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The chameleon-like Michael Sheen - an actor that has already portrayed Tony Blair in THE QUEEN and Sir David Frost in FROST/NIXON - stars as Brian Clough: the short-lived manager of Leeds United in the 1970s. Read more
| Starring | Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney, Jim Broadbent |
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| Director | Tom Hooper |
| Genres | Drama, Sport |
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The chameleon-like Michael Sheen - an actor that has already portrayed Tony Blair in THE QUEEN and Sir David Frost in FROST/NIXON - stars as Brian Clough: the short-lived manager of Leeds United in the 1970s.
| Starring | Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney, Jim Broadbent, Joseph Dempsie, Maurice Roeves, Henry Goodman, Stephen Graham, Brian McCardie, Peter McDonald |
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| Director | Tom Hooper |
| Studio | Sony Pictures |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 38 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 37 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | Best of 2009, Footie Films, Full English, Top 400 All-Time Rentals |
| Genres | Drama, Sport |
| Language | DVD: English, English Audio Description Blu-ray: English, English Audio Description |
| Subtitles | Blu-ray: Hindi, English |
| Released | Production year: 2009 To Rent: DVD: 31 Aug 2009 Blu-ray: 31 Aug 2009 |
American soccer fansâ"all four of youâ"donât hate me for saying so, but The Damned United has very little... read more on Time Out
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This is not really a football film. It is a film about egos, self-destruction and love. That said, I'm not sure a viewer would be quite as quickly drawn in... read more »
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Great football film that doesnt involve football!
I dont mind football, but I doubt I could watch a movie containing lot of it, which is probably why I enjoyed The Damned United. It charts Brian Clough... read more »
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Michael Sheen plays a great Cloughy in this had him played to a tee. Brought back memories of the real thing, Very enjoyable.
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the first thing you can do....
Great film, Michael Sheen plays Brian Clough really well, as well as the greatest English manager of all time,
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Actor Michael Sheen is pleading with the family of English soccer legend Brian Clough to watch upcoming movie The Damned United - insisting they will be pleased with his portrayal of the late star. Sheen plays Clough in the film, which is based on a book chronicling his 44 days spent managing soccer team Leeds United in 1974 before he was sacked. Clough's family plans to boycott the movie in protest at the way he was portrayed in the novel - but Sheen is adamant the big-screen version adopts a Read more