PREVIEW: McEnroe (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

(as themselves) John McEnroe, Björn Borg, Billie Jean King, Patty Smyth

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Barney Douglas (The Edge), director, writer; Victoria Barrell (Svengali), Anna Godas (Citizen Ashe) and Paddy Kelly (film debut), producers; Felix White (The Edge), composer; Steve Williams (Finding Jack Charlton), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

John McEnroe, the famously explosive tennis icon, is shown through previously unseen archive and home footage to be more than just the temperamental sports star he became known for being…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Perhaps the closest look yet at infamous tennis superstar John McEnroe, this revealing documentary paints him in a much more compassionate and human light than anyone has seen him in before.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 15TH JULY 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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