Also saw it yesterday! Agree that the Clough part was played
wonderfully, but the guy who played the Don was just uncanny. Almost
like his double.
It was lighter than the book, moving away from Clough's internal
deliberations and concentrated on the humour. Some really excellent
observations about footballing in the late sixties/early seventies (I
loved the state of the Baseball Ground, and Clough putting out oranges
and an ashtray for each of the Leeds players). Think they overstated
the rivalry between Clough and Revie though.
What narked me was the reduction of Leeds players to simple
stereotypes. Hearing 'Marching on Together' at the opening credits was
superb, but then moving from two clips of goals (Clarke and Jones?) to
numerous clips of harsh tackles by Giles/Hunter just set the scene.
Bremner was made out to be a neanderthal, and Giles like something
from an Irish Braveheart. The scene where Leeds play Derby in the rain
(before Derby had to play Juve) was a disgrace in my view. Also, I'd
liked to have seen a bit more of the Liverpool tactics in the Charity
Shield match (though I accept Billy did lose his nut in that one) -
and some mention of tactics from other people like Chopper Harris etc
to show it was all ubiquitous in those days. It is also worth watching
the real YTV show when Clough met Revie (available online) to match it
to how the film portrays it - in my view Clough basically admitted he
got it wrong and had a lot of respect for the Don.
Minor point, if you go to all that trouble of recreating the old
grounds, why have the scene in the tunnel when Giles say about
justifying yourself to 40,000 and in the back you get the brand new
three-tiered east stand (or that's what it looked like to me)?
Stu
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