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Another frequently used technique is Hooper's tendency to use a variety of focal length camera lenses to distort the resulting picture. [78] In The Damned United he used a 10mm lens, notably in the scene where Clough stays inside during the Derby–Leeds match.
The Damned United is a 2009 sports drama film directed by Tom Hooper and adapted by Peter Morgan from David Peace's bestselling 2006 novel The Damned Utd – a largely fictional book based on the author's interpretation of Brian Clough's ill-fated tenure as football manager of Leeds United in 1974.
His first film, Runaway Dog, was made when he was 13 years old and shot on a Clockwork 16mm Bolex camera, using 100 feet of film. At age 18, he wrote, directed and produced the short film Painted Faces (1992), which premiered at the London Film Festival; it was released theatrically and later shown...
Mar 27, 2009 · Kudos are also due lenser Ben Smithard, whose visuals replicate the grainy, sun-deprived look of British film of the era. Period styling throughout is on the money, from Eve Stewart’s...
Mar 10, 2021 · Peace has vocabulary, syntax, punctuation, and the use of italics; Hooper has deeply-saturated teals and reds, bright purples, the rule of thirds, and the golden spiral. There’s more than a little of the National Portrait Gallery’s collection in this story of a footballing icon.
Jul 6, 2010 · The great British novelist David Peace got inside Clough’s complex head in The Damned Utd, and Tom Hooper’s movie adaptation, while shying away from the dark issues Clough had with alcohol, is...
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The Damned Utd is a 2006 British novel by David Peace, later adapted into the 2009 film The Damned United, directed by Tom Hooper and starring Michael Sheen. The main character is the famous British football manager Brian Clough.
