Sixty Six (film)

Infobox Film
name = Sixty Six


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caption = Theatrical release poster
director = Paul Weiland
producer = Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Elizabeth Karlsen
writer = Bridget O'Connor Peter Straughan
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starring = David Bark-Jones
Eddie Marsan
Gregg Sulkin
Thomas Drewson
Helena Bonham Carter
Peter Serafinowicz
Catherine Tate
Stephen Rea
music = Joby Talbot
cinematography = Dan Landin
editing = Paul Tothill
distributor = United International Pictures (UIP)
released = 3rd November 2006 (UK)
runtime = 93 min.
country = United Kingdom
language = English
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imdb_id = 0493450

"Sixty Six" is a 2006 film about a bar mitzvah which takes place in London on the day of the 1966 world cup final

Plot synopsis

The protagonist, a Jewish boy named Bernie Reubens, is about to have his bar mitzvah. Initially, he meticulously plans a lavish reception to upstage that of his older brother Alvie, but as the family's finances lurch from one disaster to another his family are forced to lower his expectations and stage the bar mitzvah reception at home in North London. When England reach the 1966 football World Cup Final, most of the guests make excuses not to come to the reception so that they can watch the game.

Trivia

The main character asks his rabbi if it is ethical to hope that one's national team loses. The rabbi replies "well, there is nothing about it in the Old Testament". This is a solecism; a rabbi would never refer to any part of Jewish scripture as "the Old Testament".

External links

*imdb title|id=0493450|title=Sixty Six