Video transcript: The Damned United trailer

[Audio: theme music] [Video: shot of a welcome mat which reads ‘Welcome to ’]

[Video: transition to shot of welcome mat which reads ‘The Damned United]

[Video: shot of Elland Road from the motoway]

Narrator: I see it from the motorway

[Video: shot of a floodlight]

Narrator: floodlights and stands

[Video: shot of a crowd in a stand at a football match]

Narrator: fingers and fists

[Video: shot of fingers pointing before transition of a football fan waving a scarf in the air]

Narrator: sticks and stones

[Video: shot of crowd at a football match]

Narrator: flesh and bones

[Video: camera quickly pans across a football pitch]

Narrator: Elland Road

[Video: footage of a police motorcycle driving down a road next to Elland Road football with with crowds walking along the footpath]

Narrator:

[Video: shot of a sign reading ‘Leeds’]

Narrator: down the stairs, along the corridor, around the corner

[Video: camera pans down some stairs and through corridors and round a corner in Elland Road]

Narrator: into the dressing room, his dressing room

[Video: shot pans in to a man wearing shirt and trousers standing with his back to camera with his arms folded with a transition shot to man putting on a suit jacket before adjusting his tie]

[Video: man opens two doors to show a tunnel to the football pitch with back to camera.]

Narrator: hateful, hateful place; spiteful, spiteful place

[Video: man walks down the tunnel towards the football pitch with back to camera first focusing on his feet, before panning to head and shoulders. Man raises his arms as he leaves tunnel to the football pitch]

[Video: screen cuts to black. Resumes with man with arms in the air with the camera shooting from his side with crown chanting]

Crowd: Yer lost yer ma’am, yer lost yer ma’am, yer lost yer ma’am

[Video: camera pans closer to the man’s face with crowd continuing to chant]

Narrator: hateful, hateful place

[Video: camera angle changes with man facing towards another part of the stadium]

Narrator: spiteful, spiteful place

[Video: cut to blue screen with a quote. ‘A feisty full-on adaptation of David Peace’s novel.’ Four stars The Stage. Quote fades]

[Video: Quote appears. ‘A brilliant production for both football fans and theatre lovers.’. Four stars. Three Weeks. Quote fades]

[Video: Quote appears. ‘It’s a perfectly rounded piece of theatre and at just over an hour, very satisfying.’ Four stars. Reviewsgate. Quote fades]

[Video: Quote appears. ‘A powerful insight into one of the most talked about football managers in football history.’ Four stars. North West End. Quote fades]

[Video: Text appears stating ‘The Damned United on tour with the website www.redladder.co.uk and telephone number 0113 245 5311. Red Ladder and West Yorkshire Playhouse logos appear along with Leeds City Council, Arts Council and special thanks to Leeds United Football Club’]