''I'll Be There'' is a 2003
comedy
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Origins
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drama film
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directed and co-written by
Craig Ferguson
Craig Ferguson (born 17 May 1962) is a Scottish-American actor, comedian, writer and television host. He is best known for having hosted the CBS late-night talk show ''The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson'' (2005–2014). He is the winner of ...
, who, in his directorial debut, also stars in the film with singer
Charlotte Church
Charlotte Maria Church (born Charlotte Maria Reed, 21 February 1986) is a British singer-songwriter, actress, and television presenter from Cardiff, Wales.
As a child, Church was a popular classical singer with a less-successful attempt to mov ...
in her film debut.
Plot
Olivia is a young girl who is blessed with a beautiful, natural singing voice, although few people know that. She was conceived the night her mother met Paul, a Scottish rock star, but the couple fell out of touch. Paul never knew that he had a daughter. Much later, Paul is "
sectioned
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" after a motorcycle accident is viewed as a
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, and he meets his now 16-year-old daughter while confined to a
psychiatric hospital
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.
Olivia's mother feels she was betrayed by Paul and failed by her own musician father, so she does not want her daughter to be involved in what she sees as the decadent world of rock music. In spite of her mother's attempts to keep them apart, Olivia and Paul get to know each other and they become the family they should have been all along.
Cast
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Craig Ferguson
Craig Ferguson (born 17 May 1962) is a Scottish-American actor, comedian, writer and television host. He is best known for having hosted the CBS late-night talk show ''The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson'' (2005–2014). He is the winner of ...
as Paul Kerr
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Charlotte Church
Charlotte Maria Church (born Charlotte Maria Reed, 21 February 1986) is a British singer-songwriter, actress, and television presenter from Cardiff, Wales.
As a child, Church was a popular classical singer with a less-successful attempt to mov ...
as Olivia Edmonds
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Jemma Redgrave
Jemima Rebecca "Jemma" Redgrave (born 14 January 1965) is an English actress, and a member of the Redgrave family. She is known for her roles as the title character in '' Bramwell'' (1995–1998) and as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart in ''Doctor Who'' ...
as Rebecca Edmonds
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Ralph Brown
Ralph William John Brown (born 18 June 1957) is an English actor and writer, known for playing Danny the drug dealer in '' Withnail and I'', the security guard Aaron (a.k.a. "85") in ''Alien 3'', DJ Bob Silver in '' The Boat That Rocked'' aka ...
as Digger
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Ian McNeice
Ian McNeice (born 2 October 1950) is an English film and television actor. On television, he has played government agent Harcourt in the 1985 television series ''Edge of Darkness'', Bert Large in the comedy-drama '' Doc Martin'', the Newsreade ...
as Graham
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Imelda Staunton
Dame Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton (born 9 January 1956) is an English actress and singer. After training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Staunton began her career in repertory theatre in 1976 and appeared in various theatre pr ...
as Dr. Bridget
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Anthony Head
Anthony Stewart Head (born 20 February 1954) is an English actor and singer. Primarily a performer in musical theatre, he rose to fame in the UK in the 1980s following his role in the Gold Blend couple television advertisements for Nescafé, ...
as Sam Gervasi (credited as Anthony Stewart Head)
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Joss Ackland
Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland (29 February 1928 – 19 November 2023) was an English actor who appeared in more than 130 film, radio and television roles. He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for portraying ...
as Evil Edmonds - The BeeLzeeBOPS
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Joseph Alessi as Enzo
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Marion Bailey
Marion Bailey (born 5 May 1951) is an English actress. She is best known for her work with her partner, filmmaker Mike Leigh, including the films '' Meantime'' (1983), '' All or Nothing'' (2002), ''Vera Drake'' (2004), '' Mr. Turner'' (2014), ...
as Mary
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Dominic Cooper as Boyfriend
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Danny Webb as Denny Wise
*Poppy Elliott as Girlfriend
*Stephen Noonan as Gordano (as Steve Noonan)
*Ravi Aujla as Dr. Nahar
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Tom Ellis as Ivor
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Phyllida Law as Mrs. Williams
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2003 films
Morgan Creek Productions films
Warner Bros. films
2003 comedy-drama films
2003 directorial debut films
Films with screenplays by Craig Ferguson
Films scored by Trevor Jones
American comedy-drama films
British comedy-drama films
2000s English-language films
2000s American films
2000s British films
English-language comedy-drama films
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