The Football Factory
Synopsis
Adapted and directed by Nick Love, The Football Factory is seen through the eyes of four men, all of who have a different story to tell about their experience with tribal culture on the terraces of the beautiful game.
Tommy Johnson (Danny Dyer); a bright thirty year old with a steady job and close family leads us through the story and is the link to the other three characters.
Billy Bright (Frank Harper); a right wing fascist who forms part of the older generation of the Chelsea Headhunters but is full of bitterness in what he sees as a country that has failed him.
Zeberdee (Roland Manookian) a mouthy hooligan whose life has already run into the cul de sac of crime and drugs.
And Bill Farrell; a seventy year old war veteran who tries to enjoy every day to the limit.
The Football Factory is frighteningly real yet full of painful humour as the four character's extreme thoughts and actions unfold before us.
Details
- Year
- 2004
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 90 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
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Nick Love
- Producer
- Rupert Preston
- Executive Producer
- Rupert Preston
- Editor
- Stuart Gazzard
- Screenwriter
- Nick Love
- Director of Photography
- Damian Bromley
- Music
- Lol Hammond
- Principal cast
- Danny Dyer, Frank Harper
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Vertigo Films
The Big Room Studios77 Fortess Road
London NW5 1AG
UK
T+44 (0)20 7428 7555
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