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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2008: #99 Leatherheads

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Leatherheads George Clooney

#99. Leatherheads

Director: George Clooney
Writers: Duncan Brantley and Rick Reilly
Producers: Casey Silver (Ladder 49), Grant Heslov and Clooney
Distributor: Universal Pictures

The Gist: Written by Steven Schiff and Clooney, Clooney
plays Dodge Connolly, a swaggering, aging football hero who is
determined to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But
after the players lose their sponsor and the entire league faces
certain collapse, Dodge convinces a college football star to join his
ragtag ranks.

Fact: To prepare for the film, Clooney watched many “Screwball” comedies.

See It: Clooney hasn’t gone all softy on us – he is just trying out a different genre – and I have a feeling that O’Brother humor might have slipped into this one.

Release Date/Status?: This was intially a 2007 release but Universal made a smart move in setting it for an April 4th release – less traffic congestion.

 
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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