The Deal (2003)
I was having a look at the new film in the so-called “Blair trilogy” comprising of The Deal, The Queen and The Special Relationship (2010), which’ll hit cinemas sometime this year (yes, that was vague). Anyway, you can watch The Deal on Youtube, or easier still, by playing the parts below. Well worth a watch in my opinion, for me it’s a bit of a history lesson in political events that quite went over my head because at the time I was too wee to care about that sort of thing.
The Damned United (2009)
The Damned United sees Michael Sheen and screenwriter Peter Morgan together again for a factual football drama cataloguing Brian Clough’s short time as the Leeds manager and run-ins with his rival, Don Revie. The film, based on a book of the same name by David Peace, deals primarily with the relationship between three guys, Brian Clough, Don Revie and Peter Taylor, Clough’s right-hand man.
Bond 23
I was stoked to find out that Peter Morgan is writing the Bond 23 script. He’s written some great screenplays including that of Frost/Nixon (2008), The Queen (2006) and possibly my favourite, The Last King of Scotland (2006). For the director we’re looking at Sam Mendes – Revolutionary Road (2008), Jarhead (2005), Road to Perdition (2002) and American Beauty (1999). So two pretty big guns!
