Sort by EPL Talk (Free subscription) - 23/06/2009 - YouTube
From the best-selling and critically acclaimed novel by David Peace, The Damned United is directed by Tom Hooper and stars Michael Sheen as the legend...
Sort by EPL Talk (Free subscription) - 23/06/2009
Well, I didn’t think it would happen, but thankfully it has. Sony Pictures has decided to bring The Damned United to U.S. movie screens. The adaptation of the controversial novel by author David Peace about the 44 day period that Brian Clough spent as manager of Leeds United will be released this Fall. September 25, 2009, [...]
Sort by Can't Stop the Bleeding (Free subscription) - 28/01/2009
If you were to make a major motion picture about the life of say, Larry Brown, would you choose to make his brief tenure as head coach of the New York Knicks the film’s primary storyline? That’s the question that comes to mind after watching a trailer for “The Damned United” (above, opening in the UK [...]
Sort by My Dad's a Communist (Free subscription) - 03/04/2009
In the 1970s Leeds United were world famous - I remember being at a campsite in France once and a French lad asked where I came from, and I said Leeds. "Ah! Leeds United! Leeds United" he shouted and a little crowd gathered to ask me about what it was like to come from this iconic Footy City. In the 1970s, too, when Leeds United's manager Don Revie left to become England manager (and that didn't work...
Sort by The Gryffindor Gazette (Free subscription) - 20/03/2009
Here’s Emma Watson stepping out for a night on the town with her brother Alex to see “The Damned United”, a movie about Brian Clough’s 44-day reign as the coach of Leeds United. So basically a soccer flick! Fellow HP alums Jim Broadbent (Slughorn) and Timothy Spall (Wormtail) star in the movie. Here’s the trailer: And [...]
Sort by SoccerBlog.com (Free subscription) - 03/04/2009
Brian Clough's ill fated 44 days at Leeds United. The legend even had Muhammad Ali talking on TV about him. But true to Clough's nature, he was going to fight even that passing reference. Tearing down institutions. Shaking up...
Sort by Springfield MO Soccer (Free subscription) - 08/10/2009
Wow, a triple threat. A futbol movie, about Leed’s United (my favorite former EPL team, now leading the 1st Division and primed to return!) and a great story. It’s been covered by NPR and is receiving special screenings on both coasts. I’ve put in a request to my favorite indie theater, The Moxie, [...]
