Pool Stars in Film featuring Drunk Taggart

[Flight]

A new wave of antipathy between Liverpool and Manchester United is set to break out over a film which stars Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher and depicts Sir Alex Ferguson as a whisky-drinking drunk considering his own suicide.

 

The film, Fifteen Minutes That Shook The World, is described as 'a darkly humorous, fictional account of the events that inspired Liverpool's fightback against AC Milan in the Champions League final in Istanbul in May 2005'.

 

United's expected fury at the depiction of Ferguson, and that of Gary Neville as a 'rat' who 'hates scousers', is likely to be compounded by the decision of Rafa Benitez to attend Monday's premiere along with Gerrard and Carragher.

 

According to The Times, 'In one scene, a Ferguson parody called McTaggart rings a Neville lookalike, wearing a United No 2 shirt bearing the name "Rat Boy" on the back, to celebrate Liverpool trailing Milan by three goals.

 

'"Rat Boy", whose features were digitally enhanced to make him more ratlike, responds by singing about how he "hates Scousers", an ironic nod to the song that United fans chant about Neville's widely perceived dislike of Liverpool.

 

'When word comes through that Liverpool have drawn level, McTaggart is seen swigging furiously from a bottle of Scotch, which has the words "Manager of the Month but not as good as Bob Paisley" on it. He then tries to put his head in a noose only to be thwarted when the gum bubble he blows explodes over his face.'

 

United have yet to comment on the film.

 

 

 

[Guy_Incognito]

I'm sure I heard they got Mr Ferguson's permission to depict him in this. It was either on this site or on LFCtv. Probably

[Andy @ Allerton]

http://www.redcafe.net/f6/saf-portrayed-wh...c-movie-275853/

[Red Kent]

I think its disgusting and in extremely bad taste that one of, if not the greatest British managers of all time should be depicted in this way. Gary Neville has been nothing less of a model professional through out his career. I think we should boycott this film. It has really soiled my memories of that night.

[Nachos]

Usual media sense of humour bypass.

[Nachos]

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Scary place that. The vast majority seem to think the film was made by the club, and that only Liverpool fans live on council estates.

[oakie bob]

I think its disgusting and in extremely bad taste that one of, if not the greatest British managers of all time should be depicted in this way. Gary Neville has been nothing less of a model professional through out his career. I think we should boycott this film. It has really soiled my memories of that night.

 

Someone has stole Kev's log in

[Falconhoof]

the trailer looks s***.

[Sion]

Scary place that. The vast majority seem to think the film was made by the club, and that only Liverpool fans live on council estates.

 

It's funny because 98% of them on there are from Mumbai, Indonesia, Texas etc... and haven't seen Manchester let alone Liverpool.

[Barnesy_10]

The writer was on the radio earlier. Said it's media hype and that the paper reporting it never gets bought or read on merseyside.

[NWR]

It's funny because 98% of them on there are from Mumbai, Indonesia, Texas etc... and haven't seen Manchester let alone Liverpool.

 

I saw this site described like that.

 

I think the whole thing is very funny and I cant wait to see it.

[Hector McDougal]

It's beyond the pale.

[Stanley Leisure]

I think the whole thing sounds like an well-funded, sixth form media studies project.

[Sion]

I saw this site described like that.

 

Well that'd be wrong, to be fair.

Think you mean RAWK.

[floyd]

What's the fuss, Neville does look like a rat, and the Tramp does like a drink. Not exactly bending the truth

[Red Kent]

Someone has stole Kev's log in

 

Ant.

[madaboutlfc]

I saw this site described like that.

 

I think the whole thing is very funny and I cant wait to see it.

the you would be well off the mark..

 

btw, how aweful is that forum and seriously obsessed with liverpool.. there are more threads about liverpool than any other team

[Stevie H]

I think the whole thing sounds like an well-funded, sixth form media studies project.

i think that probably does a disservice to well-funded, sixth form media studies projects. this thing looks like an unfunny, small-time embarrassment to the club.

[Nachos]

Istanbul has been well and truly milked for all its worth. Some things are best left to the imaginiation.

[Jarg Armani]

this thing looks like an unfunny, small-time embarrassment to the club.

 

i saw this site described like that.

[Bigal]

is earl the pearl strickland in it?

[fyds]

Rafa's song while Paco plays spanish guitar:

'For what is Hamann - what has he got? His smokes? He drinks - he uses pot? But he will shine - he'll close our ranks - he'll be like Rommel in his tank'

 

 

Didi's scouse accent to the fore, too

[cymrococh]

Rafa's song while Paco plays spanish guitar:

'For what is Hamann - what has he got? His smokes? He drinks - he uses pot? But he will shine - he'll close our ranks - he'll be like Rommel in his tank'

 

 

Didi's scouse accent to the fore, too

It's funny because it says 'pot'.

 

ganja. sensimillia.

[fyds]

It's funny because it says 'pot'.

 

ganja. sensimillia.

I can just about scrape a ryhme or two out of ganja - kif or spliff for that matter - but sensimillia is stretching the scansion

[NWR]

the you would be well off the mark..

 

btw, how aweful is that forum and seriously obsessed with liverpool.. there are more threads about liverpool than any other team

 

Oh! You are being serious.