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Manchester United legend Eric Cantona and film-maker Ken Loach are to appear at the premiere of Loach’s new film about, and starring, the footballer in Manchester on 1st June. Route Publishing releases the tie-in title on the 8th June.
"Looking for Eric" is the story of a "football-fanatic postman on the edge of a nervous breakdown who finds a very special life-coach in the guise of his hero, Eric Cantona" according to the publisher. The £8.99 B-format paperback screenplay includes interviews with cast and crew including Loach and Cantona, with 16 pages of stills and behind-the-scenes photos.
Cantona is scheduled to appear on BBC1's "Friday Night with Jonathan Ross" on 5th June, with publicity planned in Sunday Telegraph Seven magazine and Guardian Weekend magazine in May, plus Empire, GQ and Sight & Sound magazine in June.
Loach and screenwriter Paul Laverty will hold a signing at Waterstone's Deansgate Manchester on 1st June, and Laverty at Waterstone's Glasgow on 6th June.