Wimbledon

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Wimbledon is this year’s most charming British romantic comedy and will be out to own and rent on DVD Universal Pictures Video on 7th February 2005.

From the makers of Bridget Jones’ Diary, Notting Hill and Love Actually, and directed by Richard Loncraine, Wimbledon features a sterling cast including British sensation Paul Bettany (A Knight’s Tale), Kirsten Dunst (Spider Man 2), Sam Neill (Perfect Strangers), Austin Nichols (The Day After Tomorrow), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Black Hawk Down) and Jon Favreau (Elf).

The disc also features a fascinating array of extras including Welcome to the Club looking at the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club and how the filmmakers were given unprecedented access to film during the championships, Ball Control which looks at the challenges of making a film about tennis and the special effects used to bring the energy of tennis to the big screen and Coach a Rising Star answering the question of how you turn an actor into a pro tennis player in just 4 months! An exciting audio commentary is also included along with a behind the scenes look at the characters.

Seeded near the bottom of the world tennis ranks, struggling British tennis player Peter Colt (Bettany) has resigned himself to retiring as a tennis coach before he is unexpectedly granted a wildcard allowing him to play in the Wimbledon championship. Declaring this his final tournament, Peter fully expects to be knocked out in the first round.

Enter American hotshot Lizzie Bradbury, bad girl and rising star of the women’s international tennis circuit. Focused, driven and pushed hard by her over-ambitious and over-protective father Dennis (Neill), Lizzie lets nothing get in the way of her game until she meets Peter and the sparks begin to fly.

Fuelled by a mixture of his newfound luck, love and on–court prowess, Peter works his way up the ranks of the tournament players and finds himself in a previously unimaginable position with a chance of winning the Wimbledon men‘s singles title and hopefully the heart of Lizzie, if his luck can just hold out!