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2008

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A romantic comedy set in the world of 1920s football, where the owner of a professional team drafts a straight-laced college sensation, only to watch his new coach fall for his fiancée. Read more

Starring	George Clooney, John Krasinski, Renee Zellweger, Stephen Root
Director	George Clooney
Genres	Comedy, Drama, Romance

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Leatherheads
- 07 Apr 2008
American football is rarely a major selling point for a movie over here - even in the US it doesn't have a very strong box office record. An American football film set in 1925 is even less sexy, but Universal hasn't done itself any favours by holding George Clooney's latest back from the critics. Such timidity only gives the impression Leatherheads isn't much cop. Leatherheads isn't much cop, but it's not the outright disaster the studio seems to have written off. Like too many latterday... Read more
New in Town
- 23 Feb 2009
There’s nothing new about New in Town, unless you consider it a new low for Renée Zellweger. As in Leatherheads, she’s shooting for a golden oldie screwball romantic comedy vibe – and missing. She’s Lucy Hill, a corporate executive on the fast track to success in Florida, the Sunshine State. Her sexist colleagues pack her off to retool a Minnesota factory the corporation has taken over. That means lay-offs, union unpleasantness and at least a couple of long months in... Read more
21 sticks at top of box office
- 07 Apr 2008
Casino scam movie 21 has held off a charge from George Clooney's latest outing Leatherheads to hold on the top spot at the US box office, according to new figures from Nielsen. The film, which stars Jim Sturgess and Kevin Spacey, took $15.1 million (£7.59 million) in its second week to stay ahead of Clooney's 1920s-set American Football comedy. Nim's Island, featuring Panic Room and Bugsy Malone star Jodie Foster, made its debut at number three in the chart, followed by animated comedy hit Read more
Sydney Pollack dies at 73
- 28 May 2008
Academy award-winning director Sydney Pollack has died at the age of 73. The Out of Africa director died of cancer at his home in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, surrounded by his family, his publicist said Diagnosed with cancer just ten months ago, the director and producer continued to expand his body of work, most recently producing the Oscar-nominated thriller Michael Clayton. George Clooney, who worked with Pollack on Michael Clayton and recent screwball comedy Leatherheads, said the... Read more
American beauties join Mendes cast
- 22 Apr 2008
Good Night, And Good Luck star Jeff Daniels and A Mighty Wind's Catherine O'Hara are the latest Hollywood hotshots to sign up for the new comedy from American Beauty director Sam Mendes. The Hollywood Reporter says the pair have joined a cast including Maya Rudolph (Saturday Night Live, A Prairie Home Companion), John Krasinski (Leatherheads, The Office: An American Workplace) and Alison Janney (Juno, The West Wing), for the film, which starts production this week. Cheryl Hines (Curb Your... Read more