Sport movies

Shelter (2007)

Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Wright, Trevor | Pierce, Tricia | Bushell, Matt | Leigh, Devin | Margolin, Don | Reed, Albert | Rowe, Brad | Thomas, Ross | Zohdy, Tarek | Blevins, Christina | Cherese | Crosby, Caitlin | Holmes, Tina | Martinez, Sybil | Sixtos, Alicia
Directors: Markowitz, Jonah
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Forced to give up his dreams of art school, Zach spends his days working a dead-end job and helping his needy sister care for her son. In his free time he surfs, draws and hangs out with his best friend, Gabe, who lives on the wealthy side of town. When Gabe’s older brother, Shaun, returns home, he is drawn to Zach’s selflessness and talent. Zach falls in love with Shaun while struggling to reconcile his own desires with the needs of his family.

Basketball Diaries, The (1995)

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: DiCaprio, Leonardo | Bracco, Lorraine | Sokol, Marilyn | Madio, James | McGaw, Patrick | Wahlberg, Mark | Cooper, Roy | Kirby, Bruno | Papiris, Jimmy | Gaetani, Nick | Chaplin, Alexander | Jorgensen, Ben | Mostel, Josh | Lewis, Juliette | Imperioli, Michael
Directors: Kalvert, Scott
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Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll’s epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim’s life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach (”Swifty”) who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin — all of these begin to encroach on young Jim’s dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother’s mounting concern for her son. He can’t go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim “picked up a game” now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity.

Beer League (2006)

Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Lange, Artie | Macchio, Ralph | DeSando, Anthony | Buono, Cara | Palumbo, Jimmy | Minor, Jerry | Metcalf, Laurie | Cassel, Seymour | Deeg, Michael | Regen, Elizabeth | Corman, Maddie | Lo Truglio, Joe | Ahmed, Kamal | Amiri, Armin | Barry, Todd
Directors: Sebastiano, Frank
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Beer, broads and baseball combine with hilarious results in ARTIE LANGE’S BEER LEAGUE…an over-the-top comedy about a group of misfits whose weekly softball games seem to have a lot more to do with getting into fights for macho dominance than hitting home runs. Artie is an unemployed and unmotivated drunk that is predictably still living with his mother. He is on a losing softball team, and he and his teammates are facing the end of softball as they know it if they can’t pull it together. When love enters his life, it unexpectedly alters Artie’s low self-esteem, and the odds for winning, not only the league trophy, but a new life, are certainly looking up. He and his teammates will have to go for the win, and survive all the comedy and chaos along the way.

Cinderella Man (2005)

Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Crowe, Russell | Zellweger, Renée | Giamatti, Paul | Bierko, Craig | Considine, Paddy | McGill, Bruce | Huband, David | Price, Connor | Waller, Ariel | Louis, Patrick | DeWitt, Rosemarie | Kash, Linda | Campbell, Nicholas | Pyrz, Gene | Shamata, Chuck
Directors: Howard, Ron
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During the Great Depression, a common-man hero, James J. Braddock—a.k.a. the Cinderella Man—was to become one of the most surprising sports legends in history. By the early 1930s, the impoverished ex-prizefighter was seemingly as broken-down, beaten-up and out-of-luck as much of the rest of the American populace who had hit rock bottom. His career appeared to be finished, he was unable to pay the bills, the only thing that mattered to him—his family—was in danger, and he was even forced to go on Public Relief. But deep inside, Jim Braddock never relinquished his determination. Driven by love, honor and an incredible dose of grit, he willed an impossible dream to come true. In a last-chance bid to help his family, Braddock returned to the ring. No one thought he had a shot. However Braddock, fueled by something beyond mere competition, kept winning. Suddenly, the ordinary working man became the mythic athlete. Carrying the hopes and dreams of the disenfranchised on his shoulders, Braddock rocketed through the ranks, until this underdog chose to do the unthinkable: take on the heavyweight champ of the world, the unstoppable Max Baer, renowned for having killed two men in the ring.

Pumping Iron (1977)

Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Genres: Documentary | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Barnes, Mark F. | Callard, Roger | Columbu, Franco | Corney, Ed | Cort, Bud | Ferrigno, Lou | Ferrigno, Matty | Katz, Mike | Nubret, Serge | Reynolds, Patrick | Riedmeier, Helmut | Robinson, Robbie | Schwarzenegger, Arnold | Waller, Ken | Weider, Joe
Directors: Butler, George
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From Gold’s Gym in Venice Beach California to the showdown in Pretoria, amateur and professional bodybuilders prepare for the 1975 Mr. Olympia and Mr. Universe contests in this part-scripted, part-documentary film. Five-time champion Arnold Schwarzenegger defends his Mr. Olympia title against Serge Nubret and the shy young deaf Lou Ferrigno, whose father is his coach; the ruthless champ psyches out the young lion. Sardinian Franco Columbu competes in the lightweight class; at home in Italy he solves a tight parking problem by lifting the car into place. Joe Weider is the marketer; Mike Katz and Ken Waller go for the title of Mr. Universe. Bodybuilding and a celebrity-to-be go mainstream.

Semi-Pro (2008)

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Sport
Countries:
Actors: Ferrell, Will | Harrelson, Woody | Benjamin, André | Tierney, Maura | Davis, DeRay | Braaten, Josh | Phillips, Jay | Cornell, Peter | Richter, Andy | Daly, Andrew | Arnett, Will | Luyben, Kate | Koechner, David | Haley, Jackie Earle | Corddry, Rob
Directors: Alterman, Kent
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Jackie Moon, the owner-coach-player of the American Basketball Association’s Flint Michigan Tropics, rallies his teammates to make their NBA dreams come true

Bad News Bears (2005)

Monday, May 19th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Thornton, Billy Bob | Kinnear, Greg | Harden, Marcia Gay | Kraft, Sammi Kane | Canipe, Ridge | Craggs, Brandon | Davies, Jeffrey | Deters, Timmy | Estrada, Carlos | Estrada, Emmanuel | Gentile, Troy | Harris, Kenneth 'K.C.' | Johal, Aman | Jones, Tyler Patrick | Tedmori, Jeffrey
Directors: Linklater, Richard
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Morris Buttermaker (Thornton), an alcoholic pest removal worker and former professional baseball player (for a very short time), is recruited to coach and train a failing baseball team of 12 year olds which is about to be thrown out of the league. Although the team does not win the first place in the next championship, it does achieve a great comeback.

Heaven Can Wait (1978)

Monday, May 19th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Fantasy | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Christie, Julie | Mason, James | Warden, Jack | Grodin, Charles | Cannon, Dyan | Henry, Buck | Gardenia, Vincent | Maher, Joseph | Camp, Hamilton | Malet, Arthur | Faracy, Stephanie | Linero, Jeannie | Wong, Harry D.K. | Manos, George J.
Directors: Beatty, Warren
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Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn’t ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A new body must be found, and that of a recently murdered millionaire is chosen. His wife and accountant, the murderers, are confused by this development, as he buys the L.A. Rams in order to once again quarterback them into the Superbowl.

Final Season, The (2007)

Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Astin, Sean | Boothe, Powers | Cook, Rachael Leigh | Angarano, Michael | Allen, Matthew W. | Arnold, Tom | Mackenzie Astin | Becker, Chris Jay | Bell, Marshall | Brockhohn, Jim | Brockhohn, Jimmy | Callie, Dayton | Claywell, Brett | Cornelison, Michael | Davis, David
Directors: Evans, David M.
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Tradition in Norway, Iowa, can be summed up in one word, baseball. In the small Midwestern town, population 586, baseball is a legacy passed father to son, generation to generation. The Norway high school team is no stranger to overcoming the odds, to playing “David” to the State’s much larger schools’ “Goliath.” When the 1990 team, lead by Coach Jim Van Scoyoc, wins its 19th State Championship in 23 years, it is almost expected. The unexpected comes when bureaucracy intervenes to merge Norway into a larger school, and petty jealousies conspire to rob Norway of its heritage and a 20th State Championship. The legendary coach is fired and replaced with his 24-year-old, one-season assistant coach, Kent Stock — a move designed to insure the team’s failure. “THE FINAL SEASON” tells the true story of an underdog coach and team who despite tradition have been written off not only by their rivals but also by those closest to them, the town. Can they find the faith in themselves, and the faith in each other, to make it to one final championship game — and the chance for redemption?

Seabiscuit (2003)

Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Genres: Drama | History | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: McCullough, David | Bridges, Jeff | O'Connor, Paul Vincent | Cooper, Chris | Ensign, Michael | Keane, James | Mahaffey, Valerie | Doty, David | Craig, Carl M. | O'Neill, Michael | Corley, Annie | Angarano, Michael | Bowen, Cameron | Luke, Noah | Bess, Mariah
Directors: Ross, Gary
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In an era when Americans were in great need of heroic figures to help them forget their troubles, SEABISCUIT comes to the rescue. The picture relates a moving story of friendship and devotion in rehabilitating the main characters’fractured lives, as it interweaves the interactions between horse, jockey, trainer and owner and their adoring fans. The film accurately portrays the real people and events of those troubled times and how Seabiscuit “fixed us, every one of us.”