Kevin Macdonald, the director, displays a pleasant nostalgia for the scut work of newspaper reporting.
O'Neill quit the Midlands club suddenly on Monday after four years, with Kevin MacDonald taking temporary charge.
But for a cup-tie with Celtic and the sale of Kevin MacDonald, things could have become extremely difficult.
Meanwhile, in the best documentary category, Bart Layton's thriller The Imposter is up against Kevin Macdonald's biopic of the reggae legend, Marley.
The new Villa manager Houllier turned to the experienced Scot after being turned down by other former Liverpool stars Phil Thompson and Dietmar Hamann, as well as current Villa caretaker boss Kevin MacDonald.
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Reserve-team coach Kevin MacDonald has been placed in caretaker charge of Villa, but sources close to Lerner say he would like a permanent appointment to be in place in time for the trip to St James' Park.
Both teams needed a positive showing after difficult starts to this campaign, but Villa - for whom Kevin MacDonald is still the caretaker manager after Martin O'Neill's shock exit - were dealt a blow before kick-off as new signing Stephen Ireland got injured in the warm-up.
"Jonathan wanted to make a film about Jamaica and Rastafari and it was very spiritual, " says Kevin Macdonald, who wound up being the third and final director after Chris Blackwell, the founder of Mr. Marley's record label, Island Records, suggested that Mr. Bing give him a call.
Kevin McKidd, Amy MacDonald, Ian Rankin and Kenny Logan are among Scottish celebrities who have already confirmed donations.
St Johnstone also made four changes, with Peter Enckelman, Jamie Adams, Kevin Moon and Peter MacDonald promoted to the starting XI at Easter Road.
St Johnstone welcomed back local boy, midfielder Kevin Moon, but lost Filipe Morais and Peter MacDonald to injury.
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