A film by Tom Hooper
R, 98min

“You don't have to be a soccer expert, or even know all that much about the sport, to get sucked into the competing personalities and personal dramas of 'The Damned United.'” – Christy Lemire, Associated Press

“Fine acting and directing, splendid dialogue and a story too outrageous to be made up.” – Los Angeles Times

The screenwriter Peter Morgan and the actor Michael Sheen collaborated on The Queen and Frost/Nixon; this time they take on the true story of the controversial football (i.e., soccer) coach Brian Clough, Set in 1960’s and 1970’s England, The Damned United tells the confrontational and darkly humorous story of Clough’s doomed 44 day tenure as manager of the reigning champions of English football Leeds United.