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CLOONEY GETS HAMMERED

By Sam Alipour

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

On April 4, actor-director-writer George Clooney unveils Leatherheads, set in the rough-and-tumble world of 1920s pro football. Today, he talks about it. The movie is a screwball romantic comedy, which is rare for a sports film. Was that on purpose? When you do a sports film—or a comedy—you want to offer something audiences haven't seen before. Early pro football had very loose rules. I thought there was a funny version of it to be shown, sort of a Slap Shot-meets-football. Wh ...

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