It’s not exactly a seasonal story, but there’s every likelihood that as the leftovers are still being tackled days after Christmas itself, somebody will turn on the telly and there will be ‘Escape To Victory’.
In January 1999, FourFourTwo took an in depth look at the film directed by John Huston and starring the disparate talents of Sylvester Stallone, Bobby Moore, Michael Caine, Pele and Osvaldo Ardiles, along with half the Ipswich team.
Mike Summerbee was amongst the cast too, and he enjoyed filming on location in Hungary. “When we went out, we didn’t drink beer. We bought fine wines and Scotch, everything was dirt cheap. We lived like bloody kings. I read in a book about Bobby Moore that Michael Caine doesn’t remember too much about those nights…”
England international Kevin Beattie was not impressed with being in a film with Stallone mind you. He was an arrogant little sod. At lunch on the set, everyone used to eat together and have a chat, like. But he used to send someone to get him a plate of food and eat on his own in a trailer. He’s a little short arse really.”
Get behind the lens on ‘Escape To Victory’ here.
