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The Four Year Plan
Directed byMat Hodgson
Written byMat Hodgson
Produced byMat Hodgson
StarringFlavio Briatore
Amit Bhatia
Alejandro Agag
Neil Warnock
Production
company
Ad Hoc Films
Release dates
  • 16 November 2011 (2011-11-16) (IDFA Festival)
  • 4 March 2012 (2012-03-04)
(BBC, United Kingdom)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Four Year Plan is a documentary film directed by Mat Hodgson about London based football club Queens Park Rangers.[1]

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.[1] 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,[2] after which it premiered on the BBC in 2012.[citation needed]

Reception

The Guardian's Michael Hann reviewed the film favorably, calling it "a rare chance to witness the sparks that fly when business, football and machismo meet".[3]

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Hann, Michael (20 December 2012). "Introducing QPR documentary The Four Year Plan - video". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  2. ^ "The Four Year Plan". IDFA.
  3. ^ "Football focus: Queens Park Rangers' Four Year Plan on film". the Guardian. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  4. ^ "BBC, TV2 pick up Four Year Plan". C21media. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  5. ^ 7 Best Soccer Documentaries in 2022

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Queens Park Rangers Football Club
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