Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Chris Lavery and Babu Patel, The Bottom 100 is a subset of the fortnightly The 250 podcast, a trip through some of the worst movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users.
This time, to mark the launch of the World Cup 2018, Frédéric Auburtin’s United Passions.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 10th June 2018.
- United Passions at The Internet Movie Database.
- The IMDB Bottom 100 as it appeared at time of recording.
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- Pamela McLintock at The Hollywood Reporter on the underwhelming box office performance of United Passions, June 2015.
- Ben Child at The Guardian on United Passions‘ dubious record as the lowest-grossing film in United States history, June 2015.
- Daina Beth Solomon at Reuters on the two-person premiere of United Passions in Los Angeles, June 2015.
- Nancy Tartaglione at Deadline on the incredible timing of the release of United Passions in the United States, June 2015.
- David Conn at The Guardian on the level of corruption within FIFA, November 2017.
- Jonathan Liew at The Independent on the slavery and human rights abuses supporting Qatar’s plans to host the 2022 World Cup, October 2017.
- Simon Parkin at The Guardian on the rise (and support) of neo-Nazi football hooliganism in Russia, April 2018.
- Jeff Harder at Vice on the martial arts training being conducted by Russian hooligans, May 2017.
- Marcus Christenson at The Guardian on how UEFA considers sponsorship violations more serious than racism, June 2012.
- The Independent reports on FIFA fining Russia for the racist conduct of its fans, May 2018.
- James Riach at The Guardian on the complicated relationship that many of the people involved in United Passions have with the film, October 2014.
- Frédéric Auburtin talks to The Hollywood Reporter about having his name attached to United Passions, June 2015.
- Tim Roth admits in a Reddit AMA that he did the film to put his daughter through college, December 2015.
- Thierry Frémaux talks to The Guardian about how Gérard Depardieu insisted that United Passions be shown at Cannes, June 2015.
- Roland Oliphant at The Telegraph on Gérard Depardieu’s Russian citizenship, January 2013.
- Jason Barry talks to Off the Ball about playing a corrupt journalist in United Passions, December 2015.
- Adam Chandler at The Atlantic discusses the infamous pro-immigration Budweiser superbowl advertisement, February 2017.
- Graham Keely at The Guardian on Johan Cruyff’s refusal to play in the final of the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, April 2008.
- Mike Tyson’s infamous “broken back” interview, February 2003.
- John Oliver on Last Week Tonight on the massive corruption of FIFA and the World Cup, June 2018.
- Scott Murray at The Guardian on the importance of the 1950 World Cup final between Brazil and Uruguay, March 2018.
- Chris Hatherall at The Irish Examiner on Uruguay’s status as the “pantomime villains” of the World Cup, July 2010.
- Luis Suárez boasts about his “hand of god” to The Guardian at the 2010 World Cup, July 2010.
- Luis Suárez discusses his habit of biting other players at The Guardian, October 2014.
- Matt Scott at The Guardian on the controversy over animal sacrifices at the 2010 World Cup, December 2009.
- Roy Keane complains to Balls.ie about the reputation that Irish fans have for being friendly and approachable, November 2015.
- Jeré Longman and Andrew W. Lehren at The New York Times on the complicated history of the Ukrainian “death match”, June 2012.
- Stuart Hess at The Mercury on the story of Uruguayan players urinating on newspapers in their hotel rooms at the 1950 World Cup, June 2014.
- Gary Lineker calls out FIFA as the most corrupt organisation in the world in The Independent, May 2015.
- Jeremy Wilson and Henry Winter at the Irish Independent on Harold Schumacher’s foul on Patrick Battiston, July 2014.
- Journalist Andrew Jennings talks to The Independent about his role in the investigation and arrest of Sepp Blatter, June 2015.
- Foul!: the Secret World of Fifa; Bribes, Vote Rigging and Ticket Scandals by Andrew Jennings, May 2006.
- The Coca-Cola advertisement “First Experience”, 1999.
- Reuters reports on Vladimir Putin thanking FIFA for keeping the politics out of sport, June 2018.
- Marina Hyde at The Guardian on how sports has always been political, August 2017.
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Filed under: The Bottom 100 | Tagged: babu patel, chris lavery, corruption, fifa, football, Movies, podcast, Russia, soccer, sport, tim roth, world cup |
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