When Saturday Comes (1996)

Directed by

Maria Giese

Genre

drama film, association football film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

15

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A working class man in Sheffield dreams of becoming a professional footballer despite his difficult circumstances. He pursues his ambition while dealing with family and personal struggles.

earnestworking-classhopefulunderdogdeterminedgrittypoignant

What happens

When Saturday Comes is a 1996 British film directed by Maria Giese and starring Sean Bean and Emily Lloyd. The film was released in March 1996, and was distributed by Guild Film Distribution. The soundtrack includes a variety of classic music tracks as well as newly commissioned songs. The score was composed by Anne Dudley and the soundtrack includes contributions from Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet and Sheffield artists including Def Leppard's Joe Elliott who performs on two new tracks: "When Saturday Comes" and the instrumental "Jimmy's Theme". Both were performed with bandmates Rick Savage and Phil Collen. According to Elliott, he had a part in the film as the brother of Sean Bean's character, but the part was cut from the final film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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