When Saturday Comes |
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Maria Giese's directorial debut follows the struggle of Jimmy Muir, a 25-year-old, working class lad who dreams of becoming a football star. Jimmy is a hard-drinking brewery worker in the city of Sheffield, with an arrogant lack of respect for authority. His entire life revolves around football (Sheffield United) and while he shows the potential, he has never had the courage or discipline to make anything of it. |
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Jimmy's fortunes take a turn for the better after he is spotted by football manager Ken Jackson, while he's playing for his local pub team. After playing brilliantly for Jackson, Jimmy is offered a trial at Sheffield United. However the evening before the trial he gets drunk; he wakes up feeling rough and blows his chances with SUFC. Faced with failure, a critical father and a dismal job, Jimmy soon becomes suicidal as his problems compound: his brother dies in a mining accident, he loses his job at the brewery and his pregnant girlfriend Annie ends their relationship. Jimmy is forced to consider his future and his choices, and to discover once and for all whether he has the self discipline to succeed. |
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Location Notes: When Saturday Comes was shot on location in Sheffield and Rotherham from 15 January until 17 February 1995. Trivia: The film's producer, James Daly, later appeared in a comic strip photo-shoot with Sean for Viz magazine. Daly had been married to the American director of When Saturday Comes, Maria Giese, for 12 years. But by the time WSC premiered in Sheffield a year later, Giese and Daly had separated. Daly later became partner to Sean's ex-wife Melanie Hill. Sean can be seen in Tony Hadley's music video of the song, Build Me Up, which featured on the film's soundtrack. Sean, an avid billiards player, appears in the video shooting pool. Both Sean and his then-wife Melanie Hill encouraged Hadley to contribute to the soundtrack, which features music primarily from Sheffield musicians. Sean can also be seen shooting pool in the short film, The Loser. There was a private preview of the film during the week of 02 September 1995 for Sheffield United officials. On 16 February 1996 (11 days prior to the Charity Premiere) six of the screens at the Warner Multiplex at Meadowhall were given over for the first public screenings of the film. All proceeds from the Charity Premiere on 27 February 1996 were given to the British Deaf Sports Council. When Saturday Comes was screened at the Cannes Film Festival. When Saturday Comes had two working titles prior to its final title: A Pint O'Bitter and On the Line (Source: Screen International). |
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PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS: Sean Bean ........... Jimmy Muir |
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PRODUCTION CREDITS: Production......... James Daly ................... Christopher Lambert ................... Meir Teper ................... Capitol Films ................... (in association ................... with A Pint 'O Bitter ................... Productions) Direction.......... Maria Giese Screenplay..........Maria Giese Cinematography .....Gerry Fisher Editing............ George Akers Production Design...Hugo Luczyc-Whyowski Art Direction.......Luana Hanson Certificate.........15 Running time........98 minutes World Charity Premiere...........27 February 1996 ....................Warner Bros. Cinema ....................Meadowhall Released ...........01 March 1996 |
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Soundtrack Info: CD, UK 1996, Polygram TV; 532 307-2 Joe Elliot - When Saturday
Comes "When Saturday Comes" "Back on My Feet
Again" "7 Day Weekend" "Build Me Up" "Throwing It All
Away" |
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