20 Aug: One Direction – The Movie
‘This Is Us’ premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square on 20th August, 2013. 10,000 ‘Directioners’, some of whom had slept rough for three nights, were there to catch a glimpse of their favourite boyband.
The documentary, directed by ‘Supersize Me’s Morgan Spurlock, went on to take $18m in its Labor Day opening weekend in the US – but failed to scale the heights of Justin Beiber’s effort, ‘Never Say Never’.
In this episode, Olly, Rebecca and Arion unpick the secret of the boys’ success; explain why X Factor winner Matt Cardle was mysteriously disappeared from the movie; and reveal an unexpected connection between 1D and Osama Bin Laden…
Further Reading:
• One Direction “This Is US” London Premiere Part 1 (Poveelive, 2013):
• ‘This Is Us’ on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2515086/
• ‘Morgan Spurlock, Director Of ‘This Is Us,’ Explains Why He Cut One Direction’s Girlfriends Out Of Documentary’ (HuffPo, 2013):
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/this-is-us-girlfriends-cut-morgan-spurlock_n_3839053
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