Johnny English
Johnny English is a 2003 British comedy spy movie set in London. It was produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Mark Huffam and was directed by Peter Howitt. Johnny English parodies the James Bond movie series.
Johnny English | |
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Directed by | Peter Howitt |
Produced by | Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Mark Huffam |
Written by | Neal Purvis Robert Wade William Davies |
Starring | Rowan Atkinson John Malkovich Natalie Imbruglia |
Music by | Edward Shearmur |
Cinematography | Remi Adefarasin |
Edited by | Robin Sales |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date | 11 July 2003 |
Running time | 88 minutes (1 hour 27 minutes) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | $40 million |
Box office | $160,583,018 |
This movie has a sequel, Johnny English Reborn.
Plot
An MI7 agent named Johnny English is protecting the Crown Jewels but they are stolen. He meets a mysterious lady named Lorna Campbell, who he becomes suspicious of.
English and his assistant, Angus Bough, discover that a French businessman named Pascal Sauvage plans to become King of Britain and turn the island into a large prison for international criminals. English meets Lorna Campbell again and she reveals she is an Interpol agent tracking Sauvage.
Sauvage's henchmen force Elizabeth II to abdicate and erase her line of succession, allowing Sauvage to become next-in-line due to being descended from James II. English, Bough and Campbell hijack the coronation of Sauvage and after a long struggle, the Archbishop accidentally crowns English.
As King, Johnny English gives the crown back to the Queen and has Pascal Sauvage arrested. While on holiday with Campbell in southern France, English accidentally ejects her from the car.
Cast
- Rowan Atkinson as Johnny English, an MI7 spy and secret agent
- Natalie Imbruglia as Lorna Campbell, an INTERPOL agent
- John Malkovich as Pascal Sauvage, a French businessman
- Ben Miller as Angus Bough, English's friend and assistant
- Tim Pigott-Smith as Pegasus, head of the MI7
- Prunella Scales as Queen Elizabeth II
- Oliver Ford Davies as the Archbishop of Canterbury
- Kevin McNally as the Prime Minister
Release Dates
Country | Premiere |
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Belgium | 9 April 2003 |
Australia | 10 April 2003 |
Switzerland | 10 April 2003 (German speaking region) |
Germany | 10 April 2003 |
Hungary | 10 April 2003 |
10 April 2003 | |
Netherlands | 10 April 2003 |
New Zealand | 10 April 2003 |
Russia | 10 April 2003 |
Austria | 11 April 2003 |
Switzerland | 11 April 2003 (Italian speaking region) |
Denmark | 11 April 2003 |
11 April 2003 | |
Spain | 11 April 2003 |
Finland | 11 April 2003 |
United Kingdom | 11 April 2003 |
Ireland | 11 April 2003 |
Iceland | 11 April 2003 |
Italy | 11 April 2003 |
Lithuania | 11 April 2003 |
Norway | 11 April 2003 |
Poland | 11 April 2003 |
Portugal | 11 April 2003 |
Sweden | 11 April 2003 |
Switzerland | 16 April 2003 (French speaking region) |
Mexico | 16 April 2003 |
Chile | 17 April 2003 |
Czech Republic | 17 April 2003 |
17 April 2003 | |
Peru | 17 April 2003 |
Singapore | 17 April 2003 |
Slovenia | 17 April 2003 |
Slovakia | 17 April 2003 |
Philippines | 19 April 2003 |
Brazil | 25 April 2003 |
Greece | 25 April 2003 |
2 May 2003 | |
Argentina | 8 May 2003 |
Kuwait | 20 May 2003 |
Egypt | 28 May 2003 |
Bulgaria | 6 June 2003 |
Romania | 6 June 2003 |
Turkey | 6 June 2003 |
South Korea | 20 June 2003 |
Uruguay | 11 July 2003 |
Canada | 18 July 2003 |
United States | 18 July 2003 |
France | 23 July 2003 |
Japan | 4 October 2003 |
Ratings
Johnny English gained mixed reviews:
- Rotten Tomatoes - 33%
- Metacritic - 51% out of 100
Other websites
- Johnny English's official website Archived 2002-12-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Johnny English on IMDb
- Johnny English at Allrovi