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Tag Archives: olympics
Downhill Racer (1969)
Director: Michael Ritchie Writer: James Salter (Based on the novel “The Downhill Racers” by Oakley Hall)
Posted in Drama, Sports
Tagged 1969, adaptation, brian probyn, camilla sparv, coach, competition, dabney coleman, downhill racer, drama, gene hackman, gold medal, injury, james salter, kenyon hopkins, michael ritchie, oakley hall, olympics, race, racer, richard a. harris, richard gregson, richard harris, robert redford, ski, skier, skiing, snow, sport, sports, team, the downhill racers
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The Jericho Mile (1979)
Director: Michael Mann Writers: Patrick J. Nolan and Michael Mann (Story by Patrick J. Nolan) Michael Mann’s first movie. Very solid for a TV movie. Strauss is good.
Posted in Drama, Sports
Tagged 1979, arthur schmidt, brian dennehy, convict, drama, drugs, folsom, folsom prison, gang, gangs, heroin, inmate, jimmie haskell, michael mann, murder, murderer, mustache, olympics, patrick j. nolan, peter strauss, prison, prisoner, race, rexford l. metz, roger e. mosley, run, runner, running, sport, sports, the jericho mile, track, track and field, trial, warden
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Richard Jewell (2019)
Director: Clint Eastwood Writer: Billy Ray (Based on the Vanity Fair article “American Nightmare: The Ballad of Richard Jewell” by Marie Brenner) (Based on the book “The Suspect: An Olympic Bombing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jewell, the Man … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Drama
Tagged adaptation, American nightman, atlanta, billy ray, biography, bomb, bomber, bombing, clint eastwood, crime, drama, fbi, georgia, ian gomez, investigation, jennifer davisson, jessica meier, jon hamm, jonah hill, journalist, kathy bates, kenny rogers, kent alexander, kevin misher, kevin salwen, lawyer, leonardo dicaprio, media, mike pniewski, newspaper, nina arianda, olivia wilde, olympics, park, paul walter hauser, richard jewell, sam rockwell, television, terrorism, terrorist, the ballad of richard jewell, the suspect, tim moore, true story, vanity fair
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Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
Director: Kon Ichikawa Writers: Natto Wada & Yoshio Shirasaka & Shintaro Tanikawa & Kon Ichikawa One of the weirdest taglines I have seen on a poster. Three hours of watching athletes perform in close ups. Incredible photography. Loved it.
Posted in Documentary, Foreign, Sports
Tagged 1960s, 1965, athlete, competition, documentary, foreign, japan, japanese, kon ichikawa, natto wada, olympics, shintaro tanikawa, sport, sports, stadium, suketaru taguchi, summer, tokyo, tokyo olympiad, yoshio shirasaka
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I, Tonya (2017)
Director: Craig Gillespie Writer: Steven Roberts
Posted in Comedy, Crime, Drama, Sports
Tagged abuse, abusive, allison janney, assault, attack, biography, bobby cannavale, bojana novakovic, caitlin carver, champion, championships, comedy, controversy, craig gillespie, crime, drama, fame, famous, figure skating, i tonya, julianne nicholson, margot robbie, olympics, oregon, paul walter hauser, sebastian stan, skate, skating, sport, sports, steven roberts, tonya harding, triple axel, true story
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Molly’s Game (2017)
Director: Aaron Sorkin Writer: Aaron Sorkin (Based on the book by Molly Bloom)
Posted in Crime, Drama
Tagged 2017, aaron sorkin, adaptation, bill camp, biography, brian d'arcy james, cards, celebrity, chris o'dowd, crime, drama, fbi, gambler, gambling, graham greene, idris elba, investigation, j.c. mackenzie, jeremy strong, jessica chastain, justin kirk, kevin costner, lawyer, michael cera, molly bloom, molly's game, olympics, poker, russian mob, skier, trial, true story
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The Bronze (2016)
Director: Bryan Buckley Writers: Melissa Rauch & Winston Rauch
Posted in Comedy, Sports
Tagged athlete, bronze medal, bryan buckley, cecily strong, celebrity, coach, comedy, craig kildorn, gary cole, gym, gymnastics, jay duplass, mark duplass, melissa rauch, olympics, sebastian stan, sport, sports, the bronze, thomas middleditch, train, trainer, training, winston rauch
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Eddie the Eagle (2016)
Director: Dexter Fletcher Writers: Sean Macaulay and Simon Kelton (Story by Simon Kelton)
Posted in Comedy, Drama, Sports
Tagged 1988, 2016, britain, british, christopher walken, coach, comedy, drama, eddie edwards, eddie the eagle, hugh jackman, jim broadbent, matthew vaughn, olympics, ski, ski jumper, skiing, sport, sports, taron egerton, true story, underdog, winter
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Blades of Glory (2007)
Directors: Will Speck & Josh Gordon Writers: Jeff Cox & Craig Cox and John Altschuler & Dave Krinsky (Story by Craig Cox & Jeff Cox & Busy Philipps)
Posted in Comedy, Sports
Tagged amy poehler, andy richter, blades of glory, busy philipps, comedy, craig cox, craig t. nelson, dave krinsky, ice skating, jeff cox, jenna fischer, john altschuler, jon heder, josh gordon, luke wilson, nick swardson, olympics, rob corddry, romany malco, sex addict, skaing, sport, will arnett, will ferrell, will speck, william fichtner
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Unbroken (2014)
Director: Angelina Jolie Writers: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen and Richard LaGravenese and William Nicholson (Based on the book by Laura Hillenbrand)
Posted in Drama, Sports, War
Tagged 2014, adaptation, alexandre desplat, angelina jolie, biography, camp, coen brothers, crash, domhnall gleeson, drama, ethan coen, garrett hedlund, jack o'connell, jai courtney, japan, joel coen, laura hillenbrand, louis zamperini, miyavi, navy, olympian, olympics, pacific, pilot, plane, pow, prisoner, raft, richard lagravenese, roger deakins, runner, sports, takamasa ishihara, true story, unbroken, war, william nicholson, world war 2, world war ii, wwII
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