Johnny English - Film - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)
Genre
Released
Stars
Rowan Atkinson, Natalie Imbruglia, Ben Miller, John Malkovich, Tim Pigott-Smith, Kevin McNally, Oliver Ford Davies, Douglas McFerran and more
Writers
Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and William Davies
Director
Producers
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Mark Huffam, Chris Clark, Debra Hayward, Liza Chasin and Jo Burn
Companies
When an explosion wipes out the country's spies, a bumbling official at British intelligence, Johnny English, is left as the most senior MI7 employee still standing, and quickly elevated to rank of Agent - something he has long dreamt of.
English is thrown into the deep end in his new role when the organisation's late premier operative, Agent One, turns out to have been investigating a plot to steal the Crown Jewels. They have just undergone a multi-million-pound restoration programme thanks to a French businessman, friend of high society and distant descendant of the British Royal Family, Pascal Sauvage, so it is perhaps more important than ever that such a theft does not come to pass.
Teaming up with his assistant Bough, Johnny sets about securing and observing the gala unveiling of the priceless restored artefacts, in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen, Sauvage, and the top echelons of British power, politics and society. But when the power cuts, plunging the Tower of London into darkness, the lights eventually come back on to reveal the entire collection of crown jewels stolen from their high-security display case - which hasn't a scratch on it.
With MI7's worst nightmare having becoming reality, it's down to English and Bough to solve the case. Unfortunately Johnny's incompetence seems to know no bounds, but an elusive Australian named Lorna Campbell keeps on appearing on their radar and seems to know more than she is letting on.
There's only one certainty as the investigation unfolds: English will leave a trail of clumsy destruction along the way.
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Additional details
Tagline
He Knows No Fear. He Knows No Danger. He Knows Nothing; Prepare for British Intelligence.
UK certificate
PG
Duration
88 minutes
UK release
Friday 11th April 2003
Produced
2002
UK premiere
Sunday 6th April 2003, Leicester Square
Box office
Opened at the top of the UK Box Office, taking £3.4 million in its opening weekend. It went on to gross over $160 million worldwide in cinema sales.
Distributors
Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour
Website links
- Box Office Mojo
Largely American Box Office statistics for Johnny English. - Johnny English Official Website
Official website with synopsis, trailer and image gallery. - IMDb
- Wikipedia
Broadcast details
Most recent repeats
- Sunday 4th August 2024 at 4:10pm on ITV2
- Sunday 28th July 2024 at 7:10pm on ITV2
- Saturday 11th May 2024 at 7:10pm on ITV2
Recording details
- Shepperton Studios - Studio
- London, Monaco and France - Locations
- St Albans Cathedral - Westminster Abbey location
- Hughenden Manor - Agent One's funeral location