Summary
Goal! was the film likely to put Newcastle United on the film map, but director Michael Winterbottom pulled out of the project and turned to Code 46 starring Tim Robbins and Samantha Morton. He explains his reasons to STEVE PRATT and discusses even more difficult projects ahead.
IF things had gone to plan, director Michael Winterbottom would be in Newcastle shooting the first of the football film trilogy Goal! Instead, he s promoting his movie Code 46, while raising the finance to bring bawdy novel Tristram Shandy to the screen with comedian Steve Coogan in a starring role.See the full content of this document
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Wrong Goal Right Code
Signing up for Goal! always seemed an odd move for a British director who s carved a career over the past decade with low budget films that defy categorisation.
His films have cut across genres, just like Code 45 with its elements of sci-fi, gumshoe m...See the full content of this document
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