Feb 8th   
Saipan*  (15)            
(Odeon Camden)   


(Ireland/Northern Ireland 2025)   
Wild Atlantic.Fine Point Films/others. 90m. ws

The bust-up before the 2002 FIFA World Cup between Irish manager Mick McCarthy and his loose cannon star player Roy Keane, made as a pop video docudrama celebrating the era as much as it is also a study of male versus alpha-male. Unlike The Damned United , a brief disclaimer about the historical veracity of it all appears at the beginning of the film rather than at the end.

w: Paul Fraser
p: Macdara Kelleher, John Kruille, Trevor Birney, Oliver Butler
d: Glenn Leyburn, Lisa Barros D'Sa
s: Eanna Hardwicke, Steve Coogan, Harriet Cains, Alice Lowe, Jack Hickey
ph: Piers McGrall
m: David Holmes
ed: Gavin Buckley, John Murphy

                     SAIPAN. Another double act featuring Steve Coogan, although one far less harmonious than Laurel and Hardy