Mad About Mambo

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Mad About Mambo
Directed by	John Forte
Produced by	David P. Kelly
Written by	John Forte
Starring	William Ash Keri Russell Maclean Stewart Tim Loane
Music by	Richard Hartley
Cinematography	Ashley Rowe
Editing by	David Martin
Release date(s)	2000
Running time	93 mins
Country	Ireland
Language	English
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Mad About Mambo is a 2000 Irish film written and directed by John Forte. It starred William Ash, Keri Russell and Brian Cox.

[edit] Plot Summary

A boy obsessed with football finds his life changing dramatically once he adds a little Samba. Danny (Ash) plays on the football team at the all-boys Catholic school he attends in Belfast. Danny's three best friends, who also play on the team, all have different ambitions for their lives. Mickey (Maclean Stewart) wants to be a fashion designer so he can get rich and date supermodels. Gary (Russell Smith) wants to become a magician so he can get rich and meet beautiful women (and presumably saw them in half). And Spike (Joe Rea) likes to beat people up, so he wants to become a mercenary and do it for a living. But Danny dreams of making football his life.

The players Danny most admires are South Americans, such as Pele and Carlos Riga, who he feels have a special rhythm and flexibility. Wanting to add some of these qualities to his own game, Danny has an idea: he'll take Samba lessons, in the hope that dancing like a South American will help him play like a South American. To the surprise of himself and his friends, Danny turns out to be a pretty good Latin dancer and finds himself smitten with a student in his dance class, Lucy (Russell). However, Lucy happens to have a boyfriend, who is a fierce competitor on one of Danny's rival teams.