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Alan Partridge and factual inaccuracies

posted 15 years ago by flobbergobber
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Very entertaining film, but did anybody think Sheen dipped in to Alan Partridge at times?

I also couldn't understand why things that are fact were changed. For example, when Clough and Revie appear on TV following Clough's sacking by Leeds Revie refers to him as Brian, saying "I wouldn't stoop so low as to call him Clough" (Clough himself referred to the former Leeds boss simply as 'Revie'. In fact, Revie did exactly this, referring to him as 'Clough' stating "he calls me Revie som I'll call him Clough" or words to that effect. This drew the cheeky schoolboy caught being naughty from Clough.

Any reason why they would change this?

[–] onlyforboards 15 years ago

Lol, yes there was a bit of partridge also the Welsh accent in the beginning while he sung to Tom Jones kept re-emerging too. Even so Sheen is fabulous at these kind of characters.

[–] youngian67 15 years ago

At the begiining of the film there was a little bit of David Frost slipping through. Sheen was great though and one of most watchable actors around.