Posted on 02/18/2009 9:50:28 AM PST by TheConservativeComeback
If you have been reading this blog since its inception one month ago, you know that we like to mix in a lot of sports and movie posts. Today we combine those with our top 5 sports movies of all time.
A couple of rules you should be aware of with our selection process. First, if your favorite sports movie was made in the 40s or 50s...it is not on this list. I'm going to speak the truth right now and say what a lot of people won't say, Pauly Shore would've been a 5 time Oscar winner in the 40s. For the most part the acting was terrible.
Second, being that this list is so short we decided that sports comedies would be put under a different category. So while Slapshot, Major League, and Caddyshack are some of the great movies ever made, they fall under a different list.
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“Grand Prix”
Bit of a soap opera plot..but truly innovative filming for its day.
There’s a great extra w/ the expanded DVD version..apparently Enzo Ferrari was unimpressed w/ being approached by Hollywood to assist in making a racing movie..up till then most consisted of a stationary camera w/ cars whizzing by...but when he got his first look at the behind the driver / groundhugging camera angles he became so enthused he told John Frankenheimer that he could have whatever he needed to make the film.
we will need that Miracle again.
You know, I've got a gut feeling that we might just get another one in next years' soccer World Cup.
both films, GP & the original Longest Yard were great film making ... although Altman though talented is a leftist waste of skin
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Never seen it..but I heard Melinda Dillon of “Close Encounters” fame has a topless scene in it.
How about Bad News Bears? (honestly, I don't remember it much anymore...just throwing it out for consideration).
Got to agree with Slapshot. And, I'd lean toward the comedy end of the spectrum with Caddyshack (does anybody else yell "Noonan" at the TV when they want to see a miss?) and Happy Gilmore (for the Bob Barker scene!).
Disagree with The Natural...come on..."if you build it, they will come"...how hokey is that? And, definitely disagree with A League of Their Own...why?...Rosie O'Donnell...say no more.
I would rate that along with The Natural as my two favorite sports films.
Oh, yes! I loved it as a kid!
“Yer Killin’ me Smalls!”
Debbie does Dallas
amen bro....Arliss!
I did. Never talk about your conquests in the locker room...
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