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Parole Officer (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Music Video
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2001 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
John Duigan

Written By:
Steve Coogan
Henry Normal

Actors:
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
Emma Williams ..... Kirsty
Stephen Dillane ..... Inspector Burton
Bruce McGregor ..... Policeman
Lena Headey ..... Emma
Justin Burrows ..... Mills
Marc Goodhall ..... Death/Student
Clive Kneller ..... Deacon

Synopsis:

British television comic Steve Coogan made his first bid for a big-screen career in this comedy, in which he plays Simon Garden, a singularly inept parole officer who has not had terribly good luck with his clients -- after many years on the job, only three of the former prisoners he's been looking after have avoided returning to a life of crime. Garden is transferred from his post in Blackpool to a new assignment in Manchester, and it isn't long before he finds himself in hot water. Garden happened to be on hand when Burton (Stephen Dellane), a crooked cop, murdered a drug dealer with whom he had been involved in a cocaine deal. Realizing he's in trouble, Burton rearranges the evidence so that Garden looks like the killer. A surveillance camera captured Burton's crime on tape, and now Garden must get his hands on the tape in order to clear his name. However, Burton has cleverly stashed the tape in a top security bank vault to keep it away from Garden, so the parole officer must stage a break-in to collect the evidence -- and he chooses as his accomplices George (Om Puri), Jeff (Steven Waddington), and Colin (Ben Miller), the three parolees who've stayed out of trouble until now. The Parole Officer also features Emma Williams as a former associate of Burton's who ends up helping out Garden, and cameos from Omar Sharif and Jenny Agutter.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 15 November, 2005.

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