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Defoe

2024 2h 0m Biography Documentary Sports List
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A player of supreme instinct and God given intuition, Jermain Defoe is a natural born goal scorer, relentlessly finding the back of the net throughout his illustrious career. His inspirational connection to football and enduring love for the game is deep and intrinsic. But his glory and status on the pitch, hides a story of great tragedy off the pitch. In this powerful biography, Jermain Defoe lifts the lid on both his incredible professional career, but also the scandalous and shocking personal events that shaped him as a player and as a man. Mixing remarkable interviews with Jermain, his family, fellow players and managers, including Harry Redknapp, Peter Crouch and Joe Cole, and iconic archive footage, this inspiring, honest and unexpectedly heart-warming documentary explores how football gave Jermain Defoe both great success on the pitch and so much more beyond it, offering a fascinating insight into the life and career of one of England's most prolific high-profile scorers.

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Andrew Pulver Guardian As a film, this documentary is not really pulling up any trees, but it gets across a sense that Defoe wants a bit more out of his life than simply playing football. Rated: 3/5 Feb 28, 2024 Full Review Seb Jenkins Loud and Clear Reviews The Jermain Defoe documentary serves as a much-needed reminder that footballers, despite being put on a pedestal at clubs like Tottenham and West Ham, are human beings before all else. Rated: 4/5 Aug 7, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A player of supreme instinct and God given intuition, Jermain Defoe is a natural born goal scorer, relentlessly finding the back of the net throughout his illustrious career. His inspirational connection to football and enduring love for the game is deep and intrinsic. But his glory and status on the pitch, hides a story of great tragedy off the pitch. In this powerful biography, Jermain Defoe lifts the lid on both his incredible professional career, but also the scandalous and shocking personal events that shaped him as a player and as a man. Mixing remarkable interviews with Jermain, his family, fellow players and managers, including Harry Redknapp, Peter Crouch and Joe Cole, and iconic archive footage, this inspiring, honest and unexpectedly heart-warming documentary explores how football gave Jermain Defoe both great success on the pitch and so much more beyond it, offering a fascinating insight into the life and career of one of England's most prolific high-profile scorers.
Director
James Ross
Producer
Naomi Notice
Production Co
Zig Zag Productions
Genre
Biography, Documentary, Sports
Original Language
English
Runtime
2h 0m