When footie fan Nick Hornby's largely autobiographical Fever Pitch jinked and shimmied its way into the book stores back in 1992, it quickly became a blockbuster, a modern classic for everyday people - - especially everyday people who happen to be Arsenal fans (if there are any). It would claim prize after glittering prize, linger in the top 10 of the UK best-seller league for six months, and go on to be enjoyed by excited readers in countries as far afield as Israel, Hungary and Spain. But can a story about football - - worse, one about football supporters - - really make for a decent film? The odds (Escape To Victory, When Saturday Comes, pick your own...) are against it, but the shock result is, without doubt, an unequivocal "Yeeeeeesssss!"
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