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The Damned United is a 2009 sports drama film directed by Tom Hooper and adapted by Peter Morgan from David Peace 's bestselling 2006 novel The Damned Utd – a largely fictional book based on the author's interpretation of Brian Clough 's ill-fated tenure as football manager of Leeds United in 1974.
He now turns his attentions to The Damned United, the complicated story of Brian Clough’s 44-day management of Leeds United football club in the ‘70s, and talks to us about why it was so important to portray Clough as a rounded character, and not to judge from the benefit of hindsight.
Sep 3, 2009 · An interview with Tom Hooper, the director of The Damned United which is out on DVD and Blu-ray this week in the UK
Peace has vocabulary, syntax, punctuation, and the use of italics; Hooper has deeply-saturated teals and reds, bright purples, the rule of thirds, and the golden spiral. There’s more than a little of the National Portrait Gallery’s collection in this story of a footballing icon.
The Damned United is a 2009 sports drama film directed by Tom Hooper and adapted by Peter Morgan from David Peace's bestselling 2006 novel The Damned Utd – a largely fictional book based on the author's interpretation of Brian Clough's ill-fated tenure as football manager of Leeds United in 1974.
Sep 24, 2009 · Hooper follows his acclaimed miniseries John Adams (and its predecessors Elizabeth the First and Longford) with another compelling portrait of stubborn greatness: The Damned United, Peter Morgan’s adaptation of David Peace’s novel about the controversial football coach Brian Clough (Michael Sheen) who left behind his lifelong business ...
Jul 4, 2018 · Filtered in a bluish tint to reflect a bygone era, Damned constructs an England to embody Clough’s inner turmoil, using reenacted press conferences, typography and montage to evoke the muted despair of a rain-soaked newspaper.
