The Parole Officer (2001)
Steve Coogan Is... The Parole Officer!
Lena Headey as: Emma
Other Cast: Steve Coogan, Om Puri, Ben Miller, Stephen Dillane
Production Status: Released
Release Date: August 10, 2001 (UK)
Directed By: John Duigan
Screenwriters: Steve Coogan, Henry Normal
Genre: Comedy / Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Studio: DNA Films

 

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Synopsis
Failed parole officer Steve Garden is framed for a murder committed by one of Manchester's leading police constables. The only evidence proving his innocence is a CCTV video tape locked inside a bank vault. With the help of four inept ex-criminals and token love interest Emma, Garden must break into the bank and steal the CCTV footage in order to clear his name.
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Trivia & Facts
× Filming Locations:
• Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Saddleworth, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK

• Lena Headey starred in the movie Face (1997) together with Steven Waddington as well.

• Lena Headey also starred in the series Game of Thrones (2011-) together with Stephen Dillane.

• A CGI shot of a wasp flying up Steve Coogan's nose took 12 hours and 10,000 feet of 35mm film before the wasp flying in a small glass cabinet could be coaxed into the nostril of green wax head.

• The outside shots of the West Clyde Bank were filmed in an old bank in Castle Street, Liverpool. The interior shots identify it as being the Deansgate Branch, Manchester.

× Awards: 2 nominations (view)
Lena Headey Quotes
• Coming Soon!
Character Quotes
• Emma: Is that a gun in your pocket?
Simon Garden: Uh... no, it's my penis.
Co-Stars and Directors Quotes
Steve Coogan "We really got on well but Lena kept dissapearing from the set to have a fag."