Purely Belter (2000)
They're a couple of zeros short of a grand
Gerry and Sewell are broke. Gerry's still at school and Sewell is unemployed. They both wish for better things in life. Owning two season tickets to their beloved football club is their biggest dream of all. The tickets cost £1000 - they're £1000 short. But they are nothing if not resourceful, and they set themselves a mission to raise the cash. While they think up increasingly outlandish money making schemes - from selling junk to shoplifting and the odd bit of housebreaking - real life begins to interfere with the pair's final scam going hilariously awry landing them in jail, only to discover that their punishment gets them exactly where they want to be!
- Date of release
- 2000-11-03
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (35)
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Director
- Mark Herman
Casting
- Chris Beattie — Gerry McCarten
- Greg McLane — Sewell
- Charlie Hardwick — Mrs. McCarten
- Roy Hudd — Mr. Sewell
- Tim Healy — Mr. McCarten
- Kevin Whately — Mr. Caird
- Kerry Ann Christiansen — Bridget
- Jody Baldwin — Gemma
- Tracey Wilkinson — Mrs. Caird
- Willie Ross — Ginga
- Tracy Whitwell — Clare
- Su Elliot — Mrs Brabin
Interesting facts
Purely Belter is a 2000 British comedy drama film directed by Mark Herman about two teenagers trying to get money, by any means necessary, in order to get season tickets for home games of Premier League football team Newcastle United. It is based on the 2000 novel The Season Ticket by Jonathan Tulloch.
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