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Released
1996 · FILM

Celtic Pride

If you can't beat 'em... steal him!

Directed by
Runtime
91 min
ComedySport

Synopsis

Two overly loyal Celtic fans kidnap their opponent's star player in an attempt to ensure their team wins the championship.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Hubert De La BouillerieShot by Oliver WoodScored by Basil PoledourisDesigned by Stephen Marsh

Box Office

1996 · Box office

Grossed $9.3M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$9.3M

Worldwide gross$9.3M

Opening weekend: $3.8M 41% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $4.7M50% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,832 theaters

Also known as

  • Das Große Basketball-Kidnappingde
  • Locos por el básquetes
  • À la gloire des Celticsfr

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