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| Clough family 'should see film' | Clough family 'should see film' |
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| Actor Michael Sheen says he hopes Brian Clough's family will watch his latest film about the late football manager. | Actor Michael Sheen says he hopes Brian Clough's family will watch his latest film about the late football manager. |
| The Damned United chronicles the 44 days Clough spent managing Leeds United in 1974 before he was sacked. | |
| But Clough's family have said they will boycott the film as they were unhappy with the book upon which it is based. | But Clough's family have said they will boycott the film as they were unhappy with the book upon which it is based. |
| "It's a much more affectionate and respectful look at Brian," Sheen said ahead of the film's world premiere in London's Leicester Square. | "It's a much more affectionate and respectful look at Brian," Sheen said ahead of the film's world premiere in London's Leicester Square. |
| "I hope they get to see it because I can understand their fears," he added. | "I hope they get to see it because I can understand their fears," he added. |
| "I know they weren't happy with the book but I think the film is a very different animal. | "I know they weren't happy with the book but I think the film is a very different animal. |
| "We felt that any film that was going to be about Brian Clough would have to be something that showed why people had so much affection and admiration for him. | "We felt that any film that was going to be about Brian Clough would have to be something that showed why people had so much affection and admiration for him. |
| "I think the film does service to that and I hope that if any of the family get to watch it they can make their minds up after that." | "I think the film does service to that and I hope that if any of the family get to watch it they can make their minds up after that." |
| Michael Sheen on playing Brian Clough | Michael Sheen on playing Brian Clough |
| Clough, a former England player who died in 2004, found success managing Derby County and Nottingham Forest either side of his unhappy tenure at Leeds. | |
| His son Nigel told BBC Radio Derby that the family would snub the film because the book - which portrayed Clough as the victim of his own ambition - had upset his mother, Barbara. | |
| "I'll go with the principle that if the film is based on the book, we won't be going down the road of seeing it," he said. | "I'll go with the principle that if the film is based on the book, we won't be going down the road of seeing it," he said. |
| Tom Hooper, the director of The Damned United, said that he and screenwriter Peter Morgan had made efforts to get Clough's family involved with the project. | Tom Hooper, the director of The Damned United, said that he and screenwriter Peter Morgan had made efforts to get Clough's family involved with the project. |
| "We invited them to read the script and see an early cut of the movie and the finished film," he said. | "We invited them to read the script and see an early cut of the movie and the finished film," he said. |
| "I would have loved to speak to them because what better [way is there to do] research? We definitely wanted to involve them. | "I would have loved to speak to them because what better [way is there to do] research? We definitely wanted to involve them. |
| "Peter and I were affected by what they felt about the book so it did inspire us to make as rounded a portrait of Brian Clough as we could," he added. | "Peter and I were affected by what they felt about the book so it did inspire us to make as rounded a portrait of Brian Clough as we could," he added. |
| The film goes on general release on 27 March. | The film goes on general release on 27 March. |