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| United |
| Original title |
United |
| Type |
Features |
| Genre |
Youth, Comedy |
| Director |
Magnus Martens |
| Short summary |
The festival opener at Haugesund, United follows the 26-year-old Kåre, the coach of a little league team, who dreams of playing for Manchester United and marrying his girlfriend, Anne, at Old Trafford. Neither happens. Instead his old-time rival resurfaces. |
| Summary |
Kåre and Anna have been living together for many years in a small town in Western Norway. They have no children, no dog, no cat, no goldfish or hamster. The common passion they share is Manchester United.
"United" is a romantic comedy about Kåre, a football fanatic who deams of playing for Manchester United, but who has ended up as a warehouse worker at the local shipyard. His childhood sweetheart Anna has had about enough of his lack of initiative. When Kåre's old rival Stian shows up as a bit shot and saviour for the misguided shipyard, that spells trouble for Kåre both professionally and privately. Because Stian plans to fire as many as possible, demand a huge fee for his work, and then elope with Anna.... It's time for football, dreams about love, rivalry, and Western Norway at its best. |
| Cast |
Håvard Lilleheie, Berte Rommetveit, Vegar Hoel, Ole-Jørgen Nilssen, Gjert Haga, Sondre Sørheim |
| Screenplay |
Magnus Martens |
| D.O.P |
Jakob Ingimundarson |
| Editor |
Arnt Egil Andreassen |
| Composer |
Arild Lindeflaten |
| Sound |
Peter Claussen |
| Scenography |
Caroline Størmer |
| Producer |
Håkon Øverås and Aagot Skjeldal |
| Line producer |
Bent Rognlien |
| Production company |
4 1/2 AS
Mail: hakon@fourandahalf.no |
| Country of origin |
Norway |
| Release date (national) |
2003-08-15 |
| Release date (international) |
2003-11-30 |
| Technical information |
| Format |
35mm |
| Screen ratio |
1:1,85 |
| Colour |
Colour |
| Sound System |
Dolby SRD |
| Length in min's |
85 |
| Length in meters |
2322 |
| International sales |
Nordisk Film International Sales
Halmtorvet 29
DK-1700 Copenhagen V
Tel: +45 33 26 68 90
Fax: +45 33 26 68 89
Mail: contact@noooordisk.com
www.sales.nordiskfilm.com |
| Distributor (Norway only) |
Columbia Tristar Nordisk Film Distributors AS |
| Festival participation |
2003 Norwegian International Film Festival, Haugesund
Opening Film
2003 New Nordic Children's Film, Copenhagen: Closing Film
2003 Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, Germany
2004 Berlin International Film Festival
14 Pluss Competition
2004 Montreal Childrens Film Festival
2004 Cinequest Film Festival (San Jose)
2004 Leeds Children and Young People’s Film Festival
2004 Scandinavian Film Festival, Bonn
2004 Edinburgh Film Festival
2004 Sarajevo Film Festival
2004 Discovery-Scotland's International Film Festival for Children and Young People
2004 Helsinki Children Film Festival
2004 Scanorama, Lithuania
2004 Exground Filmfest, Germany
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| Prizes received |
2004 Montreal Childrens Film Festival: Best Film
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| URL |
http://www.filmweb.no/united |
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Director biography:
 Magnus Martens (1973) studied at the London International Film School and debuted with the award-winning short film "Eddie Stargazer" in 1999. Since then he has worked with commercials and music videos, before making the "Pokermon Power"-episode for the film "Utopia - Nobody is Perfect in the Perfect Country". This is his feature film debut.
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