Jack to a King - The Swansea Story

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Jack to a King - The Swansea Story

2014

1h 38m

Documentary

Biography

Drama

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Soccer fans save their club from oblivion and help take them to the Championship Playoff Final.

Geoffrey Macnab

Independent (UK)

This is a real-life sporting fairy-tale that suggests success can still sometimes be achieved in British football without the largesse of absentee foreign owners.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 12, 2014

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

It's a watchable film of localised interest: the DVD will be a piece of club merchandise, but a competently made one.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 11, 2014

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Dave Calhoun

Time Out

For diehard Swansea FC fans, this doc detailing the club's rise from near-bankruptcy to the Premier League will have them crying and punching the air with nostalgia.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 9, 2014

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Graham Young

Birmingham Mail

A story that money doesn't buy everything in football, that heart and conviction can still count for a lot on both sides of the touchline.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 12, 2014

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Splendidly made documentary not afraid to give the villains a fair hearing but ultimately happy to share the joy of the heroes.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

Fantastic film about a fantastic family football club.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Audience Member

Quite a boring documentary, lacking in drama. One for fans of the club only. For anyone else its just another story of a team who have saw bad days turn good. Happens a surprising amount of times. Pretty amazed this got public release, should have just been local showings.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Audience Member

An absolutely biased rating here but I did love this docufilm. Gave me goosebumps throughout as I remembered the events. The greatest football story ever (possibly) and that day in Wembley I will never forget. Jack Army! STID :)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Marc Evans

Director

Mal Pope

Writer

Mal Pope

Executive Producer

Edward Thomas

Executive Producer

Gwenllian Hughes

Producer

James Marsh

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Synopsis

Soccer fans save their club from oblivion and help take them to the Championship Playoff Final.

Director: Marc Evans
Producer: Gwenllian Hughes, James Marsh
Screenwriter: Mal Pope
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Drama
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 28, 2020
Runtime: 1h 38m