Bend It Like Beckham Bend It Like Beckham Bend It Like Beckham is a 2002 British-Indian family romantic comedy sports film produced, written and directed by Gurinder Chadha, and starring Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher, Shaznay Lewis and Archie Panjabi. The film's title refers to the football player David Beckham, and his skill at scoring from free kicks by curling the ball past a wall of defenders. It follows the 18-year-old daughter of Punjabi Sikhs in London. She is infatuated with football but her parents have forbidden her to play because she is a girl. She joins a local women's
About a Girl (The Academy Is... song) American male model James Ellis). Beckett and she exchange eye contact, creating a possible future for the two. This music video was created as a spoof of "Fast Times at Ridgemont High". The iconic daydream sequence in the film may have influenced the theme of the video. It was filmed at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles, California, which was also the location where "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" was shot. About a Girl (The Academy Is... song) "About a Girl" is the first single by The Academy Is... from their third studio album, "Fast Times at Barrington High".