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Director
Daniel Gordon
Credits
Producers:John BattsekTrevor BirneyBrendan J. Byrne
Writer:Peter Ettedgui
Category
FeatureDocumentary
In 1961 George Best, a shy well-mannered Belfast teenager, was recruited by Manchester United to become what Pelé would call “the greatest player in the world”. A devilishly charismatic figure, Best achieved celebrity status early. His football was transcendent (playing for Northern Ireland, becoming European Footballer of the Year, and helping United win the European Cup), and his life was filled with glamorous women, fancy cars and forays into the world of fashion. But a pattern of self-destructive behaviour began prompting an inglorious departure from United and a decades-long alcoholic spiral to his death from liver failure in 2005 – newsworthy to the end. Daniel Gordon assembles a dynamic range of interviews with teammates, girlfriends and wives and an astonishing wealth of archive to capture the excitement of Best’s rise to fame and to reveal new perspectives on the tragedy of his demise. Notes by Sunniva O’ Flynn
90 minutes, UK, 2016, Colour
ALL YOU NEED IS DEATH 16:00, 20:55
BALTIMORE 18:30
IO CAPITANO 13:20
JEANNE DU BARRY 13:10, 18:10
PERFECT DAYS 13:30
THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN 15:40, 20:45
THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN Q&A (PREVIEW) 18.30
THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE 20:40
THE ZONE OF INTEREST 16:10
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