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Here's the inspirational speech by Pacino in Any Given Sunday.
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=WO4tIrjBDkk
Stone does a good job conveying the intensity and depth sport offers and the fact that a game is more than just a game.
Best : Any Given Sunday
Worst : Escape to Victory (obviously)
Recommended : Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait and The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
First time i've ever seen that speech and to be honest it's good but it's not great. Maybe i need to see the film to that point to get the full power of it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Saint MacDara
'Remember the Titans' is some film....
'There's only one Jimmy Grimble' isn't bad either...
Raging Bull.
Hoop Dreams
My 4 year old also makes me watch High School Musical with the true to life state B Ball final that gets stopped with a couple of minutes to go so Zac can sing with Vanessa at the audation for the school play which was brought forward by Miss Darvis to clash with the game (and the brain competiton which Vanissa was in which was stopped at the same time by a bad chemical leak) which they both just missed but sang anyway to everyone who had left the game and got the part and went back and won the brain competition as well as Zac scoring the winning basket in the last second to win the game. I dont really like it :o
Next week we will go through high school musical 2 where Ryan would rather dance than play baseball (or so I'm told :rolleyes:)
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/20...rst_sport.html
A recent Guardian article on the six worst sports films, which I suspect includes a lot of peoples' favourites.
Fever Pitch - even if it does show Arsenal beating Liverpool!
Escape to Victory.
http://www.sportsinmovies.com/images/soccer/164.jpg
Saw this in Chartbusters on Ranelagh once but my girlfriend wouldn't let me get it. Looks quality. It's even got Rick Moranis in it...
cool runnings, blades of glory, the mighty ducks
Obviously:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Saint MacDara
I liked that German film that was on rte last week, "The Miracle of Bern" I think it's called.
Blue Chips, Varsity Blues, Fever Pitch, Raging Bull.
Aye twas very good.Quote:
Originally Posted by KevB76
Helmut Rahn was an exceptional player and often forgotten. Ten goals in the World Cup which at the time was only bettered by Fontaine and Kocsis.
I didn't think of it the first time I saw this thread but Kingpin is also a great sport-related film.
Another documentary type: Murderball.
Raging Bull
When we were Kings
Have to say I've a childhood sentimental liking of Escape to Victory. The plot is preposterous but I remember being so proud that Kevin O'Callaghan featured in the movie and was gutted for him that he broke his leg :D
Sylvestor Stallone in goal, the Ardiles flick and the Pele overhead kick at the end. What more do ye want!!!! :)
Gladiator (they were sporting heroes in Roman days ;))
Raging Bull
Cool Runnings - good call Thomo!
Rocky - the one with Dolph Lungren "If he dies, he dies"
Mean Machine :D
Green Street