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  • Actors: Colm Meaney, Michael Sheen, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall, Joseph Dempsie
  • Directors: Tom Hooper
  • Format: Colour, Import, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 31 Aug 2009
  • Run Time: 97 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (69 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B002C4I0YK
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,947 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Based on the best-selling book of the same name, The Damned United is the story of one of Britain’s finest ever football managers, Brian Clough, and his curtailed 44-day reign at the helm of Leeds United. It turns out it’s also the tale of his formative years at Derby County, the story of his rivalry with previous Leeds United boss Don Revie, and ultimately, the exploration of his relationship with his assistant, Peter Taylor.

The film explores the story by moving backwards and forwards in time, but always at the heart of The Damned United is its trump card. Michael Sheen has already richly deserved an abundance of plaudits in his acting career, not least for his superb portrayal of David Frost in Frost/Nixon, and he carves out another terrific performance here. Taking on the challenge of playing the larger than life Clough, his work here is tremendous, and the highlight of an already-strong cast that also features Timothy Spall and Colm Meaney.

On the screen, the story of The Damned United is actually distilled into quite a straightforward tale, albeit one considerably enhanced by its aforementioned cast. It wisely keeps its running time trimmed, and while you can’t help but suspect that there’s much to the story that’s not explored here, it’s a good, solid telling of a quite extraordinary tale. Sheen won’t, of course, attract Oscar-attention for such a resoundingly British role, but surely his time, on this latest piece of evidence, will come. --Jon Foster

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Colm Meaney, Michael Sheen, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall, Joseph DempsieDirector: Tom Hooper
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best movie ever made about football, 27 Aug 2009
By Antonio Moncayo (Zaragoza) - See all my reviews
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This film directed by Tom Hooper, is a thoroughly entertaining movie. You do not have to like football to enjoy it, but my guess is that the audience will be mainly people who enjoy football wholeheartelly. It has been suggested that this is the best film yet about football.

There are at least three fine performances form the main actors .Sheen does pretty well in his latest attempt to capture the mannerisms and visual tics of Clough and he also nailed the swagger and the arrogance however he misses the crucial intimations of humility and vulnerability that Clough occasionaly had.

This movie does credit to a coach who remains in the annals of English football, he remains one of the most charismatic, bullish and successful figures in the history of the game and is still the only domestic manager to win back-to-back European cups.

The movie offers a snapshot of another era that serves as a prologue to the Clough story.

The Extras include; Commentary with Director Tom Hooper, Michael Sheen and Producer Andy Harries 'Perfect Pitch: The Making Of The Damned United' Featurette
'Creating Clough''The Changing Game: Football In The Seventies' Featurette 'Remembering Brian' Featurette Cloughisms ( very funny ) and deleted Scenes.
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42 of 47 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Throw your fish'n'chips in the bin! We're having bhuna!, 27 Mar 2009
By Alex DeLarge (Lundy Island, devon) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Damned United [DVD] [2009] (DVD)
The Damned United is a well above average British film, and highly enjoyable. It tells the story of Brian Clough's short reign as Leeds manager, and with good use of flashback shows the main reasons why his tenure was only a month and a half long.

Although The Damned United's a sports film to an extent, you won't need to be heavily into the history of Leeds Utd to get a lot from this film. United is no more about sports than Cool Runnings, Slap Shot, or Any Given Sunday - like these, what it's really about is the journey taken by the characters. (Like in Cool Runnings, the characters are going to be in for a bumpy ride, especially Clough.)

Visuals - 10/10 this assuredly isn't an all flares and Texan bars representation of the 1974. Clever use of the film medium, and seamless editing with genuine 70s footage makes this a treat to watch. The visual direction is uniformly excellent, recreating rather than nostalgising the era in question).

Script - 9/10 almost perfect - doesn't go all out for funny lines, yet there's humour all over the place among the serious stuff and the right balance is acheived. The pace of the script is excellent too - not a dull minute over the entire hour and thirty seven minutes.

Acting 10/10 (Colm Meaney in a particular as Don Revie, even if his true accent does manifest occasionally. Jim Broadbent as Derby's elderly chairman is played with subtle pathos - excellent).

Not much more to say really - except to anyone thinking about making a British film set in the 1970s: watch and learn, kids. Watch and learn.

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23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Golden Era well evoked, 3 May 2009
By L. Davidson (Belfast, N.Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Damned United [DVD] [2009] (DVD)
"The Damned United" is a thoroughly entertaining movie about the early career of the legendary British football manager Brian Clough.It focuses mainly on his brief time as manager of Leeds United in 1974 following a successful few seasons as manager of unfashionable Derby County during which he won the League Championship for them.Clough never liked Leeds' style of football nor their manager Don Revie and publicly slated them in the media , making his decision to become their new boss following Revie's resignation a puzzling one. Clough's abrasive and disrespectful approach to the Leeds players alienated him from them even further and when results went against him early on in the 1974-1975 season, the writing was on the wall for Clough and he was duly sacked."The Damned United" chronicles this whole period.The remarkable Michael Sheen acts Brian Clough superbly in this film and he is ably supported by Timothy Spall who plays his sidekick Peter Taylor and Colm Meaney as his nemesis Don Revie. The acting is excellent throughout and the whole period is portrayed convincingly well."The Damned United" is one of the best films about football that I have seen.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars The Damned united
I brought this DVD for my husband and he really enjoyed it, he's watched it a couple of time now, very entertaining
Published 1 day ago by Mrs. S. D. Horgan

3.0 out of 5 stars Good in parts
I'm old enough to remember the events in the film, and I have to say Michael Sheen is very convincing as Brian Clough, but the Leeds players just don't seem right at all. Read more
Published 2 days ago by Rob

4.0 out of 5 stars Cloughie unhinged (though somewhat deleted)
Football films that attempt to seriously tackle the personalities involved are few and far between, which makes The Damned United all the more worthwhile as a piece of fiction and... Read more
Published 2 days ago by mancheeros

4.0 out of 5 stars Cloughie
I thought this film was fantastic, great acting all round, i'd say if it was worth watching if you are a football fan or not, even if you are a football fan and hate Leeds i'd say... Read more
Published 7 days ago by A. Waite

5.0 out of 5 stars Great film
I saw this, originally, at the cinema and I was a little sceptical. I assumed it was ALL about football, but I wanted to see it as I knew it had a great cast (Michael Sheen -... Read more
Published 15 days ago by Gillybean

5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Good Film About Football, But. . . . . .
I used to live not far from where Brian Clough was born, and never did see him play for Middlesbrough at Ayresome Park since he had already moved to Sunderland by the time I... Read more
Published 18 days ago by E. A. Redfearn

5.0 out of 5 stars Damned Good
Excellent film regardless of whether its different from the book. Really entertaining and Sheens portrayal of clough is brilliant. Best film about football there is.
Published 26 days ago by P. Mooney

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
It's a real shame that top-notch performances from Michael Sheen (as Clough) and Colm Meaney (as Revie) are so deeply undermined by a script full of missed opportunities and... Read more
Published 27 days ago by classic 1965

4.0 out of 5 stars excellent acting and very entertaining
I bought this as a blind buy on the reccomendation of a friend and i am glad i did. i do enjoy football and this film highlighted the politics involved in football at the time. Read more
Published 27 days ago by M. Selby

5.0 out of 5 stars what a great film
Having read the book and found every page facinating.I thought if the film was 50% as good it would be well worth watching it was better. Read more
Published 29 days ago by Richard K. Illingworth

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