A Week of Football - Movies
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- DirectorTom HooperStarsColm MeaneyHenry GoodmanDavid RoperThe story of the controversial Brian Clough's 44-day reign as the coach of the English football club Leeds United.
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsKevin PiperRicky TomlinsonMalcolm TerrisThe manager of England's national football unexpectedly succumbs to a heart attack, and suddenly the search is on for a replacement. Most people who seem qualified for the position have the good sense to turn it down, and so the responsibility falls to Mike Bassett, a scruffy and loud-mouthed lout whose claim to football fame is leading a previously undistinguished team to a league championship. Bassett insists that England will win the World Cup under his leadership, but that's before he replaces his star player with a once-gifted footballer who has since developed a drinking problem, and hired a one-time car salesman as his assistant. After stunning losses to Poland and Belgium, Bassett goes from a favorite of both fans and the press to one of the most hated men in England; hoping to whip his team into shape, he subjects them to the high-tech training methods of eccentric Dr. Shoegaarten, which injures more players than it helps. Despite Bassett's ineptitude, England manages to qualify for the World Cup tournament thanks to group opponents Turkey losing their final game, and he flies to Rio with his team in hopes of somehow turning their bad luck around.
- DirectorJames StrongStarsDean AndrewsKate AshfieldNatalie BurtBased on the true story of Manchester United's legendary "Busby Babes", the youngest side ever to win the Football League, and the 1958 Munich Air Crash that claimed eight of their number.
- DirectorDanny CannonStarsKuno BeckerAlessandro NivolaAnna FrielThe extremely talented Santiago Muñez is spotted by a Newcastle United scout and given a chance at professional football.
- DirectorBarry SkolnickStarsVinnie JonesDavid KellyDavid HemmingsA football star jailed for assault leads a group of inmates in a match against prison guards.
- DirectorGurinder ChadhaStarsParminder NagraKeira KnightleyJonathan Rhys MeyersTwo ambitious girls, despite their parents' wishes, have their hearts set on careers in professional football.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsMichael CaineSylvester StallonePeléAs allied P.O.W.s prepare for a soccer game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers are making plans for the team's escape.