JOHNNY ENGLISH (2003)

Er hat keine Furcht. Er hat keine Angst. Er hat keine Ahnung. (He Has No Fear. He Has No Anxiety. He Has No Inkling.)

Johnny English, a British secret agent who dreams of rising beyodn his menial job within the MI-7 organization, is hired to protect the Crown Jewels after all the other agents are bumped off. When the jewels are stolen, he eventually uncovers a plot to replace England's monarch with what the British fear the most: a French king.

The Johnny English character is based on a cowardly, incompetent spy played by Rowan Atkinson. The character first appeared in a series of television commercials for Barclaycard with his assistant, Bough (played by Henry Naylor).


The "poison dart pen" sequence while English is waiting outside Pegasus' office was first used in the Barclaycard averts that spawned the character. In the advert, Atkinson's character shot himself in the leg with the pen.


Two of the writers of the screenplay (Neal Purvis and Robert Wade) previously worked on three James Bond films
Die Another Day (2002), The World Is Not Enough (1999) and Casino Royale (2006)_ . The band playing in the background at Sauvage's party are called Bond.



The news broadcast at the end of the film claims that high treason still carries the death penalty. In fact, since the coming into force of the Human Rights Act 1998 in 2000, the United Kingdom abolished capital punishment completely.


Director Cameo: [Peter Howitt] the man that Bough threatens to play the DVD at the crowning ceremony.


The car that Johnny English uses is an Aston Martin DB7 Vantage


The parachute drop was filmed at Canary Wharf, London.


At one point, English mentions a singing technique to find his way through a darkness, which he states has to be in E-flat. He then starts to sing at a seemingly random pitch - which is actually a B.


The song that Johnny dances to in the DVD which he accidentally plays in front of the whole world is "Does Your Mother Know" by Abba.



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Pegasus: It's an unmitigated disaster, English.
Johnny English: I couldn't agree more, sir.
Pegasus: Well, we need to get these jewels back, English, and fast. Now tell me about this assailant. Because when they searched the room later, there was no sign of him.
Johnny English: Well, the man was clearly a professional. He must have escaped while the Queen was being sedated.
Pegasus: But he's the only lead we've got, English. We have to find him. Now, come in. This is - This is Roger from Data Support. Please sit down. He'll produce a likeness based on your description. So tell us, what did this man look like?
Johnny English: Um... Well... He was... big.
Roger: Hair colour?
Johnny English: Um... orange.
Pegasus: Orange?
Johnny English: Mmm. And curly. Well, frizzy, actually. Frizzy sort of thing.
Roger: Frizzy.
Johnny English: An eye patch. Broken nose. Very few teeth. Two, I would say the most. And a scar on his cheek in the shape... of a banana.
Roger: Which cheek?
Johnny English: Both cheeks. They sort of met in the middle.
Pegasus: Are you sure about this, English?
[Pegasus shows him what Roger has done on his computer of the assailant Johnny had described and he gasps]
Johnny English: Oh, yes, that's him. An uncanny resemblance. Why, it's just as if he's in the room with us.