Kenny Dalglish – The new football documentary from Asif Kapadia gets a trailer

LONDON, ENGLAND – MAY 03: Liverpool player manager Kenny Dalglish celebrates after scoring the winning goal that gives Liverpool the Division One Championship for the 1985/86 season after beating Chelsea 1-0 at Stamford Bridge on May 3, 1986 in London, England. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images)

This Autumn, independent distributor Altitude and Prime Video will release Kenny Dalglish, another cinematic portrait of an iconic figure who defined a generation from Asif Kapadia, the Oscar and BAFTA winning director of SENNA, AMY and DIEGO MARADONA.

KENNY DALGLISH will play in cinemas across the UK and Ireland for One Night Only on 29th and 30th October with exclusive additional content and will then launch on Prime Video in the UK & Ireland from 4 November.

KENNY DALGLISH narrates his own journey, joined by his wife Marina and closest footballing friends Graeme Souness and Alan Hansen and other fans. Drawing from hundreds of hours of archival footage, including never-before-seen personal clips from his playing career and home life, the film reveals his remarkable story – a great player and an extraordinary, witty, and humble hero of Liverpool, Glasgow, and the world of football. With skill, strength, flair, and sharp humour, the Scotsman is one of the club’s and Europe’s greatest players and a true icon of the sport for what he did off the pitch as much as on it.

Asif Kapadia commented, “Kenny Dalglish was my hero as a kid and I had his picture on my wall in North London where I grew up. I wanted to make this film for people like me who remember Kenny as a player, the Celtic, Liverpool and Scottish fans, but also for my kids’ generation who only know Kenny from playing FIFA. They know the name but they have never seen how good he was as a player or, more importantly, what he did off the pitch for the people of Liverpool. Kenny was the leader who always stepped up and led us when we needed him.”

The film features an original score from Antonio Pinto (DIEGO MARADONA) and is edited by Matteo Bini (PELÉ).

KENNY DALGLISH is produced by Kapadia for Lafcadia Productions, Chris Clark for RedRum Films and Ben Mawson for TaP23, is executive produced by Will Clarke and Andy Mayson for Altitude and co-produced by Katie Dolan. Altitude are handling international sales.

KENNY DALGLISH will release in UK & Irish cinemas on the 29th & 30th October only, followed by its Prime Video launch on the 4th November.