When Saturday Comes (film)

When Saturday Comes
When Saturday Comes
	DVD cover
Directed by	Maria Giese
Written by	Maria Giese; Story by James Daly
Produced by	James Daly; Christopher Lambert; Meir Teper
Starring	Sean Bean; Emily Lloyd; Pete Postlethwaite
Cinematography	Grant Cameron; Gerry Fisher
Edited by	George Akers
Music by	Anne Dudley; Joe Elliott
Distributed by	Guild
Release date	1 March 1996;
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	£722,934 (UK)

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.

Plot

Jimmy Muir, a worker at the Stones Brewery gets scouted, firstly by the well-known non-league side Hallam F.C. and then later by Sheffield United Football Club.^[3] It was filmed at various locations around South Yorkshire including Rotherham, Sandygate Road and Bramall Lane. Def Leppard lead singer Joe Elliott made his acting debut in a scene as Jimmy's brother, but the scene was cut from the final production.

Cast

Sean Bean – Jimmy Muir
Emily Lloyd – Annie Doherty
Craig Kelly – Russel Muir
Melanie Hill – Mary Muir
John McEnery – Joe Muir
Ann Bell – Sarah Muir
Ian Taylor – Jimmy Muir as kid
Tony Currie – Tony Currie
Mel Sterland – Captain Sheffield United
Pete Postlethwaite – Ken Jackson
Rebecca Nichols – Stripper
Chris Walker – Mac
John Higgins – Rob
Tim Gallagher – Steve
Peter Gunn – Tommy
Nick Waring – Gerry
James McKenna – George McCabe
Daniel Oldham – Street Footballing Kid
David Gibbons – Boy on bus
Lucy Rodgers – Debbie
Tracy Shaw – Tina
Martin Tyler - Commentator^[4]^[1]

Reception

When Saturday Comes opened on 1 March 1996 in the UK on 174 screens and grossed £245,936 in its opening weekend, placing at sixth at the UK box office.^[5] It went on to gross £722,934 in the UK.^[2]