Jackboots For Goalposts: The Making Of Escape To Victory
Commissioned by James Brown and assembled with the assistance of the mighty John Wark and Soccer AM stalwart John Fendley.
The article originally appeared in Hotdog.
Note - I usually post these pieces as they were originally written. While this article in no exception, I should add that I now know why John Huston made Escape To Victory; it was to pay off his gambling debts!
John Huston has made better films than Escape To Victory - The Maltese Falcon, The Treasure Of The Sier…
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