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New Football movie ! ! !
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| Wicked Neo |
This is to celebrate Englands Victory over the Germans in the world cup qualifiers . . .
Universal Pictures announced today they plan to make a film of the
momentous football match that took place on Saturday 1st September
2001.
"Five-One" is the tentative title of what could be next year's big
summer hit, depicting the American national soccer team's stunning victory over Germany.
Nicholas Cage heads an all star cast as the captain of the brave US
Soccer team haunted by the trauma of losing in the 2000 World Cup final on penalties and the death of his wife in a riot caused by English football hooligans, and finds love in the arms of a female sports journalist played by Julia Roberts.
Mel Gibson is the no-nonsense Swedish coach who leads them to glory,
with Keanu Reeves, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Will Smith playing some of Cage's heroic team mates. Jeremy Irons is set to star as Sir Nigel Villiers-Smythe, the dastardly Englishman who coaches the German team and forces them to play with poisoned-tipped studs to try and cheat the heroic American team out of victory.
Director Steven Spielberg defended the film-makers' decision to focus
on the American contribution to the victory over Germany and inaccurate and even imagined events in the story, saying, "Obviously we've had to take some artistic licence to make the story work on film, but I hope that what we produce will be true to the spirit of what happened on that famous night."
Kinda like that Submarine movie from a little while back huh ? LOL
Peace :)
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| dazza |
well said wicked Neo. im suprised they never made a film about winning the world cup in 66 . the yanks like to steal our thunder
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| AndiH |
| quote: | Originally posted by Wicked Neo
Jeremy Irons is set to star as Sir Nigel Villiers-Smythe, the dastardly Englishman who coaches the German team and forces them to play with poisoned-tipped studs to try and cheat the heroic American team out of victory.
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i'm still waiting for the first american movie without pointless clichés bout germans... |
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| Wicked Neo |
| quote: | Originally posted by AndiH
i'm still waiting for the first american movie without pointless clichés bout germans... |
Thats the American Movie and TV world for you thou Andi :(
all of us that are NON american get pigeon holed into a certain type of catargory by Hollywood.
The average American must think all british men look Like "Giles" from Buffy the Vampire Slayer cos he wears Tweed !
I cant remember the last time i saw any English guy wear Tweed. LOL
Peace :)
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