Best
Pulling no punches in its depiction of soccer legend George Best's slow descent from the heights of his Manchester United career, the man once dubbed the fifth Beatle for his glamorous lifestyle and g…
Best
Pulling no punches in its depiction of soccer legend George Best's slow descent from the heights of his Manchester United career, the man once dubbed the fifth Beatle for his glamorous lifestyle and good looks. Pulling no punches in its depiction of soccer legend George Best's slow descent from the heights of his Manchester United career. The man once dubbed the fifth Beatle for his glamorous lifestyle and good looks died at 59 in November 2005. His cause of death was a kidney infection, a side effect of the immuno-suppressant drugs he was required to take after a liver transplant. The film won a number of international festival awards. —Anonymous Documenting the life of one of Britain's football legends. George Best was the man who rose from humble beginnings to the top, but fame, fortune, and high living took their toll, and Best found that he was making headlines as much for his wild lifestyle as for his sporting prowess. —Anonymous This footballing biopic charts the rise and fall of one of the game's most-feted players: Manchester United's talismanic midfielder George Best. Joining the club in the wake of the Munich air disaster, Best (John Lynch) was instrumental in the reconstruction of the team in the late Sixties, helping them to the League Championship at the age of 17 and the European Cup at 21. However, his on-field exploits were often overshadowed by his flamboyant behavior off the pitch, which included a stormy relationship with his wife Angie (Patsy Kensit). —Anonymous
Best
Biography,Drama
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Pulling no punches in its depiction of soccer legend George Best's slow descent from the heights of his Manchester United career, the man once dubbed the fifth Beatle for his glamorous lifestyle and good looks. Pulling no punches in its depiction of soccer legend George Best's slow descent from the heights of his Manchester United career. The man once dubbed the fifth Beatle for his glamorous lifestyle and good looks died at 59 in November 2005.
His cause of death was a kidney infection, a side effect of the immuno-suppressant drugs he was required to take after a liver transplant. The film won a number of international festival awards. —Anonymous Documenting the life of one of Britain's football legends.
George Best was the man who rose from humble beginnings to the top, but fame, fortune, and high living took their toll, and Best found that he was making headlines as much for his wild lifestyle as for his sporting prowess. —Anonymous This footballing biopic charts the rise and fall of one of the game's most-feted players: Manchester United's talismanic midfielder George Best. Joining the club in the wake of the Munich air disaster, Best (John Lynch) was instrumental in the reconstruction of the team in the late Sixties, helping them to the League Championship at the age of 17 and the European Cup at 21.
However, his on-field exploits were often overshadowed by his flamboyant behavior off the pitch, which included a stormy relationship with his wife Angie (Patsy Kensit). —Anonymous.