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Robin Friday Biopic Gathers Steam TITLE: THE GREATEST FOOTBALLER YOU NEVER SAW OUTLET: SCREEN INTERNATIONAL DATE: 28TH AUGUST 2012 PAGE NO. http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/robin-friday-biopic-gathers-steam/5045762.article Robin Friday biopic gathers steam 28 August, 2012 | By Andreas Wiseman Football biopic backed by Telegael, Film Agency Wales, Moonscoop USA, Tasty Films and Ambergreen Entertainment. Controversial 70’s footballer Robin Friday, well known for his on and off-field antics, is to be the subject of a new biopic from UK TV producer Mike Young, creator of Super Ted . Young is partnering on the project with author Paolo Hewitt and LA-based UK producers Marc Ambrose (Ambergreen Entertainment) and Marc Benardout and Julian Stone (Tasty Films). Stone and Hewitt have adapted the script from Hewitt and former Oasis bassist Paul “Guigsy” McGuigan’s biography of Friday. The project is funded by production house Telegael, Film Agency Wales and Young, with the team in talks for further investment. Friday played football for Reading and Cardiff but was as well known for his off-field antics as his underappreciated football talent. The film will chart Friday’s widely reported excesses during the 70’s as well as his short-lived and mercurial football talent. TITLE: THE GREATEST FOOTBALLER YOU NEVER SAW OUTLET: EMPIRE DATE: 28TH AUGUST 2012 PAGE NO. http://www.empireonline.com/News/story.asp?nid=35002 The Robin Friday Story Kicks Off In The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw 28 August 2012 | Written by Phil de Semlyen A famous George Best yarn tells of the wildly gifted footballer ordering a nightcap from hotel room service. When the bellboy appeared with yet another bottle of champagne, he took in the sight of Best strewn across a bed with fluttering bank notes and an even-more-fluttering Miss World. Pausing for a moment, the bellboy looked up at his hero and murmured: "George, where did it all go wrong?" It's probably no coincidence that Oasis named one of their album tracks "Where Did It All Go Wrong?, or that the band's former bass player Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan is indirectly helping bring the story of another footballing maverick, Robin Friday, to the screen in the shape of The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw . Friday, a Reading and Cardiff striker in the '70s, may not have had Best's profile but he definitely shared the great man's penchant for off-pitch craziness. All that boozing, smoking, womanising and drug-taking took its toll - he died at a tragically young age of 38 - but should make for a compelling character piece. "When I was writing The Robin Friday Story [in 1998] with Guigsy all those years ago", says co-biographer Paolo Hewitt, "I kept saying it would make a great film". Hewitt and Julian Stone have penned the script, with Film Agency Wales contributing to funding. No word on casting yet, but keep your eyes peeled for more on what could be an intriguing additional to perm-heavy '70s fare like Once In A Lifetime and Best . TITLE: the greatest footballer you never saw OUTLET: HUFFINGTON POST DATE: 28TH AUGUST 2012 PAGE NO. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/08/28/the-robin-friday-story-set-for-kick- off_n_1835641.html The Robin Friday Story Set For Kick- Off The Huffington Post UK | By Samuel Luckhurst Posted: 28/08/2012 12:33 Updated: 28/08/2012 14:50 He is responsible for one of the greatest photographs in English football history, and now The Robin Friday Story is set to be made into a film. Based on the eponymous book written by former Oasis bass player Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan and Paolo Hewitt, Friday was a Reading and Cardiff City striker in the 70s whose boozing, smoking, womanising and drug-taking contributed to his tragically young death at the age of 38. Despite his short life, the film should make for an entertaining biography of one of English football's most memorable mavericks. Friday was also immortalised on the Super Furry Animals' album sleeve The Man Don't Give A F**k . Although football has traditionally struggled on the big screen, the relative success of 2009's The Damned United and the 2006 documentary Once in a Lifetime suggests the 70s appears to be an auspicious era for depicting the beautiful game on film. TITLE: THE GREATEST FOOTBALLER YOU NEVER SAW OUTLET: WALES ONLINE DATE: 29 TH AUGUST 2012 PAGE NO. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/need-to-read/2012/08/29/tragic-life-of-cardiff-city-cult-hero- robin-friday-to-be-played-out-in-movie-91466-31720184/ Tragic life of Cardiff City cult hero Robin Friday to be played out in film by Gareth Rogers Aug 29 2012 Cardiff City cult hero Robin Friday flicks a 'v' sign at Luton Town goalkeeper Milija Aleksic Cardiff City’s iconic champagne football maverick Robin Friday will be the feature of a film called ‘The Greatest Footballer you Never Saw.' The movie, which will be part funded by Film Agency Wales , will take the title of the book written about Friday by Paolo Hewitt and Oasis guitarist Paul ‘Guigsy’ McGuigan in 1998 and will document the story of the drinking, drug taking fans hero. Cardiff City fans have mixed memories of the stylish star who, will be remembered in South Wales for magic moments on the field as well as famously flicking a ‘v’ sign to Luton Town goalkeeper Milija Aleksic after rounding him and scoring at Ninian Park in 1977, in a game that guaranteed the Bluebirds’ safety from relegation to Division Three. The book also told of how Friday was arrested on the way to signing for Cardiff City for boarding a train without a ticket and how he tragically died, age 38, after struggling with drink and drug addiction. n 1996, the Super Furry Animals dedicated their song ‘The Man Don't Give a F***’ to their hero who they had watched on the terraces, who played and lived in the image of fellow football icon George Best. On the inside cover, it says: “This record is dedicated to the memory of Robin Friday and his stand against the 'Man'." Former NME journalist Hewitt, who also wrote The Fashion of Football and Young Mods Forgotten Story, claims he always thought Friday’s story would make a good film, saying: “When I was writing The Robin Friday Story with Guigsy all those years ago, I kept saying it would make a great film.” Six years after the book was released, Friday was voted the top "all-time cult hero" by fans of Cardiff City and his previous club Reading. Reading fan Richard Wickeson gives his opinions of Robin Friday Football film fans who enjoyed the likes of The Damned United, Once In A Lifetime and Best should look out for The Greatest Footballer you Never Saw because Robin Friday’s tragic tale is a roller coaster ride of intrigue. Was Robin Friday a Cardiff City great? Have your say in the comments box below TITLE: THE GREATEST FOOTBALLER YOU NEVER SAW OUTLET: EVENING STANDARD DATE: 30 TH AUGUST 2012 PAGE NO. 53 TITLE: THE GREATEST FOOTBALLER YOU NEVER SAW OUTLET: DAILY EXPRESS DATE: 31ST AUGUST 2012 PAGE NO. 77 TITLE: THE GREATEST FOOTBALLER YOU NEVER SAW OUTLET: WALES ONLINE DATE: 31 ST AUGUST 2012 PAGE NO. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/cardiffonline/cardiff-news/2012/08/31/cardiff-city-supporter-picks- robert-carlisle-to-star-in-robin-friday-biopic-91466-31730922/ Cardiff City supporter picks Robert Carlisle to star in Robin Friday biopic By James McCarthy Aug 31 2012 Cardiff Citys answer to George Best is to be the subject of new biopic, The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw MERCURIAL footballer Robin Friday was as famous for his drug and drink fuelled antics off the pitch as he was for his silky skills on it. And now Cardiff City’s answer to George Best is to be the subject of new biopic, The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw. The film about the intimidating forward is to be scripted by former NME journalist Paulo Hewitt and screenwriter Julian Stone. Paulo penned a biography about womanising Friday – also called The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw – with former Oasis bassist Paul “Guigsy” McGuigan. The author said: “When I was writing the book with Guigsy all those years ago, I kept saying to him, ‘This would make such a great film’. “The fact that this is now happening is the proverbial dream come true – Spurs will win the Premiership at this rate.” SuperTed creator Mike Young, now based in LA, is producing the project, to be part- funded by Film Agency for Wales. The Emmy and BAFTA winner said: “I have been a lifelong Cardiff City fan – and have the lines to prove it – and saw John Charles and Trevor Ford play, but the firefly that was Robin Friday’s career was both breathtaking, and sadly, incredible to behold.” London-born Friday was voted top “all-time cult hero” for both Cardiff and Reading, where he also played, in a 2004 BBC poll. He was immortalised on record by the Welsh band Super Furry Animals in their song The Man Don’t Give A F***. Vince Alm, of Cardiff City Supporters’ Club, yesterday said he wanted to see Trainspotting star Robert Carlisle should play Friday. He said: “He could do him, he could carry him off – he can still grow his hair long. “His build is similar as well. I’d never do it. I can’t act.” He hoped the flick would examine his life on the pitch, as well as off.
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