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Untitled Alex Ferguson Project

Synopsis

Documenting the life of Manchester United football club’s iconic former leader Alex Ferguson. With exclusive and unrestricted access to Ferguson, his family and closest friends, the film charts the manager’s early years growing up in the working-class shipbuilding district of Govan in Glasgow, via the ‘Theatre of Dreams’ at Old Trafford where he achieved unparalleled success on the football pitch, to the ICU ward at Salford Royal hospital where he was recently treated for a near-fatal brain haemorrhage.
During his 26 years with Manchester United, the revered Scot won 38 trophies, including 13 Premier League titles, five FA Cups and two Champions Leagues. While at Aberdeen before his Utd career he won three Scottish league championships, four Scottish Cups and the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup.

Details

Year
2020
Type of project
Features
Director
Jason Ferguson 1st Feature
Producer
Daniel Battsek, John Battsek, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich
Editor
Gregor Lyon
Screenwriter
Mark Monroe
Director of Photography
Will Pugh
Archive Producer
Paul Gardner

Genre

Sport

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Production

Production Company

DNA Films

10 Amwell Street
London
EC1R 1UQ

Passion Pictures

County House
33-34 Rathbone Place
London
W1T 1JN

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