movie poster for THE DEAL

Flicks ID

15047

Cert

12

Running time

75 mins

Country

Language

Format

DVD

THE DEAL (2008)

STEPHEN FREARS

Plot

The Deal, with David Morrissey as Gordon Brown and Michael Sheen as Tony Blair, depicts the famed political legend that the two made a pact that Blair would step down as Prime Minister so that Brown could take his place. "The Deal" begins in 1983 as the two men are first elected to Parliament and concludes in 1994 at the Granita restaurant - the location of the supposed agreement - with a brief epilogue following the 1997 general election. A fictional drama yes, but a delicious voyeuristic delight nonetheless.