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The Four Year Plan
''The Four Year Plan'' is a documentary film directed by Mat Hodgson about London based football club Queens Park Rangers. Synopsis The film chronicles the take over of the nearly bankrupt club in 2007 by a consortium of billionaires and their effort to promote the team to the Premier League by 2011. The consortium consisted of Bernie Ecclestone, Flavio Briatore and Alejandro Agag, steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal and Amit Bhatia. It is an observational documentary that follows the club from within the boardroom. The cameras for this documentary were brought in by the new owners to create the film, and although the club gave permission for the cameras to be there, they had no say on where or when the cameras would be filming. The title derives from a statement made by Briatore in 2007 where he declared his 'target to be Premier League in four years'. Release ''The Four Year Plan'' premiered on 16 November 2011 at the IDFA Festival in the Netherlands, after which it premi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mat Hodgson
Mat Hodgson is a British filmmaker. His work includes The Four Year Plan, I Am Durán and The United Way. Hodgson began his early career as a runner at Action Time and Kudos (production company), Kudos before joining Ftn (TV channel), Flextech Television. Following a stint at Endemol Shine Group, Endemol he then spent several years at MTV. From there he went onto direct and produce for BBC, ITV Channel Television, ITV, Channel 4, Universal Television, Discovery Channel, Discovery. In 2005, together with Daniel Glynn, he launched his own production companyAd Hoc Films based in London. Documentary work The Four Year Plan Between 2007 and 2011 Hodgson filmed behind the scenes at Queens Park Rangers F.C., Queens Park Rangers Football Club as he followed the ownership of Flavio Briatore, Bernie Ecclestone and Lakshmi Mittal (with his son-in-law Amit Bhatia). The film, documenting this turbulent - yet successful - period, was released in 2011 initially on DVD and in 2012 aired on BBC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |