate is only one tenth of the real film , it ' s missing voiceover , music , and credits . a lot of people have seen the pirate and love it .

the leaflet advertises new ilfocolor 35mm colour negative film with free colour ' contact ' prints ( also available as 120 , 620 and 127 roll film ) , new ilfochrome 32 for colour transparencies and new ilfochrome 8mm cine . the black & white film range covers selochrome pan roll film , pan f 35mm , fp3 for 35mm & roll film , hp3 for 35mm & roll film and ' really fast ' hps for 35mm & roll film .

to watch a 9minute dufaycolor film featuring the selo film laboratory , at brentwood , essex , click here ( catalogue no . 6947 of the east anglian film archive within the university of east anglia ~ uea )

amateur films are listed as selochrome , the extra fast roll film for fine grain , selo fine grain panchromatic roll film , fully colour corrected and of extreme speed and fine grain , and selo hypersensitive panchromatic roll film , " the fastest panchromatic roll film made " .

the remainder of the film focuses on tommy trying to evade the millwall gang seeking retribution for the attack , while trying to understand the strange dreams that plague him throughout the film .

nick : the film was cast before i wrote the script . these two were in it before they even auditioned . i think if you are making a film about a subject like this which has to be absolutely believable , you can only cast people , who aren ' t football thugs - danny and tamer aren ' t football thugs , but they have a real understanding about male culture , tribalism and hierarchy .

this would be a subversive ending if the football factory was set up as a morality tale and stopped here . with tommy rejecting all the film ' s lessons , it would upend you , making the point , if a little bluntly , that the draw of male camaraderie and the feeling of belonging is too strong to resist , and give a suggested explanation for why hooligans fight .

also embossed onto the film spool are the words " for projector use only " .

danny dyer takes you to meet the real top boys and hooligan firms throughout the uk . if you loved the football factory , and want to know more about some of the uk ' s top hooligan firms , this series does it with terrific coverage of the casual movement , the most intense derbies , and the tactics of the old bill in confronting football violence . dyer is the perfect presenter for the series , as he is an ardent fan of west ham united , f . c . , a club with passionate fans and a history of football hooliganism . that passion and love for the game come through with every fixture he attends and every pint he shares with the top boys .

violence has certainly not disappeared entirely from football , and it would be foolish to pretend otherwise . the supporters of certain clubs still have a reputation for taking trouble around with them . at all levels , however , english football is a much nicer place to be than it was 22 years ago .

: it was the end of an era . but before the murders , the torture , the beatings and the ecstacy . . . before all of that , there was football . you see , football was where all the spite and the hatred first came from . on those terraces . . . well , it ' s where it all began for me .

hp4 roll film first became available alongside hp3 ( not replacing it until the end of 1969 ) in 120 and 127 roll film sizes , cost 4 / 6d ( 23p ) . hp4 in 35mm film size became available during 1966 . the hp4 35mm film illustrated was donated by luis loubet .

the movie portrayed rudy’s father as always being very negative and unsupportive of rudy’s desire to play football ; in reality , his father was not as harsh but agreed to be portrayed as such on film to make it more dramatic .

also describes the ilford processing chemistry available at the time and the suitability of each to the indivual film types .

the film director wolfgang petersen allegedly spent £111 million to bring us his vision of troy , with its panoramic battlefields , gleamingly muscular fighters and brad pitt in a leather skirt . nick love spent slightly less than £500 , 000 on his film the football factory , or roughly enough to keep the cast of troy in double espressos for a fortnight . yet when the two tribes go to war - the greeks and the trojans in one , the hooligan fringe of chelsea and millwall in the other - love ' s film is the one that leaves its audience feeling as though they have just been through a scrap themselves .

selo films were sold by these companies under their own labels . the ' selo ' company was situated in woodman road , warley , brentwood , essex . although the name ' selo ' was officially dropped in 1946 ( see below ) the brentwood factory continued to be known as ' the selo factory ' until it was sold and the site subsequently levelled in the early 1980s .

the football factory is not a bad a film as its reputation would suggest . its biggest crime is that john king may be regarded as a schlock and pulpy because of it . in reality , he is one of the most exciting british writers of the last twenty years , and for me deserves all the fame that has fallen at the feet of welsh and hornby . so in this case , without a doubt i go with :

while pitt and eric bana swoop and dance around each other in troy ' s perfectly choreographed climactic routine , the engagement at the heart of the football factory looks like cctv footage of saturday night closing time in yeovil . grainy , indistinct , full of horrible noises , such is its ugly intensity , it sucks the air out of the cinema even as you watch .

' fp ' was originally an abbreviation for fine ( grain ) panchromatic ( film ) and ' hp ' for hypersensitive panchromatic ( film ) . hence , strictly grammatically , these film names should be abbreviated to f . p . and h . p . , as in the film carton of h . p . 2 shown immediately below . as this film carton is dated september 1942 , it must be from some of the last batches of h . p . 2 film produced ( carton images from charlie kamerman ) . interestingly , this 127 size roll film carton was original intended for selo ortho ( chromatic ) film and has a sticker relabelling the carton as hypersensitive panchromatic film .

the film follows tommy johnson ( danny 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 .

the instruction leaflet with this film pack was printed in april 1934 ( d34 ) but is presumably an instruction leaflet appropriate to all contemporary ilford film packs so may not have been printed for this specific film . ' silver by the ton ' lists the selochrome ' super speed ' film pack ' s first appearance to 1935 .

during the next 30 years , ilford ' s mobberley site began to concentrate on the manufacture of photographic paper . the large rolls of paper were transported to the essex factory for cutting , packing and distribution .

two new disposable black & white cameras announced in january . one is preloaded with xp2 super film ( c41 process ) and the other with hp5 plus film .

the word ' selo ' features throughout much of ilford ' s history , between the 1920 ' s to 1968 . above , and below , are shown a number of images bearing the selo name . the ' selo ' company , initially formed to serve a consortium of several uk photographic companies , was situated in woodman road , warley , brentwood , essex . although the name ' selo ' was officially dropped from this factory ' s name ( by ilford ) in 1946 , this brentwood factory continued to be known as ' the selo factory ' until it was sold and the site subsequently levelled in the early 1980s for some early photographs relating to this factory , see urltoken the same factory is pictured in 1973 can be seen at urltoken selo ) factory . html a 1930s selo advert can be seen here urltoken a 1934 selochrome film advert can be seen here urltoken some early printing papers , including selo gaslight , can be seen here urltoken another pack of selo gaslight printing paper , believed to date to around 1940 , can be seen here urltoken an interesting ' selo girl ' picture , probably from the 1930 ' s , reminiscent of the famous kodak girl advertisement , can be seen here urltoken

members of the mobberley village society have contributed various images and information regarding the early times of rajar ltd and the mobberley site . the factory is believed to have been acquired by ilford , limited , in 1928 .

sharon ellis has sent me a photograph of some of the selo factory employees in the 1960s . don cornish has let me know that this photograph was taken at the retirement of shift manager bill bassam .

) is raised throughout , in fact . cleverly , football itself is entirely absent from the film . the characters are never inside a stadium , we never see action on a pitch , no one watches or even discusses football . even when billy bright and fred go to watch their sons play , the shots we see are above the kids ' head height , of the two men arguing their way into a fight . the kids shake their heads and trudge off wearily .

we are looking for males & females to be passers by aged 30 - 60 for this hilarious spoof film on football hooligans . if you are available and can get to london on saturday 9th february or sunday 10th february , you can star in this film ! although these roles are unpaid , we will give you £10 to cover expenses and will supply you with lunch . you will be needed from 7am - 5pm . for all supporting artists , it’s a great opportunity to get involved in an independent british movie with a fantastic cast and a guaranteed cinema release ! this will be an amazing shoot to be a part of and a brilliant days filming and loads of fun . urltoken the hooligan factory is the first movie spoofing the \ ' football hooligan film \ ' genre made in the uk . football violence is so funny , it hurts . your application will be going directly to the casting director who will be contacting you to arrnage the filming . you can be expected to be featured in the film as you will be needed for filming all day . get involved !

in fact , this is a film that has gone down very well in certain laddish quarters . pirate copies have been doing the rounds for some time , suggesting that , even before its theatrical release this week , love ' s film has achieved precisely what his tabloid critics suggest its director set out to do : glamorise the violent fringe of football .

a 9 . 5mm metal cine film spool , clearly embossed with the brand name selo .

the previous ilfachrome colour reversal 35mm film becomes renamed as ilfochrome , probably late in 1961 .

accept it for what it is and you ' ll enjoy it . classic film

a young british soccer hooligan faces his personal damascene moment in “the football factory , ” a wannabe hard - hitting drama about blighty’s best - known export that’s as pointless as the social disease it purports to examine . made bearable by a blackly humorous streak and a couple of good performances , this cuss - filled slice of english self - loathing will appeal to [ … ]

as a uk citizen i can understand the love by usviewers for " green street " with its main character being a american who falls into football hooliganism , but as a movie . . .

tamer : i think so , but the actual film is very different and has added scenes .

selo film dispenser south kensington science museum ( perhaps now at the bradford media museum ? ) .

once in use , the name selo survived in the film name ' selochrome ' until around 1968 . click here , or the adverts alongside , to see how selo film was being advertised in september 1930 .

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the company makes all its own film base , i . e . the non - inflammable plastic on which the emulsions are coated . before the war this film base had to be imported , either from america or belgium , and meant expenditure of foreign currencies . now , in the £2 million factory built in association with bx plastics ( see the 1946 chronoloy ' slot ' ) , all of llford ' s requirements are being met .

john alexander has emailed with recollections of working in the original ilford factory site at roden street , ilford , essex , when he was a teenager . click here to read his account of those times .

ilford ltd now employ about 4 , 000 people in england and over 500 abroad in subsidiary distributing companies including their new factory in australia ( for pictures see the 1955 chronology ' slot ' ) . .

the football factory ' s tommy johnson ( danny dyer ) is just such a character - a twentysomething chelsea supporter who is putting off his fate , a dead - end job and a sexless marriage , for as long as possible . he lives for the weekends , when he and the rest of the firm , an eclectic group of bullies , go out to brawl with rival supporters under the delusion that they ' re battling for britain .

as such , love believed , this view of the grim underbelly of our national game was worth exploring in a film . this is not an attitude shared by most involved with football , those who would prefer to ignore it , hoping that way it might disappear of its own accord .

watch this movie . . . . . hooliganism and drugs . . . what else does a movie need . . . . well , could have used a little more sex , but that ' s just my opinion . pure entertainment the whole way through . don ' t expect to see any football in this movie . this movie portrays the passion of football . . . . or maybe more so , hooliganism . . . . . but it ' s still good to be passionate about something in life , right ? well written , good acting , & very humorous on top of everything else . a must see for any football ( proper football , as in ' soccer ' ) fanatic , or for anyone else that is passionate about any one thing in life .

nick : when you make a film that people are interested to see , it makes life really easy . mike skinner ( the streets ) came to see the film and wanted to give us a song for nothing . primal scream ' s bobby gillespie saw the film and wanted to give us a song . so when everyone wants to be in the film , it ' s a real good footing . the film features a couple of gang fight scenes - were they difficult to co - ordinate ?

the three films illustrated are selochrome ortho , hp3 and fp3 , all in 120 roll film format .

if i ? m honest ( and this will sound like i am stating the obvious here ) football hooliganism is very much all this film is about . it offers no moral to the story , like many of the films in this genre , but a very realistic view of what goes on behind the scenes of the game . we ? re used to seeing danny dyer in films containing violence and paired up again with director nick love , this film had the potential to be the film of all football hooligan films to me . now i know i ' m a woman and not quite in my teens any more , but anyone who knows me , knows that i prefer lad movies and don ' t shy away from the violent ones , it was a watchable film , but didn ' t haven ' t anything great about it .

has the pirate version helped create a buzz around the film ? danny : yeah , people are going mad for the dvd .

the ilford ' prentice ' first appeared , a basic 120 roll film folding camera very similar to the kershaw penguin .

two new film developers , tested in amateur photographer 21st january 1970 ; ilfosol and perceptol .

the story of a poor boy who , with the help of winning a golden ticket into the world’s most wonderful and bizarre chocolate factory , has all of his dreams come true is a staple in moviedom . the script for the 1971 movie was written by dahl himself .

ilford hps roll film ( 120 size ) and 35mm film introduced " the fastest film in the world " ( plates had been introduced in 1952 ) . fast panchromatic , 400asa in daylight , 320asa in tungsten light . the speed revision of 1960 raised the speed to 800asa . price ; 127 film 3s / 1d ( 15 . 5p ) , 120 & 620 film 3s / 5d ( 17p ) & 36exp 35mm cassette 9s / 2d ( 46p ) . multiply these costs by around 20 to get 2008 equivalents , so the 35mm cassette of monochrome hps would cost £9 . 20p and a 120 roll film £3 . 40p .

i think this is jarring because it isn ' t how films end . they either wrap things up , deliberately don ' t wrap things up , or suggest that they might be wrapped up at some point in the future . the football factory doesn ' t have to show us that tommy has grown or that he ' s realised the error of his ways . it just needs to give us a minute less , or an extra minute more of

scratching beneath the initially unnerving surface , you ' ll discover a film that ' s less concerned with football violence and more intrigued by the destructive nature of male bonding , the male ego and male discontentment . the anticipated displays of violence are brutal , but they are both infrequent and counterbalanced by the astonishingly brazen and laughably hapless conduct of an array of aimless characters .

after sitting through a preview last night , i can only say that those fears seem justified , in a limited sort of way . as a piece of cinematic art , the football factory makes lock , stock and two smoking barrels look like wild strawberries . the only people likely to enjoy it are those already stupid enough to contemplate spending their saturday afternoons looking for what the film ' s characters call " a row " . and it seems possible that by watching such events on the big screen , they will find their activities further legitimised - because that , whether the film ' s director , nick love , admits it or not , is the way popular culture works on society .

based on the bestselling novel by john king , this study of middle - class england , football violence and male culture introduces you to tommy , a bored twenty - something who lives for the weekend , casual sex , watered - down lager , heavily cut drugs - - and occasionally kicking someone ' s ass ! tommy ' s life ambles along until a violent encounter with a rival starts a war , and a series of nightmares forces tommy to question his way of life . shot in documentary style with the energy and vibrancy of handheld , the football factory is frighteningly real yet full of painful humor , a drug - fueled adrenaline rush about friendship , revenge and violence .

david kilcast , who worked in r & d at the brentwood factory site from 1972 - 81 , tells me that the ( selo ) brentwood site was still operating on his departure in 1981 , although shutdown plans were then well advanced .

directed by nick love , the film stars an all british cast featuring rising stars danny dyer and tamer hassan . thanks to a rough pirate copy doing the rounds , the film is already causing a buzz before it is even released !

here ' s the final trailer for the movie , that was unveiled just before the film ' s cinema release in march . . .

ilford ' s chief executive , dr a j o axford , announces planned £4m additions to the brentwood , essex , factory ; a new film manufacturing block , a quality control laboratory , additional film packing areas and general site support services . expected to be ' on - line ' within 2 years . i also understand there was a large r & d department at or near this site , at warley , brentwood .

rise of the footsoldier follows the inexorable rise of carlton leach from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through london and essex in the late eighties and early nineties . it is three decades of his life following him from football hooliganism , through to his burgeoning career as a bouncer , his involvement in the criminal aspects of the early ' rave ' scene and subsequently to his rise to power as one of the most feared and respected criminals in the country .

ilford high speed delta 3200 professional film launced at photokina ( 10 years after kodak ' s tmax 3200 ) . ilford stole a march , however , by also introducing their film in the 120 roll format . ilford ' s previous ultra high speed film was the little - loved 800asa hps , which was removed from the range in the late 1960s .

ilford 220 fp4 was available in 5 roll professional packs by either december 1971 ( date of printing of the leaflet enclosed with the film pack shown left ) or more likely march 1972 ( the date on the box itself ) . the film within the box had an expiry date of january 1978 , so probably packaged around 1975 . by 1982 , ilford 220 film was available both as fp4 and hp5 versions ( see below ) . but 220 film never seemed to ' catch on ' to any great extent and by 2009 the availability of 220 film ( in the uk at least ) seems virtually zero .

released just before euro 2004 , any film about english football hooliganism was , frankly , about as welcome as victoria beckham performing at alex ferguson ' s birthday party . yet despite the decidedly controversial subject matter , nick love ' s adaptation of john king ' s 1996 novel provides much more than just bullyboys kicking the crap out of each other .

the address for processing was : ilford limited , colour processing unit , christopher martin road , basildon , essex . the film carton shown here contained a processed film . to see scans of a few frames , click here or on the image .

a glass fronted shop cabinet advertising selochrome film , british made by ilford limited , ilford , england .

four policemen go undercover and infiltrate a gang of football hooligans hoping to root - out their leaders . for one of the four , the line between ' job ' and ' yob ' becomes more unclear as time . . . see full summary »

is a 2004 film directed by nick love , starring danny dyer and frank harper . it is loosely based on the

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the competition commission report of 1960 - 69 provides valuable information about ilford ' s move into the field of colour film supply and why ilfochrome was ( unusually ) a non - subtantive colour transparency ( reversal ) film , as was kodachrome .

rudy ruettiger graduated from notre dame in 1976 and worked as a graduate assistant for a year , then found a job in the insurance industry . today , rudy works primarily as an in - demand motivational speaker . in addition , rudy and his wife cheryl run the rudy foundation , which is devoted to “the support and recognition of those who aspire to fulfill their dreams through character , courage , contribution and commitment” . in 2007 , the rudy foundation created the college football rudy award to honor division i football players who exhibit extraordinary characters ; an equivalent award was created in 2009 to honor high school football players who exhibit the same extraordinary characteristics . rudy has co - authored several motivational books , including rudy’s insights for winning in life , and sells autographed memorabilia and merchandise .

as an examination of soccer hooliganism and its tribal psychology , film doesn’t hold a candle to an earlier brit movie , philip davis’ “i . d . , ” centered on london bobbies going undercover in the tough east end . where davis’ pic at least packed a punch in its portrayal of terrifying violence , “factory” evokes little sense of fear or horror in the viewer . in fact , its closest parallel is more “trainspotting , ” though entirely void of that movie’s verbal and visual invention . where “trainspotting” was a drug - fueled cry against the conformity of ’80s thatcherism , “factory” is a violence - fueled yelp against the vacuousness of ’90s blairism .

it ' s a quite daunting sort of thing to do because the book has sold nearly 300 , 000 copies and is very well loved , very passionate book for the football terrace male culture . it ' s the first real book of its kind . the first thing i thought was keep the elements of the book so it feels like the book but absolutely do my own thing . so why did you cast danny dyer and tamer hassan in the film ?

nick : yeah , film is a very difficult medium . as an auteur , looking at something and going ' right this is the book and i ' m going to make the film - now how am i going to do that ? '

the 1930 ap advert shows that ilford size no . 20 ' selo ' film cost 1 / - for 8 exposures .

the name fp4 first appeared as a plate emulsion ( a name not used for roll & 35mm film until 1968 ) .

ron photographed the frigate hms mourne ( k 261 ) blowing up after she was hit by a gnat torpedo from u - 767 on the 15 june 1944 . he got his film from " an old school pal " , robert patience , who worked at the selo factory in brentwood . bob had previously been the tail gunner on a bombing raid over hamburg in 1943 , part of operation gomorrah to destroy germany ' s second largest city . their ' plane was badly shot up and the entire crew invalided out . ron soon had a good business going , selling selo film to his shipmates , taking their photographs , developing the film and making prints .

the original rajar factory buildings , which retained the rajar name long after ilford acquired the premises , were mostly demolished in 2004 and the land sold to barratt homes for the construction of around 90 houses , some of which were occupied by march 2007 . ilford retained its newer buildings at the rear of the site and they are still in use ( 2016 ) . the imposing 1903 entrance building to the rajar factory has been retained and now serves as a village community facility . this building was preserved , renovated & presented to mobberley as part of an agreement with ilford in exchange for the parish council supporting ilford ' s planning application for housing on the site

ilford launched its first colour film " d " 10 asa . ( and in 1956 type " f " for clear flashbulbs ) this was ( unusually ) a non - substantive reversal film , as was kodachrome . to read a full account of ilford ' s attempts over the following 20 years to move into the field of colour film photography , click here .

in fishwick ' s 1st nov 1982 catalogue , 220 roll film is available in fp4 and hp5 versions ( £2 . 48 per roll compared to £1 . 06 for a standard 120 ) . in the same catalogue , only kodak ' s tri - x film is listed as available in 220 roll film ( £2 . 39 a roll ) .

a single 127 size roll film of selochrome panchromatic , still in the pre - 1965 colours . this film is dated for processing before july 1968 , suggesting it was made around 1965 , perhaps just before the new carton colours and sunburst symbol were unveiled .

xp1 chromogenic film processing kits ( acutance enhancing formula ) finally discontinued following the success of xp2 plus with its full c41 compatibility .

ciba ag , switzerland , approach ilford with a buy - out offer . the ciba group comprised ciba ag , ciba photochemie ag ( formerly tellko ag , research laboratory near fribourg ) a manufacturer of sensitised photographic materials , lumière sa france ( near lyons , acquired by ciba in 1962 ) also a manufacturer of sensitised materials & of colour film , and gretag gmbh ( germany ) a designer and constructor of equipment and instruments for use in the photographic industry . a lumière cilcolor 36 exposure 35mm film , 80asa , expiry date march 1979 , colour negative film , is shown alongside . michael talbert comments " this was apparently distributed by lumière , france , in the late 1970s to early 1980s . its a c - 41 process film , so likely to have been around since 1976 ; it is listed in the 1977 b . j . annual . its also in the 1983 b . j . annual but its not in the 1985 annual . the film is actually a japanese made sakuracolor ii film . the package is reminiscent of ilford i . e . a white carton , black lettering , much like an fp4 black and white film carton . when ilford put ilfocolor 100 film on the market , about 1982 - 3 , it was the same sakuracolor ii film . ilfocolor hr100 was an improved version in 1984 , again sakuracolor ii film or possibly konica sr 100 film by then " .

an interesting article on the exposure latitude of selo film , where the film was subjected to exposures of the same sunny outdoors subject over an exposure range of 3 , 000 : 1 , and claiming all negatives gave acceptable prints . from ten times under - exposed to 300 times over - exposed . such latuitude was claimed to be good for film sales as snapshot success was virtually guaranteed .

so the film ' s asking questions about whether tommy should change his life . it isn ' t judging him for his choices particularly . in fact it rather paints him and a chosen few in a good light by showing the real bad guys to be racists , and he rejecting this . the football factory takes pains over its anti - racist stance . it would be more persuasive if it had any ethnic minority characters who weren ' t drug dealers or mute victims of discrimination , but the intent is commendable . there is no real need for it to judge its characters , though ; it isn ' t a morality tale and shouldn ' t be expected as one .

testosterone and football combine to paint a violent portrait of middle - class england in director nick love ' s adrenaline - charged adaptation of john king ' s popular novel . tommy is your typical twenty - something soccer fan ; bored with life , in love with lager , and always looking for a little action from the ladies . of course there ' s the fighting , too . when tommy exchanges blows with a rival football fan and the situation quickly spins out of control , the thuggish sports fanatic is prompted to reconsider his brutal lifestyle and make a change for the better .

in the meantime , feel free to flick over to page 2 , where we ' ve been collecting everything we know about the film to date .

the selochrome pan roll film illustrated is a size 620 , 160asa , with an expiry date of april 1971 , from or near the last batch .

paul says " i am particularly pleased with the photo of the ilfocolor prints being checked at the basildon colour laboratories . what a shame there are no pictures of the ( automatic ) printers . one little scrap in the article is the mention of the british xylonite ( bx ) factory at manningtree which , despite the magazine being about essex , is actually in brantham , which is just across the river stour in suffolk . you mention the margaret thatcher connection with this factory ( see 1946 , above ) . my late mother - in - law worked for bx at brantham in the laboratories when she first left school , before ww2 , but had left long before mrs thatcher ever worked there . "

august 1967 ( h67 ) , after the introduction of ilfobrom ( see entry above ) , the 16 page a5 booklet " ilford hp4 in action " , was made available , with considerable detail about the use , developing and printing of hp4 35mm , roll film and flat film .

from the start of 1969 ( as announced november 1968 - see ap magazine , 20th nov , news of the week ) , ilford ceased applying their name to amateur colour films . ilford ltd changed their policy to only supplying colour films to distributors and organisations able to market the material under their own private label . at this time , 25 % of ilford ' s colour film output was going to the usa . ilford intended to continue with colour film r & d but decided on this new marketing policy as their colour film had not returned a healthy profit during the previous 20years ( 1948 launch of ilford ' s first colour film , colour film d ) .

xp2 ( c41 process ) film updated late summer 1996 . made more easily compatible with multigrade iv paper , the iso 400 film had more contrast but was intended to give lower contrast with over - exposed negatives and more printing latitude . sharpnes is better . price remained as for the original xp2 ( released 1991 ) and was available in the same formats , being 35mm , 120 and sheet film .

delta 100 film improved and suffixed professional , supersedes the previous emulsion with claimed all - round improved quality , especially in terms of shadow detail and latitude . availalble in 35mm ( 24 & 36exp ) , 120 roll film and all standard sheet sizes .

" i don ' t know if it is unique to britain , i mean have you seen city of god ? " said love of the brazilian film about murderous gang warfare , which featured the real inhabitants of rio ' s favelas . " that ' s a film about eight - year - olds shooting each other . you make a film about the underbelly of english male culture and everyone condemns you for glorifying violence . because a film on the same subject is made in brazil , they say it ' s a masterpiece . "

dates from a time when size 20 ie 120 film , cost 1 / - per roll , probably early 1930s .

roll film h . p . 2 and f . p . 2 were introduced in 1939 , see entry below .

fp4 plates had a pre - 1960 speed rating of 80asa ( at this time , fp3 film was 64asa ) .

a young british soccer hooligan faces his personal damascene moment in “the football factory , ” a wannabe hard - hitting drama about blighty’s best - known export that’s as pointless as the social disease it purports to examine . made bearable by a blackly humorous streak and a couple of good performances , this cuss - filled slice of english self - loathing will appeal to a certain stratum of young male viewer but has little else going for it , either as cinema or drama , to score many goals with broader auds . pic went out locally may 14 .