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Heartlands (2002)
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This comic drama may have found the answer to the problem of how to set a road movie on an island where nowhere is more than a day's drive from anywhere else — Heartlands is Easy Rider on a moped. Colin (Michael Sheen) is a mild-mannered, darts-playing newsagent who lives in a dull Midlands town where men still get Kevin Keegan-style perms. His unexciting little world collapses when his wife runs off to Blackpool with the captain of the darts team, so Colin hops on his scooter in not-particularly-hot pursuit. Director Damien O'Donnell again demonstrates the knack for blending comedy and tragedy he exhibited with East Is East, and produces a film that's both entertaining and a wry comment on an England that other film-makers have largely ignored. BP
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Running time
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87min
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Country of origin
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UK / US
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Genre
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Comedy Drama
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Original language
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English
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Screenplay
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Paul Fraser, from a story by Paul Fraser, Richard Jobson, Andrew Keyte, from an idea by Paul Fraser
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Theatrical distributor
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Buena Vista
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UK cinema certificate
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12A
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UK cinema release date
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May 2003
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UK video release date
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October 2004
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