Category: Comedy
All Genres: Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2010
Country: UK
Runtime: 97
Rating: 8.6 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Christopher Morris
Sound: Dolby Digital
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Writing by: Jesse Armstrong – writer
Sam Bain – writer
Simon Blackwell – additional writing
Christopher Morris – writer

Produced by: Angus Aynsley – executive producer
Carole Baraton – executive producer
Peter Carlton – executive producer
Will Clarke – executive producer
Mark Findlay – executive producer
Mark Herbert – producer
Afi Khan – associate producer
Caroline Leddy – executive producer
Alex Marshall – executive producer
Faisal A. Qureshi – associate producer
Rebekah Wray Rogers – line producer: additional photography
Derrin Schlesinger – producer

Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch – Ed
Kayvan Novak – Waj
Nigel Lindsay – Barry
Darren Boyd – Sniper
Craig Parkinson – Matt
Riz Ahmed – Omar
Preeya Kalidas – Sophia
Julia Davis – Alice
Arsher Ali – Hassan
Alex MacQueen – Malcolm Storge MP
Kevin Eldon – Sniper

Music: John Powell
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Plot Outline:

Four Lions tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point. As the wheels fly off, and their competing ideologies clash, what emerges is an emotionally engaging (and entirely plausible) farce. In a storm of razor-sharp verbal jousting and large-scale set pieces…
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Plot: Four Lions tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point. As the wheels fly off, and their competing ideologies clash, what emerges is an emotionally engaging (and entirely plausible) farce. In a storm of razor-sharp verbal jousting and large-scale set pieces, Four Lions is a comic tour de force; it shows that-while terrorism is about ideology-it can also be about idiots.

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Goofs: We know about 3 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Errors in geography: The “lions” travel to London to detonate their devices at the London Marathon. However, the streets clearly show signs for Sheffield traders – including many 0114 (Sheffield) telephone numbers. Additionally, the double decker buses are the wrong color.

Trivia: There are 6 entries in the trivia list – like these:

• On January 23rd 2010, Four Lions had its world premier at Sundance. On the same day, the UK "terror threat" level was raised to "severe" due to non-specific "chatter".
• The last scenes set in London were actually filmed in Sheffield. The scene in "Kebabish" was filmed at Kebabish on the Wicker, in Sheffield. The other scenes were filmed on the Moor (a shopping area being renovated) and Campo Lane. Also, there are some shots where "For Sale" signs are visible and clearly show that they refer to Sheffield.
• On the DVD wait in the deleted scenes menu until the seagull appears and then press enter. This will take you to a further menu featuring more bonus materials.