Beautiful People 24 years old

A comic collision of chaos and coincidence

Beautiful People

In London, during October 1993, England is playing Holland in the preliminaries of the World Cup. The Bosnian War is at its height, and refugees from the ex-Yugoslavia are arriving. Football rivals, and political adversaries from the Balkans all precipitate conflict and amusing situations. Meanwhile, the lives of four English families are affected in different ways by encounter with the refugees.

Credits

Beautiful People Cast

Name Character
Julian Firth He was 39, now 64 years old as Edward Thornton
Steve Sweeney He was 51, now 75 years old as Jim
Nicholas Farrell He was 45, now 69 years old as Dr Mouldy
Jonny Phillips He was 36, now 60 years old as Brian North
Annette Badland She was 49, now 73 years old as Psychologist
Danny Nussbaum as Griffin Midge
Charlotte Coleman She was 31, 33 years old when she died as Portia Thornton
Nicholas McGaughey as Welshman
Faruk Pruti He was 31, now 55 years old as Croat
Linda Bassett She was 50, now 74 years old as Sister
Roger Sloman He was 53, now 77 years old as Roger Midge
Jay Simpson He was 11, now 35 years old as Bigsy
Dado Jehan as Serb
Edward Jewesbury He was 82, 84 years old when he died as Joseph Thornton
Rosalind Ayres She was 53, now 77 years old as Nora Thornton
Siobhan Redmond She was 40, now 64 years old as Kate Higgins
Charles Kay He was 69, now 93 years old as George Thornton
Kenan Hudaverdi as Railway Worker
Antony Carrick as Retired Tory MP

Beautiful People Crew

Name Department
Barry Ackroyd as Director of Photography. He was 45 (now 69) years old Camera
Jasmin Dizdar as Director. He was 38 (now 62) years old Directing
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Beautiful People (24 years)

A comic collision of chaos and coincidence

  • Release day: Thursday, September 16, 1999
  • Runtime: 107 minutes