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The Damned United

Year:
Duration:
98 min
Genres:
Biography | Comedy | Drama | Sport
IMDB rate:
7.6
Director:
Tom Hooper
Awards:
5 nominations
Details
Country: UK
Release Date: 2009-03-27
Filming Locations: Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK
Earnings
Budget: $10,000,000
Opening Weekend: £618,929 (UK) (29 March 2009)
Gross: $449,558 (USA) (7 February 2010)
Cast
Actor
Character
Colm Meaney
Don Revie
Henry Goodman
Manny Cussins
David Roper
Sam Bolton
Jimmy Reddington
Keith Archer
Oliver Stokes
Nigel Clough
Ryan Day
Simon Clough
Michael Sheen
Brian Clough
Mark Bazeley
Austin Mitchell
Timothy Spall
Peter Taylor
Maurice Roëves
Jimmy Gordon
Stephen Graham
Billy Bremner
Peter McDonald
Johnny Giles
Mark Cameron
Norman Hunter
Frank Skillin
Younger Nigel Clough
Dylan Van Hoof
Younger Simon Clough
Sydney Wade
Younger Elizabeth Clough
Elizabeth Carling
Barbara Clough
Jim Broadbent
Sam Longson
Mark Jameson
Groundsman
Liam Thomas
Les Cocker
Glenn Cunningham
Syd Owen
Tony Gubba
Himself
Gillian Waugh
Lillian Taylor
Martin Compston
John O'Hare
Colin Harris
John McGovern
Giles Alderson
Colin Todd
Stewart Robertson
Archie Gemmill
Laurie Rea
Terry Hennessey
Michael Parkinson
Himself (as Sir Michael Parkinson)
Ralph Ineson
Journalist
Philip Childs
Commentator (Wembley)
Terence Harvey
FA Committee Chairman
Gordon Hall
FA White Haired Elder
John Craven
Himself
Isabella Eades-Jones
Elizabeth Clough
Joe Dempsie
Duncan McKenzie
Paul Bown
Mike Bamber
Christopher Chilton
Floor Manager
Tomasz Aleksander
Roy McFarland (uncredited)
Muhammad Ali
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brian Clough
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alex Harker
Allan Clarke (uncredited)
Nathan Head
Photographer (uncredited)
Jimmy Hill
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kevin Keegan
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
James MacColl
Luton Town Player (uncredited)
Mark Mathieson
Football Supporter (uncredited)
Chris Moore
Paul Madeley (uncredited)
Stephen Nicholas
Alan Durban (uncredited)
Paul O'Brien
Phil Thompson (uncredited)
Don Revie
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Savage
Gordon McQueen (uncredited)
David Stevenson
(uncredited)
Danny Tomlinson
David Harvey
Baxter Williams
Committee Member (uncredited)
Craig Williams
Joe Jordan (uncredited)
Chris Wilson
FA Disciplinary Board Member
Did you know?
Trivia
Saltergate, Chesterfield was used to film Baseball Ground and Wembley scenes.
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According to published reports, Kenneth Branagh was considered for the role of Don Revie.
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The scenes in the film set at the Derby County training ground were actually filmed in Leeds at a football pitch ironically overlooking the Leeds United stadium.
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Goofs
Brian Clough is shown smoking in the film. His family maintain that he never took up the habit. However in a documentary made in the early 1970's Clough spoke about smoking too much and trying to quit. Perhaps he was careful about not smoking in the company of his family.
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In the car scene where Brian Clough is going to try and sign Dave McKay, Pete (Timothy Spall) is seen eating a salt and vinegar packet of crusader crisps. Crusader crisps are a Netto own brand product, and Netto first opened in 1981, a few years after the film was set.
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Derby are shown getting beaten 5-0 by Leeds in their first game against Leeds in the 1st Division. In fact they lost 2-0 in that first game, they lost 5-0 3 years later.
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Quotes
Brian Clough: [Arriving in Brighton. Sings] Oh, I don't like to be beside the seaside...
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Manny Cussins: I hired you to do this job because I think you're the best young manager in this country.
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Michael Parkinson: How do you react when someone says, "Boss, you're doing it wrong?"
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Faq
Q
Who was managing Derby in the match that Brian Clough snuck into, if Dave Mackay hadn't been appointed yet?
A
Though it's not stated in the film, in real-life Jimmy Gordon took over as acting manager for two matches in-between Clough's resignation and Mackay's appointment, and remained with the club as Mackay's assistant until the end of the season, when he rejoined Clough at Leeds.
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Photos from cast
Brian McCardie
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