JOHNNY ENGLISH

Year: 2003
USA: Universal Studios
UK: UIP
Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Natalie Imbruglia, John Malkovich, Ben Miller, Douglas McFerran, Tim Pigott-Smith, Kevin McNally, Radha Mitchell
Director: Peter Howitt
Country: UK
UK: 87 mins
USA Rated: PG for comic nudity, some crude humor and language
UK Certificate: PG contains mild language and comic violence
USA Release Date: 18 July 2003
UK Release Date: 11 April 2003


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Synopsis

In an uncertain world, few things are as dependable as the British Secret Service. World-renowned for the calibre of it's agents, the cutting-edge technology utilized in it's weaponry and it's international intelligence-gathering web, it is one of the last bastions of honour manned with committed defenders of 'the truth.'

So when an unthinkable plan to filch the country's beloved Crown Jewels comes to the Service's attention, the best man for the job, the creme de la creme of the organization's supersleuths, Agent Number One, is quickly assigned to the case.

...And is almost as quickly dispatched to six feet under.

Unfortunately for the British Secret Service, virtually every other able member of its esteemed ranks soon joins Agent Number One in the afterworld....nasty business, bombing a funeral.

Who could be behind such a diabolical plot? Perhaps the same twisted mind bent on stealing the Crown Jewels?

Now, there is only one man remaining who can even hope to protect his country, avenge the elimination of all of the Secret Service's spies and uncover the fiend behind the fiendish plot to make off with the lasting symbols of the once supreme British empire, the Crown Jewels.

Enter Johnny English.

He knows no fear.

He knows no danger.

He knows nothing.

ROWAN ATKINSON, the brilliant physical comedian whose outrageous pratfalls and subversively innocent humour have made him a star in hilarious classics ranging from the cult U.K. series BLACKADDER to the worldwide hit BEAN, is back on the big screen as the title character in the family comedy Johnny English, an office-bound junior intelligence worker suddenly thrust into the spotlight when the Crown Jewels are stolen from the Tower of London and a plot is uncovered that threatens world security. A bit unseasoned but extremely enthusiastic, English is quickly outfitted with a highly-specialized automobile, armed with the ultimate in intelligence gadgetry and allowed highest access to the agency's files. All of England's hopes are resting on English.

He isn't the best they have...he's the only one left.

Starring along with Atkinson as Johnny English are international star Natalie Imbruglia as Special Agent Lorna Campbell, renowned comedian Ben Miller as English's sidekick, Bough, and multiple Academy Award nominee John Malkovich as the very French and very crafty business magnate, Pascal Sauvage