Sixty Six (film)

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Sixty Six
Directed by	Paul Weiland
Produced by	Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Elizabeth Karlsen
Written by	Bridget O'Connor Peter Straughan
Starring	David Bark-Jones Eddie Marsan Gregg Sulkin Thomas Drewson Helena Bonham Carter Peter Serafinowicz Catherine Tate Stephen Rea
Music by	Joby Talbot
Cinematography	Dan Landin
Editing by	Paul Tothill
Distributed by	United International Pictures (UIP)
Release date(s)	2006
Running time	93 min.
Country	UK
Language	English
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Sixty Six is a 2006 film about a barmitzvah which takes place in London on the day of the 1966 world cup final

1 Plot synopsis
2 Trivia
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[edit] Plot synopsis

The protagonist, a Jewish boy named Bernie Reubens, is about to have his bar mitzvah. Initially, he meticulously plans a lavish reception to upstage that of his older brother Alvie, but as the family's finances lurch from one disaster to another his family are forced to lower his expectations and stage the bar mitzvah reception at home in North London. When England reach the 1966 football World Cup Final, most of the guests make excuses not to come to the reception so that they can watch the game.

[edit] Trivia

The main character asks his rabbi if it is ethical to hope that one's national team loses. The rabbi replies "well, there is nothing about it in the Old Testament". This is a solecism; a rabbi would never refer to any part of Jewish scripture as "the Old Testament".