Posts Tagged ‘Sport’

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Apr03

The Jericho Mile (1979) Blu-Ray and DVD5 Kino Lorber, DVD5

by movieworld on April 3rd, 2019 at 18:36
Posted In: .Other movies, Crime, Drama

The Jericho Mile 1979
Michael Mann's debut feature is a story about striving for greatness even when there is no chance to succeed.
Larry (Peter Strauss) is serving a life sentence in Folsom Prison for murder -- a crime he freely admits to committing, prepared to serve out his time by attracting as little outside attention as possible. He focuses on running, circling around a makeshift track in the exercise yard, keeping to himself as he travels at impressive speeds, catching the attention of Dr. Bill (Geoffrey Lewis) and Warden Earl (Billy Green Bush). Sensing something special about Larry's endurance, prison officials bring in Coach Jerry (Ed Lauter) to help educate the inmate on the finer points of long- distance running, with plans to test his abilities against the pros, teasing a possible future in the Olympics if Larry decides to play along with the training peacefully. Larry is interested in the possibility of running his way out of Folsom, but his reputation needs work with officials, while his only friend, Stiles (Richard Lawson), is eager to hold his newborn daughter, getting caught up in prison gang business run by Dr. D (Brian Dennehy) and Cotton Crown (Roger E. Mosley) to win his shot at a family reunion.

Director: Michael Mann
Cast: Peter Strauss, Richard Lawson, Roger E. Mosley
Country: USA
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport

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Mar20

Fast Company (1979), Stereo (1969), Crimes of the Future (1970) Blu-Ray and 2 x DVD9 Blue Underground

by movieworld on March 20th, 2019 at 14:53
Posted In: .Other movies, Drama

Fast Company 1979
Years before he melded his body grotesqueries with car collisions in the controversial Crash, director David Cronenberg helmed this more straightforward ode to one of his more obscure passions, competitive auto racing.

William Smith stars as Lonnie "Lucky Man" Johnson, an ex-champion drag racer who survives a harrowing explosion while testing a newly-designed, supercharged engine. His racing team's sponsor, the crooked FastCo Oil rep Phil Adamson (John Saxon), thinks this is the final nail in Lonnie's long careerhe's over the hill, and Adamson wants to throw the FastCo name behind up-and-coming funny car driver Gary Black (Cedric Smith). Ignoring the protests of his girlfriend Sammy (Claudia Jennings), Lonnie is determined to show up Black, and even takes a funny car out from under fellow team member Billy "The Kid" Brocker (Nicholas Campbell) to show Adamson he can still compete. But Adamson intends to use any means to stop Loonie...

Director: David Cronenberg
Cast: William Smith, Claudia Jennings, John Saxon, Nicholas Campbell, Don Francks, Cedric Smith
Country: Canada
Genre: Drama, Sport
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Mar19

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) DVD9 and Blu-Ray BFI

by movieworld on March 19th, 2019 at 16:38
Posted In: .Other movies, Drama

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner 1962
Colin Smith, an aimless working class youth, is sent to borstal (British reform school) after his impulsive robbery of a local bakery. While incarcerated, the rebellious and surly young man discovers a talent for long distance running, and in his long cross-country runs, he thinks back to his life in the poor districts of industrial Nottingham and the circumstances that brought him to a reformatory. The school's governor, seeing an opportunity to best a respectable boys school in a track competition, encourages Colin to train and perfect his abilities, suggesting the boy might find a new life and way out of his miserable circumstances by competing all the way to the Olympics. But will Colin's pride in his skills outweigh his strong views about cooperating with an established authority he despises?

Raw and charged with socio-political innuendo, Tony Richardson's The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner reveals plenty of similarities with Karel Reisz's Saturday Night and Sunday Morning - the two films are based on stories by Alan Sillitoe, take place on the streets of post-war Nottingham and have main protagonists that are the product of a system that has turned its back on them. Both films are also considered amongst the most influential from the British New Wave.

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Mar06

Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter / The Goalkeeper’s Fear of the Penalty / The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1972) Blu-Ray

by movieworld on March 6th, 2019 at 01:03
Posted In: .Other movies, Drama

The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick 1972
Based on the novella by German playwright Peter Handke, who would be his collaborator on Falsche Bewegung, Wenders’ debut The Goalie’s Anxiety is a portrait of alienation, where meaningful communication has ground to a halt.

The story kicks off when anti-hero and professional footballer Joseph Bloch (Brauss) is given the red card for protesting against a goal scored (in his opinion) from an off-side position. In the aftermath, he wanders around Vienna losing the will to live until his first casual sexual encounter with Marie (Bardischeewski). Next on the list is Gloria (Pluhar), a cinema cashier who sells him a ticket for Howard Hawks’ Red Line 7000. After spending the night in her flat near the airport, Bloch strangles her without any apparent motive and sets off for Bierbaum, a small border village near Hungary. There he falls out with his old friend and innkeeper Hertha (Fischer), after trying to flirt with her and barmaid Anna (Schwarz), without really showing any real commitment to either. He then bores a salesman rigid with his stories about penalties, as the two watch the game.
Bloch is unconcerned about being pursued by the Police, even when he sees a composite drawing of his mug in the newspaper he stays put.
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Feb26

One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story (1977) DVD9

by movieworld on February 26th, 2019 at 22:55
Posted In: .Other movies, Biography, Drama

One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story (1977) DVD9
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story was a 1978 made for TV movie telling the story of Ron LeFlore, a troubled Detroit youth who rose from Michigan prisons to star in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers. The movie was based on LeFlore's autobiography, Breakout: From Prison to the Big Leagues.
It follows LeFlore from his heroin addiction, to his time in Michigan's Jackson State Penitentiary, and tells of his discovery in prison by Billy Martin, who was then the manager of the Detroit Tigers.

DVD9 | NTSC 4:3 | 01:35:17 | 4.53 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English
Subtitles: none
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport

Director: William A. Graham
Cast: LeVar Burton, Madge Sinclair, Paul Benjamin, James Luisi, Billy Martin, Zakes Mokae, Larry B. Scott, John McKee
Country: USA
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Nov11

Night and the City (1950) 2 x DVD9 and Blu-Ray Criterion Collection 2015 edition

by movieworld on November 11th, 2018 at 03:32
Posted In: .Other movies, Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Night and the City 1950 Criterion Collection
Harry Fabian (Richard Widmark) is an American hustler trying to make a name for himself in London. Fabian's the sort of guy who's always looking for a new way to stick his hand in somebody else's back pocket, smiling, laughing and dispensing empty flattery as a distraction. He has an on-and-off romance of sorts with Mary Bristol (Gene Tierney), a nightclub owner who disapproves of Harry's scheming tendencies.

One day, Harry discovers what he believes to be a golden opportunity. He witnesses an argument between legendary wrestler Gregorius the Great (wrestling legend Stanislaus Zbyszko) and Gregorius' son Kristo (Herbert Lom) which reveals that Gregorius is unhappy with his son's methods of wrestling promotion. Kristo essentially runs the whole wrestling industry in London, and anyone who attempts to take a piece of that market is asking for trouble. However, Harry becomes convinced that he can get away with it if he manages to secure Gregorius' support...

Director: Jules Dassin
Cast: Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers, Hugh Marlowe, Herbert Lom, Mike Mazurki
Country: UK, USA
Genre: Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Sport, Thriller
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Nov06

This Sporting Life (1963) 2 x DVD9 Criterion Collection, Blu-Ray Network

by movieworld on November 6th, 2018 at 15:25
Posted In: .Other movies, Drama, Romance

This Sporting Life 1963
Often regarded as the capstone of the British New Wave of the late 1950s and early '60s, Lindsay Anderson's This Sporting Life (1963) is a stark depiction of life in an industrial town, focusing on the personal and professional struggles of a brutish rugby player.

The film, adapted from the novel by David Storey, tells the tale of Frank Machin, a miner in Yorkshire whose talent for sport sees him give up the day job and become a local hero at the rugby league club. His new-found fame and wealth (it’s all relative – he signs for the club for a thousand pounds) doesn’t make him happy because of the dark, damaging relationship he embarks upon with his austere landlady Margaret Hammond (Rachel Roberts). The vulnerable widow is cold and cruel to Machin; describing him as “a great ape on a football field”, but he lacks the education and finesse to express his love for her in ways that don’t involve buying elaborate gifts that make her uncomfortable. The story revolves around their stifling and often tumultuous relationship.

Director: Lindsay Anderson
Cast: Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel, William Hartnell, Colin Blakely
Country: UK
Genre: Drama, Sport
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Aug24

Kid Galahad (1937) DVD9

by movieworld on August 24th, 2018 at 06:53
Posted In: .Other movies, Crime, Drama, Romance

Kid Galahad 1937
Edward G. Robinson and Humphrey Bogart play rival fight managers in this memorable indictment of corruption in the boxing ring with Wayne Morris in the title role, the first of his three turns as a pugilist (THE KID COMES BACK and THE KID FROM KOKOMO).

When a bellhop (Morris) knocks out highly touted heavyweight Chuck McGraw (William Haade) in defense of the honor of "Fluff" Phillips (Bette Davis), she dubs him Kid Galahad. Her boyfriend, Nick Donati (Robinson), decides to make the young man into a prize-fighter. Jealous because both Fluff and her sister appear interested in Kid, Nick arranges a bout with McGraw that he is so certain his fighter will lose that he assures the rival manager Turkey Morgan of the same. Of course, things don't work out as planned...

DVD9 | NTSC 4:3 | 01:41:36 | 6.67 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English
Subtitles: English, Francais
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Sport

Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart
Country: USA
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May18

The Great Game (1930) DVD5

by movieworld on May 18th, 2018 at 15:36
Posted In: .Other movies, Comedy, Drama, Romance

The Great Game 1930
The hero, Dicky Brown (John Batten), is the reserve forward on a championship team. Thanks to the urgings of Dicky's sweetheart Peggy Jackson (Renee Clama), whose father happens to be the team's manager, the young lad is groomed to compete in the English Cup Final. Unfortunately, the manager is accused of "personal bias" by the judges and disqualified from coaching during the crucial match. The loss of the manager throws the rest of the team into a deep depression, and by the time they get to Wembley, the outlook is pretty bleak -- but never fear, salvation is close at hand!

Much of the film is set in Chelsea's home ground, Stamford Bridge, and it contains guest appearances by numerous real-life footballers, including George Mills, Andy Wilson, Sam Millington and Billy Blyth. It was also notable for featuring the first credited appearance of Rex Harrison.

DVD5 | PAL 4:3 | 01:14:31 | 3.84 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English
Subtitles: none
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance, Sport

Director: Jack Raymond
Cast: John Batten, Renee Clama, Jack Cock
Country: UK
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Jan10

The Complete Jean Vigo: A Propos de Nice (1930), Taris (1931), Zero de conduite (1933), L’Atalante (1934) 2 x DVD9 and Blu-Ray Criterion Collection

by movieworld on January 10th, 2018 at 17:53
Posted In: .Other movies, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Romance

The Complete Jean Vigo Criterion Collection
"Freedom comes at a high price, and it's very rare. There are maybe ten free men in the world. Jean Vigo was a free man and, as such, he set an example." - Jean Painleve, colleague and friend of Jean Vigo

The story of French filmmaker Jean Vigo's tragically short, venerable, groundbreaking career has its parallels with that of Orson Welles, but it is much crueler: Whereas Welles faded in and out, haunting the silver screen for decades after Citizen Kane, Vigo (unintentionally) burnt out. His passion for cinema having led him, despite his physical frailty and ill health, to brave the elements while filming his great, sole feature, 1934's L'Atalante, he developed tuberculosis and died at the tender age of 29, before he could put what surely would have been further transporting visions onto celluloid. His reputation as an innovator, master, and prophet of the cinema has remained intact for 80 years now, even though he left only enough work for a very short retrospective. That body of work is an absolutely essential one, and Criterion has finally brought it to us on a Blu-ray compilation that has a long-reserved place on the shelf of any serious film lover.

Featured in this wonderful set are all of his works, including 'A propos de Nice,' 'Taris,' 'Zero de Conduite,' and the universally beloved 'L'Atalante.' An absolute treasure of cinematic treats, this collection of works is teeming with heart, whimsy, and beauty.
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