Best: His Mother's Son
2009 | 90m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Colin Barr |
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| Writer: | Terry Cafolla |
| Staring: |
| Best – His Mother’s Son (BBC Two) was a gloomy drama about Ann Best, mother of George, who was strictly teetotal until her mid-40s, when she had her first sip of sherry to celebrate her son’s footballing success. Ten years later, she was dead from alcoholism-related heart disease. The recreation of late-Sixties Belfast was accurate and, thank goodness, intelligently subdued: no comedy Ulster accents and no point-scoring subplot about the Troubles. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 29, 2009 |
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| Director: | Colin Barr |
| Writer: | Terry Cafolla |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama, TV Movie |
| Keywords | career, black and white, consequences, alcoholic son |
| Production Companies | BBC |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2025 (Update) Entered: May 03, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Lorcan Cranitch | Dickie Best |
| Luke de Woolfson | Dave Sadler |
| Laurence Doherty | Journalist |
| Laura Donnelly | Barbara Best |
| Richard Dormer | Ad Director |
| Michelle Fairley | Ann Best |
| Stephen Hagan | Steve Fullaway |
| Paul Kennedy | Reporter |
| Niamh McGrady | Martha Devine |
| Tom Payne | George Best |
| Bronágh Taggart | Ruby Emerson |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Colin Barr | Director |
| Terry Cafolla | Writer |
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| Organization | Category | Person | |
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| Golden Globes | Best International Feature | N/A | Nominated |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
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