Football Films + Documentaries

[A face]

Fever Pitch (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119114/) has to get the first mention. Quality stuff.


A romantic comedy about a man, a woman and a football team. Based on Nick Hornby's best selling autobiographical novel, Fever Pitch. English teacher Paul Ashworth (Colin Firth) believes his long standing obsession with Arsenal serves him well. But then he meets Sarah. Their relationship develops in tandem with Arsenal's roller coaster fortunes in the football league, both leading to a nail biting climax.

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[jebus]

Do docus count? If so Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait is excellent

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[stojkovic]

German one about 'The Miracle of Berne (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0326429/)' was very good.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zShAWruJiGA

[A face]

Do docus count? If so Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait is excellent

Definitely .... haven't seen it myself yet, but heard its quality.

Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478337/)

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[tetsujin1979]

Shaolin Soccer: a team of ex-shaolin monks come together to play football against Team Evil. Genius.
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Dhorasoo is releasing a film called Substitute, entirely filmed by him at the last World Cup
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[cheifo]

German one about 'The Miracle of Berne (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0326429/)' was very good.

Enjoyed that one, it was on RTE few months back.

[superfrank]

Escape to Victory. It had Pele, for God's sake! Classic film, even with Sylvester Stallone in it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbALYBSFlXY

[tetsujin1979]

Escape to Victory. It had Pele, for God's sake! Classic film, even with Sylvester Stallone in it.Poor old Kevin O'Callaghan, eh? Talk about taking one for the team!
Legend has it that Stallone thought he actually was a decent keeper, and challenged Pele to an actual penalty shoot out, and Pele stuck all 5.

[stann]

Has to be Escape to Victory.

Silver stars to Gregory's Girl and Mike Bassett: England Manager.

"Four-four-f**king-TWO!" :D


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEol7v7cA7Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DReAQEpEl7w

[HarpoJoyce]

I don't know the name of it, I have tried to source it a couple of times, I have only seen about an hour of it but.......There is a four-hour Agentine documentary showing football in the country through each decade up to early 1990's. Showing acres of old footage and interviews. It ids so generaous in it's timing that there is about 5 minutes of shots going the wrong side of the post in the 1930's a few minutes later there is another few minutes of footage of football teams coming up the steep steps from the bowls of the River Plate Stadium with the audio of interviews over it.
This would be my favourite football film....if I know what it was called.

Wim Wenders's 'The goalkeeper's fear of the Penalty' is rubbish. There is one comic football bit during the opening credits.

I hope to se Shaolin Soccer also there is a Nepalese film about a student monk trying to catch matches of the 1998 World Cup on the TV.

[A face]

I don't know the name of it, I have tried to source it a couple of times, I have only seen about an hour of it but.......There is a four-hour Agentine documentary showing football in the country through each decade up to early 1990's. Showing acres of old footage and interviews. It ids so generaous in it's timing that there is about 5 minutes of shots going the wrong side of the post in the 1930's a few minutes later there is another few minutes of footage of football teams coming up the steep steps from the bowls of the River Plate Stadium with the audio of interviews over it.
This would be my favourite football film....if I know what it was called.


That sounds good, anyone have any ideas what the name is?

[rambler14]

Mike Bassett: England Manager.

"Four-four-f**king-TWO!" :D

Our formation is 2-1-1-1-2-1-2:D

What about dropping Mick Shannon???..........Yeah,ok!:D

[thischarmingman]

I don't know the name of it, I have tried to source it a couple of times, I have only seen about an hour of it but.......There is a four-hour Agentine documentary showing football in the country through each decade up to early 1990's. Showing acres of old footage and interviews. It ids so generaous in it's timing that there is about 5 minutes of shots going the wrong side of the post in the 1930's a few minutes later there is another few minutes of footage of football teams coming up the steep steps from the bowls of the River Plate Stadium with the audio of interviews over it.
This would be my favourite football film....if I know what it was called.



I'm pretty the documentary you're thinking of is Futebol. It's 3 films:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Futebol-Limited-T-shirt-Exclusive-Amazon-co-uk/dp/rentals/B000FG6BS4


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRZWyx67p44

[HarpoJoyce]

I'm pretty the documentary you're thinking of is Futebol. It's 3 films:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Futebol-Limited-T-shirt-Exclusive-Amazon-co-uk/dp/rentals/B000FG6BS4

The film I'm thinking is Argentine and has a spread of footage from several decades.

However, the Futebol film you've highlighted, sounds very interesting
(long-winded article)
http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=61684

http://www.zavvi.co.uk/dvd-20+to+499.99-40+to+49.99-Documentary-Futebol/688462/cr33r33c.r10.1/p.jsf

[stann]

Should have also mentioned Studs, the Brendan Gleeson one, wasn't a bad show at all.

On the documentary types, does anyone remember BBC doing an entire night of football related telly some years back? Had a load of documentaries in it, and ended up with the 1966 WC Final in full? Very good, if short, one on the Battle of Santiago IIRC.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOtL1m1o_ok

[Ash]

Mike Bassat; england manager has to be the best. Escape to vicotry wasn't bad either. Not a film but the mini series footballs hardest away days is class

Jossys Giants :p

Doc about the New York Cosmos was good enough. "Once In A Lifetime"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNCKUbbvIAs

[Lionel Ritchie]

I.D. is not so much a football film as a film set on the periphery of football (Cops trying to infiltrate a hooligan firm). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ID_(film)

Great film all the same.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y26VMm4L7o

[bennocelt]

Do docus count? If so Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait is excellent


Actually i thought that was a real bore, and Im a huge fan of the legend that is Zidane, typical art up your ar se stuff
And he didnt even have a good game!!!

[bennocelt]

Jossys Giants :p

Doc about the New York Cosmos was good enough. "Once In A Lifetime"

That was excellent, really worth checking out

Shaolin is a bit of a head wreck
the Budda one in nepal is quite funny, and based on a true story
Escape To Victory is brill - love the scene where pele explains on the board how he is basically going too beat them all and then score a goal
Gregorys Girl - excellent, that girl was hot

[A face]

Gregorys Girl - excellent, that girl was hot

Chick flick footie flicks .... Bend it like Beckham (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286499/)

Parminder Nagra (http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/01jWe6y65VcrQ/340x.jpg) is seriously fit in this.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsmbObwStSQ

[A face]

"Football, Fussball, Voetball (http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/25500)" or its alternative name "European Game 1956 - EURO '96"

BBC’s 1995 documentary series on the history of European football, recorded as part of the build-up to the 1996 European Championships, this two-parter, narrated by John Motson, traces the history of European club football, with the first episode coming at the subject from the point of view of British clubs, and the second from the point of view of some of the major continental powers. If you can get past the slightly oversentimental tone of some of it, it features one of the finest collections of archive footage of European football that can be seen in any single place.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5UYPxlQS0E

[Closed Account 2]

Graham Taylor - An Impossible Job.
Fly on the wall doc about England's USA 1994 qualification attempt.


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7941330900744785719#

[Hitman]

Rise and Shine: The Jay DeMerit Story

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghBM-3y629E

They're still trying to raise the money to actually release it, more background here (http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/football-league-blog/2011/apr/04/jay-demerit-watford-usa-film?INTCMP=SRCH).