The Damned United
Production Company: BBC Films, Left Bank Pictures, Screen Yorkshire
Director: Tom Hooper
DoP: Ben Smithard
Film Editor: Melanie Oliver
Producers: Andy Harris, Grainne Marmion
Release Date: 27th March 2009
Main cast: Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall, Jim Broadbent, Colm Meaney
Set in 1960s and 1970s England, ‘The Damned United’ tells the confrontational and darkly humorous story of Brian Clough’s doomed 44 day tenure as manager of the reigning champions of English football Leeds United.
‘The Damned United’ stars Michael Sheen (The Queen, Frost/Nixon) as the legendary, opinionated football manager Brian Clough with Timothy Spall (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Sweeney Todd) as his right hand man, only friend and crutch Peter Taylor. Colm Meaney (Layer Cake, The Commitments) plays Clough’s nemesis Don Revie. Jim Broadbent (Iris, Moulin Rouge) plays Sam Longson, Derby Chairman.
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