Best (2000)
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Mary McGuckian directs this bleak biopic about famed Manchester United soccer star George Best, who dumped his career down the drain with booze, brawling, and drugs. The film charts Best's (John Lynch) rise from Belfast, to fame, to dissipation. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- John Lynch
- Jerome Flynn - Bobby Charlton
- Patsy Kensit - Anna
- Linus Roache - Denis Law
- David Hayman - Tommy Docherty/The barman
- Roger Daltrey - Rodney Marsh
- P.J. Davidson - Louis Edwards
- Richard Leaf - Constable Davies
- Sean Blowers - The Bookie
- Amanda Ryan - Mrs. Crerand
- Pauline Lynch - Receptionist
- Jim Sheridan - Bob Bishop
- Mark Byrne - Harry Gregg
- Tom Collins - Concerned Man
- Alan McClenaghan - Man with Tattoos
- Sean Kearns - David McCracken
- George Best - Himself
- Derek Newton - Old Trafford Steward
- Rob Webster - Reporters at Chelsea Seige
- Kim Fenton - Gerald Soames
- Jamie Gambell - London Cop
- Andy Quine - Simon
- David Corden - Customer in Blinkers
- Ed Maddrell - Tabloid Hack
- Ray Wilkins - Referee
- Lalor Roddy - Petrol Station Attendant
- Sophie Dahl - Eva Haraldsted
- Owen O'Neill - Comedian
- Terence Corrigan - Young George Best
- Sean Barrett - Football Commentator
- Steve Ryan - Dunne
- Micha Bergese - Portuguese Bartender
- Dave Duffy - Limousine Driver
- Ian Bannen - Matt Busby
- Ian Hart - Nobby Stiles
- Cal Macaninch - Paddy Crerand
- Adrian Lester
- James Ellis - Dickie Best
- Stephen Fry - Frazer Crane
- Nora Connolly - Man with Tattoo's Wife
- Marie Jones - Anne Best
- Kenneth Wolstenholme - Football Commentator
- Dave Nichols - Baz
- Mary McGuckian - Norma Charlton
- Nick Wall - Photographer
- Robert Campion - Eric McMordie
- Richard Orr - Sammy
- Gertrude Montgomery - Bingo Girl
- Jacqueline Lynch - Receptionist
- Alex Best - Himself
- Brian Regan - Reporters at Chelsea Seige
- Jason Gilroy - Cameraman
- Sean Wightman - Sargent Williams
- João Ferreira - Football Commentator
- Stan Pinton - Andre
- Ronnie Fox - Cronie in the Bar
- Gregory Battle - The Furrier
- Louis Hammond - Ken Stanley
- Clive Anderson - Interviewer
- John McCarthy - Hairdresser
- David Reid - Old Trafford Steward
- Neil Caple - The Barber
- Ian Fitzgibbon - Tom
- Sarah Stockbridge - Night Huntress
- Philip Madoc - Jimmy Murphy
- Director(s):
- Mary McGuckian
- Writer(s):
- John Lynch, Mary McGuckian, John Lynch
- Producer(s):
- John Lynch, Elvira Bolz, Chris Roff
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