"FIFA then agreed to contribute, considering this to be a unique opportunity to raise awareness of the breadth of FIFA's work to develop football globally. "FIFA has been considering the production of a feature film about its history for some time, dating back to 2004 when FIFA was approached with a concept to coincide (with) our centennial celebrations," FIFA says in a post on its website explaining why it helped finance the film when the producers came cap in hand.
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This is not the kind of real-world trailer that FIFA had envisaged for its movie which, according to IMDB, had an estimated budget of 24 million euros ($27 million), of which FIFA officials have acknowledged providing about 20 million. There were more arrests this week and on Tuesday, Blatter announced his resignation, four days after being re-elected as FIFA president and shortly before it emerged that he too was under investigation by U.S. prosecutors have launched a fraud and corruption investigation of FIFA, which was announced to the world by the early-morning arrests of several FIFA officials in Zurich last week.
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Heavily financed by FIFA and meant to show it as a force for good - and Blatter as the Maradona of scoring sponsorships - "United Passions" was born under a different star than the black one hovering over world soccer's governing body. By Michael Roddy LONDON, June 3 (Reuters) - The film "United Passions" in which British actor Tim Roth portrays FIFA president Sepp Blatter does not hit American cinema screens until Friday, but whether it sinks - as it did in Europe - or swims it has at least one immortal line: "Blatter is apparently good at finding money," a voice intones on the trailer for the film which industry website IMDB says will have its U.S.