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Hooligan (DVD)
Sean Bean, Duncan Napier-Bell; Directed by Donal MacIntyre
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R123
Discovery Miles 1 230
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Investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre directs this documentary
examining how football hooliganism, once a very British disease,
has gone global. With football violence having been brought
successfully under control in Britain since its heyday in the 1970s
and 1980s, there has recently been a worrying rise in violence in
Europe, South America, and the United States. In graphic detail
this film charts the history of hooliganism both home and abroad,
examines the motivation behind those involved, and asks what does
the future hold for the hooligan?
No criminal sparked as much fear and loathing among the public and
law enforcement as underworld crime boss, Kenny Noye; a man with a
central role in some of the most high-profile crimes of a
generation. From the GBP125 million (current value) Brink's Mat
gold bullion raid to the death of Covert Police Operative John
Fordham, and road rage victim Stephen Cameron, the multimillionaire
villain became universally known as 'Public Enemy: No 1'. He had
spent more than a third of his life in jail, but for two years,
with near unlimited resources, and underworld connections around
the globe, Noye played a game of hide and seek with Scotland Yard,
MI5, INTERPOL, The FBI, and other national police forces as he fled
the UK after the death of twenty-one-year-old Stephen Cameron in a
road rage incident in May 1996. From South America to Africa, from
Cuba to Holland, France to Aruba, and beyond, Noye evaded capture
despite the best efforts of some of the most powerful agencies and
global security services. From dining with unwitting FBI officers
on cruise ships to sitting on Castro's presidential seat in Havana,
Noye's 'Grand Tour on the Run' was as unbelievable as it was
unprecedented. It was life on the run but not as we know it. Back
in the UK, the family of Stephen Cameron grieved under the weight
of the life of impunity and privilege that Noye was covertly
leading but the takedown was as dramatic and extraordinary as the
secrets of Noye's life under the radar. The police would ultimately
get their man. His downfall would be placed at the door of an
informant. Was it his lover or a gangland rival? Or was it the
secret services? When the Spanish police ultimately swooped down
with their English counterparts and arrested the affluent and
charming 'Mick the Builder' - they were armed with a secret weapon
of their own - Stephen Cameron's fiance. With unique access to
Noye, and key witnesses, the secret battle of wits between the
underworld's 'Governor' and law enforcement is reported in chilling
detail. The reader is given a 360' vista of one of the most
expensive manhunts in British policing history. The authors deliver
a compelling account of a major criminal, who shunned the effective
discomfort of bunkers and safe houses to live a life on the run
brimming with luxury, women, sun, sea, and Bacardi - and all while
hiding in plain sight.
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