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BEST (GEORGE BEST: ALL BY HIMSELF) (12)
IT was never going to end well. The booze alone saw to that. But as director Daniel Gordon’s fine documentary reminds us, the story of football legend George Best is more than just another tale of unfulfilled potential.
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