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Interview: Tom Hooper on The Damned United

An interview with Tom Hooper, the director of The Damned United which is out on DVD and Blu-ray this week in the UK

Tom Hooper on the set of The Damned United

The Damned United is the film adaptation of David Peace‘s bestselling novel about football manager Brian Clough and his turbulent spell in charge of Leeds United during the 1970s.

It stars Michael Sheen as Clough, Timothy Spall as Peter TaylorColm Meaney as Don Revie and Jim Broadbent as Sam Longson.

Adapted by Peter Morgan and directed Tom Hooper (best known for his TV miniseries work on Longford and John Adams) it is out this week on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK and gets its North American premiere at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival.

I spoke with Tom recently about the film and you can listen to the interview here:

[audio:http://filmdetail.receptionmedia.com/Tom_Hooper_on_The_Damned_United.mp3]

You can download this interview as a podcast via iTunes by clicking here

> Download this interview as an MP3 file
> Buy The Damned United on DVD or Blu-ray Disc at Amazon UK
> Tom Hooper at the IMDb
> Official UK site
> Find out more about Brian Clough and David Peace’s novel at Wikipedia
> Check out our other DVD picks for this week (W/C Monday 31st August)

[Photo taken by Laurie Sparham © Courtesy of Sony Pictures, All Rights Reserved]