Thursday, 29 January 2009

coming attractions 4

By now you must surely be aware of my enthusiasm for the books of David Peace. There's a trailer been released for the forthcoming adaptation of his novel The Damned United:



Can't say I'm too impressed with the looks of it so far anyway.

Scott Murray writes a review on the Guardian's football site: LINK

"A nagging worry... this could be an underdog-versus-the-big-bad-world feelgood flick. Wasn't Peace's novel a tale of fags, inexpensive booze recklessly necked, and thundering depression?"

The big problem with sports films is always that reality contains all the drama:

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