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The Damned United: The Film
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Oddly enough, we got a 35mm trailer delivered this morning at work. I may have to slip it on screen tomorrow and have a look....will let you know what I think once I've seen it.
Must get in touch with an old friend who is well placed at Sony Pictures - might be able to get an early screening of it, if I'm lucky!
Must get in touch with an old friend who is well placed at Sony Pictures - might be able to get an early screening of it, if I'm lucky!
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winnits
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The book wasn't a fitting tribute, so a film based on it is unlikely to be.
Winnits I said:
It seems to feature Forest, although only as his epitaph.
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Oddly enough, we got a 35mm trailer delivered this morning at work. I may have to slip it on screen tomorrow and have a look....will let you know what I think once I've seen it.
Must get in touch with an old friend who is well placed at Sony Pictures - might be able to get an early screening of it, if I'm lucky!
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...one and the same, in any case.
Winnits I said:
Apparently Michael Sheen (the guy who is currently playing David Frost in "Frost/Nixon", and was Tony Blair in "The Queen" ) is excellent in the role as Clough..(so says Mark Kermode et al on Radio 5)
Anatoli
Stuart Pearce
We saw this in the build up on Setanta, before the screen went blank. It looked mouth wateringly brilliant. The actor playing Clough got it just right. Unlike the actor playing Clough tonight who seemed to be managing the wrong team.
the book wasn't written as a tribute. david peace couldnt do tributes, the only sympathetic characters in his novels are female usually, as they take place in male dominated yorkshires in the 70s.
i was really really confused by the tagline, it said "the fall and rise of a legend" or something. well well well. the book certainly covered the rise and then it covered the fall, not in the order that the trailer said though. which suggests some of the forest stuff may have been included.
which makes me a wee bit concerned.
to be honest im looking forward to the dramatisations of the peace books on the yorkshire ripper (which are amazing amazing amazing) on channel 4 more than this, which i don't think is going to stay true to the book.
i was really really confused by the tagline, it said "the fall and rise of a legend" or something. well well well. the book certainly covered the rise and then it covered the fall, not in the order that the trailer said though. which suggests some of the forest stuff may have been included.
which makes me a wee bit concerned.
to be honest im looking forward to the dramatisations of the peace books on the yorkshire ripper (which are amazing amazing amazing) on channel 4 more than this, which i don't think is going to stay true to the book.
Rigler
Jack Burkitt
sebs said:
Surely this would suggest the fall was during his time ant Leeds and the rise was after that.
Rigler
Jack Burkitt
I realise I'm stating the obvious here, but most films based on books differ from the book to some extent.
No reason to assume this one won't.
No reason to assume this one won't.
right, i understand that, but to say "the fall and rise" suggests there's going to be a substancial amount of forest in there, in fact, the wiki page for the film says the writer had been researching the duncan hamilton book too which would lead to that too (although saltergate was never painted to look like the city ground).
but that changes the anticipation doesn't it? - considering the portrayal in both books is rather different.
but that changes the anticipation doesn't it? - considering the portrayal in both books is rather different.
Ravi
Upper Decker
sebs said:
I imagine the Hamilton book was used to research Cloughie as a character rather than historical details.
Recently read the book and saw the trailer last night - the trailer seemed to suggest a comedy/quirky/feel good Briitish movie which wouldnt be like the book at all, which portrayed Clough as a vengeful and quite hateful character.
The book is about Clough's 44 days at Leeds (hence the title), with flashbacks to his earlier career e.g at Derby. If the film includes his time at Forest then it really isn't anything like the book.
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Viv Anderson
When is it out?
weasel
Grenville Morris
Looks fantastic in my opinion..a lot more entertaining than I had it down for. I figured it was gonna be a more gritty affair akin to Control, for example.
Who cares that its not the Forest era? Everybody knows what came next, most importantly the sheep ticklers.
Who cares that its not the Forest era? Everybody knows what came next, most importantly the sheep ticklers.
jerellis1
Geoff Thomas
I can't tell if I'm in the minority here or not, but The Damned United was one of the best books I read in 2008 and the trailer for the film looked uttery fantastic. Absolutely cannot wait to see it.
Tutts
Ian Bowyer
weasel said:
I must admit, i thought the same. When you read something you make your own interpretation of it.
When I read the book, I seemed to just always imagine it to be cloudy and gloomy, whereas the film seems to have a lot more colour and life to it.
Fingers crossed.
Ravi
Upper Decker
jerellis1 said:
I would say it's the best book I've ever read about football.
thehockleyhustler
Stuart Pearce
Saw a trailer on Soccer am yesterday. Doesn't look like one of these cheesy Roy of the Rover style films so that in itself makes it worth a look.
From what I have seen the guy who plays Cloughie has him down to a tee!
From what I have seen the guy who plays Cloughie has him down to a tee!
Rigler
Jack Burkitt
thehockleyhustler said:
He also played Tony Blair and had him down to a tee. When you consider how different Clough is to Blair that makes him one seriously good actor.
nigelnffc
First Team Squad
Tutts 2009 said:
same here the trailer looks like it could be a decent film 2, i can't wait for it, i live with a leeds fan aswell who loved the book and is quickly learning that thy maybe should have done it the clough way then maybe they might have 1 european cup or even 2
definately one of the best football books i have read