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Top 5 Sports Movies Of All Time
http://theconservativecomeback.blogspot.com/ ^ | 2/18/09 | TheConservativeComeback

Posted on 02/18/2009 9:50:28 AM PST by TheConservativeComeback

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To: dfwgator
I think men might cry over "The Champ" with Ricky Schroeder and Jon Voight.

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121 posted on 02/18/2009 10:59:08 AM PST by spectre (sw )(Congress lied...the economy died)
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To: TheConservativeComeback
It Happens Every Spring
Field of Dreams
Seabiscuit

schu

122 posted on 02/18/2009 10:59:42 AM PST by schu
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To: TheConservativeComeback
Rollerball (James Caan)

Slapshot

123 posted on 02/18/2009 11:02:02 AM PST by Poser (Willing to fight for oil)
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To: TheConservativeComeback

We Are Marshall deserves to be mentioned.


124 posted on 02/18/2009 11:02:13 AM PST by GSWarrior (To activate this tagline please contact the admin moderator.)
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To: Kartographer

My. Aren’t you full of yourself. I find Redford’s movie to be dull as dishwater. It was the 2nd longest film I avae had to sit through, beaten by “Once Upon a Time in America”. And humor, be it juvenile or “sophisticated”, keeps one young at heart.


125 posted on 02/18/2009 11:05:36 AM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll)
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To: TheConservativeComeback

It’s been about ten years since I read it, but I think it goes something like this: Roy takes the gamblers’ money to strike out and throw the game to the other team. Then when he’s at bat he changes his mind and decides to swing for the fences, hoping to win the game honorably. But he strikes out anyway. Soon it comes to light that he took the gamblers’ money, and although he had resolved in his mind to do the honorable thing, he is cast under a cloud of shame.

That’s about how it ends. Too depressing for Hollywood, I guess, but compellingly written and a darn sight more original than the hackneyed old game-winning homerun. Also truer to the game of baseball, where, in any given at-bat, even the best player is statistically more likely to fail than to succeed.


126 posted on 02/18/2009 11:07:16 AM PST by FelixFelicis (When can we *change* back? [Get yer bumper sticker at www.cafepress.com/deepright!])
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To: TheConservativeComeback

Rocky
The Natural
Breaking Away
Raging Bull
Cinderella Man
Slapshot
Remember the Titans
Brians Song
Field of Dreams
North Dallas Forty
Semi Tough
Tin Cup
Caddyshack
The Longest Yard
Invinceble
Miracle


127 posted on 02/18/2009 11:09:26 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: FelixFelicis

Wow, I never heard that. I dont think Hollywood would ever make that ending.


128 posted on 02/18/2009 11:09:41 AM PST by TheConservativeComeback
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To: TheConservativeComeback

1. Chariots of Fire - Great story about a time when sports was about more than just winning.

2. Hoosiers - In all honesty, this should be a lousy movie, but for some reason it is just the opposite. If it wasn’t for the contrived romance between the teacher and coach it would just about be perfect.

3. Running Brave - Story of Billy Mills, American Indian that won gold medal in Tokyo. A balanced movie that does a good job of showing that Mill’s problems came as much from his own doing has they came from racism.

4. Rocky - works because it really isn’t about sports. It’s about two losers that find a way to not be losers.

5. The Running Man / Rollerball (original) - I’ve lumped these two together because they have similar themes (sports star brings down establishment.) The violence in these movies was meant to be over the top. Who would imagine that 20/30 years after they were made that from that as far as sports violence/outrageousness they look less like parody and more like prophecy.


129 posted on 02/18/2009 11:12:46 AM PST by Brookhaven (Until the three traitors are removed from the Republican Party, I am no longer a Republican.)
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To: TheConservativeComeback

Nope, probably not. But I guess it was only a few bookworms who felt totally betrayed when they saw the movie. ;-)


130 posted on 02/18/2009 11:13:02 AM PST by FelixFelicis (When can we *change* back? [Get yer bumper sticker at www.cafepress.com/deepright!])
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To: Dixiekraut
Any body here like ‘A League of Their Own’? ( There’s NO crying in BASEBALL !)
As it happens, I love the film. Not quite enough to rate it ahead of the ones I listed, but it's a terrific film on its own terms, it treats the audience respectfully enough while drawing its somewhat exaggerated composite of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (why they felt the need to fictionalise the Wrigleys, the Chicago Cubs owners who were heavily involved in financing the league, escapes me, though), and anyone who thinks there's no crying in baseball wasn't paying attention to the single tear crawling down the cheek of Wade Boggs as the 1986 World Series ended. ;)

Aside from which, the closing credits featured the single best song of Madonna's career . . .

131 posted on 02/18/2009 11:13:07 AM PST by BluesDuke (I'm delighted to report that I still have my marble. Singular.---Goodman Ace.)
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To: dfwgator

LOL

Happy Gilmore: [to Chubbs about Shooter] Hey, if I saw myself in clothes like that, I’d have to kick my own ass.


132 posted on 02/18/2009 11:14:38 AM PST by Kimmers (Working hard so Obamas friends don't have to)
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To: longfellow
I'd agree with Miracle. I think everyone walking into that movie was seeing it more for nostalgia, thinking that there's no way it could compare to the real event but wanting the memory just the same.

Given that tremendous handicap, I think it delivered amazingly well. Kurt Russell was absolutely flawless as Herb Brooks, the players were great, and the movie managed to provide a real sense of what we all felt back then. The scene with the gassers, where the players are skating back and forth until Eruzione finally recognizes who they really play for, was just outstanding.

133 posted on 02/18/2009 11:16:39 AM PST by NotAnonymous
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To: TheConservativeComeback
Wow, I never heard that. I dont think Hollywood would ever make that ending.
You mean, Robert Redford wouldn't ever make that ending. (And he's the one who went on to completely bowdlerise the story of the 1950s quiz show scandals.) But another filmmaker might. Given that, The Natural on film still holds up well enough, even with a) Darren McGavin (who worked without taking a screen credit) damn near stealing the show as the shady gambler; and, b) Robert Duvall overacting slightly as the equally sleazy sportswriter/cartoonist.
134 posted on 02/18/2009 11:18:41 AM PST by BluesDuke (I'm delighted to report that I still have my marble. Singular.---Goodman Ace.)
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To: Brookhaven

I couldn’t agree more with your thoughts on Hoosiers when it comes to the relationship between the coach and teacher. Most awkward kissing scene ever


135 posted on 02/18/2009 11:31:14 AM PST by TheConservativeComeback
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To: TheConservativeComeback

thank you. I recall the language was a little foul, but the movie was great.


136 posted on 02/18/2009 11:31:16 AM PST by Neoliberalnot ((Freedom's Precious Metals: Gold, Silver and Lead))
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To: Neoliberalnot

What about Broke Back Mountin? I heard that was some kind of gay sporting going on. Those cowboy sheepherders were really quite the sportsfags.


137 posted on 02/18/2009 11:34:07 AM PST by Neoliberalnot ((Freedom's Precious Metals: Gold, Silver and Lead))
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To: TheConservativeComeback

“Fear Strikes Out”


138 posted on 02/18/2009 11:38:04 AM PST by Crawdad (Barack Obama hates black people.)
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To: TheConservativeComeback
The Longest Yard (the origional from 1974) spash goes the Citroen Mazerati

F1 Spa-Francorchamps 1966 - Grand Prix (The Movie) <---See the race start

F1 Monza (oval) 1966 Grand Prix (The Movie)

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139 posted on 02/18/2009 11:58:24 AM PST by Elle Bee
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To: TheConservativeComeback

‘Slap Shot’ was a comedy? ;~)
Alot of the stuff that happened in that movie happened in some of the bar leagues I used to play in.


140 posted on 02/18/2009 12:04:28 PM PST by major_gaff (University of Parris Island, Class of '84)
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