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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 film: 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

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Sport

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Production

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DNA Films

10 Amwell Street
London
EC1R 1UQ

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Passion Pictures

County House
33-34 Rathbone Place
London
W1T 1JN

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