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Damned United
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After tackling Tony Blair and David Frost, actor Michael Sheen turns to another driven historical figure: football manager Brian Clough....
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After tackling Tony Blair and David Frost, actor Michael Sheen turns to another driven historical figure: football manager Brian Clough. Talented but abrasive, Clough alienates some of those around him, including his rival, Don Revie. When Clough has the chance to coach Leeds, Revie?s former team, he takes on the role of the manager of the country?s best soccer team. Also starring Timothy Spall, Jim Broadbent, and Colm Meaney, this film marks the fourth time screenwriter Peter Morgan (THE QUEEN, FROST/NIXON) has crafted a character for Sheen.
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| Key Information | |
| Stars | Michael Sheen |
| Actors | Colm Meaney, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall |
| Available Formats | DVD |
| Directors | Tom Hooper |
| UPC | 043396334069 |
| Genre | Comedies |
| Subgenre | Soccer |
| MPAA Rating | R (MPAA) |
| Release Date | 2009 |
| Running Time | 1hr 37min |
| Languages | |
| Original Language | English |
| Credits | |
| Screenwriter | Peter Morgan |
| Professional Reviews | |
| Professional Reviews | (03/27/2009, Leslie Felperin): "Sheen's typically scrupulous channeling of Clough gets the tics and mannerisms right, but also carves a moving portrait of a braggart suddenly out of his depth....Period styling throughout is on the money...", (04/01/2009, Aubrey Day): 3 stars out of 5 -- "Morgan clearly has a deep affection for the source material and its protagonist while, as clough, Sheen hits screamers into the back of the net pretty much every time he's on screen.", (09/01/2009, Graham Fuller): "[The film] has an authentic aroma of English football in the Seventies....Michael Sheen nails his charismatic swagger; Colm Meaney is especially good as the mirthless Revie...", (09/09/2009, Kirk Honeycutt): "[T]his is historical fiction that continues Morgan's intriguing inquiry into the uses and abuses of power and how personalities get distorted by a taste of fame or success.", (10/14/2009, A. O. Scott): "THE DAMNED UNITED shares with THE QUEEN and FROST/NIXON not only a writer and a star, but also a precise and satisfying sense of proportion.", (10/14/2009, Roger Ebert): 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "It skillfully uses some archival footage, which evokes the pitch of feeling during a match.", (10/16/2009, Claudia Puig): 3 stars out of 4 -- "Well-made, with a seamless interweaving of archival footage, THE DAMNED UNITED is a straightforward character study. What vaults the film above the standard sports movie is the stellar performance by Michael Sheen.", (10/16/2009, Lisa Schwarzbaum): "It's no accident that Sheen displays some of the same incisive understanding of human inconsistency and political strategy that he demonstrated in THE QUEEN and FROST/NIXON: Peter Morgan wrote all three screenplays...", (10/23/2009): "It's more than a detailed account of one man's petty vindictiveness in a bygone era. It's about how our hatred can consume us so deeply that we lose sight of everything." |
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