The club has spent big again by making Blue Moon Rising, a documentary detailing their first season under Sheikh Mansour
Manchester City's domination-complex is not, it appears, restricted to matters on the pitch. Loaded with Sheikh Mansour's billions, the club now not only wants to win trophies at home and abroad but also prove a success at the box-office. Their move into the movie world comes with the release of Blue Moon Rising, a behind-the scenes documentary that details City's first season under Abu Dhabi control and contains interviews with players, staff, fans and a certain guitarist from Oasis.
It is easy to mock the idea of a football-related film but if the exclusive trailer for Blue Moon Rising is anything to go by, this latest attempt has the potential to be rather good; more Damned United than When Saturday Comes.
That is no huge surprise given the club drafted...
Manchester City's domination-complex is not, it appears, restricted to matters on the pitch. Loaded with Sheikh Mansour's billions, the club now not only wants to win trophies at home and abroad but also prove a success at the box-office. Their move into the movie world comes with the release of Blue Moon Rising, a behind-the scenes documentary that details City's first season under Abu Dhabi control and contains interviews with players, staff, fans and a certain guitarist from Oasis.
It is easy to mock the idea of a football-related film but if the exclusive trailer for Blue Moon Rising is anything to go by, this latest attempt has the potential to be rather good; more Damned United than When Saturday Comes.
That is no huge surprise given the club drafted...
- 9/7/2010
- by Sachin Nakrani
- The Guardian - Film News
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