This Sporting Life (1963)
In Northern England in the early 1960s, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver (imdb)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Directed By: Lindsay Anderson
Written By: David Storey
Starring: Richard Harris, Edward Fox, Arthur Lowe, Alan Badel, William Hartnell, Colin Blakely, Vanda Godsell, Glenda Jackson, Jack Watson, Rachel Roberts, Anne Cunningham, Harry Markham
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This Sporting Life belongs to 26 collections
1. Criterion Collection (public: moderated by caffe - 143 stars)
2. New York Times' The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made (public: moderated by theficionado - 28 stars)
3. The Guardian's 1000 films to see before you die (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 25 stars)
4. Non-linear (public: moderated by djross - 19 stars)
5. Academy Award - Oscar - ALL Best Picture, Directing, Acting & Screenplay Nominees (public - 19 stars)
6. List: Empire's five star movies (public: moderated by KasperL - 17 stars)
7. Doubling The Canon (public - 13 stars)
8. Best of criticker: Drama (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 13 stars)
9. FIPRESCI Prize (public: moderated by paulofilmo - 11 stars)
10. Best film of top directors (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 11 stars)
11. Sport (public: moderated by td888 - 6 stars)
12. List: Taschen (public: moderated by KasperL - 6 stars)
13. Doubling The Canon (2010 update) (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 5 stars)
14. The Bfi 100 (public: moderated by nexus - 4 stars)
15. TimeOut Magazine's 100 best British films (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 3 stars)
16. British New Wave (public: moderated by nexus - 2 stars)
17. Cannes 1963 Official Selection (public: moderated by djross - 1 star)
18. Doubling the Canon (2011 update) (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 1 star)
19. Doubling the Canon (2012 update) (public: moderated by Cinephile - 1 star)
20. Woman Belting Out A Tune (Solo) (public)
21. BAFTA Award for Best British Film (Nominees) (public: moderated by ellinikos)
22. Rugby (sport) (public: moderated by Ag0stoMesmer)
23. 1: Must-see (private: KasperL)
24. Watchlist (private: sdenka)
25. Barry Norman's top 49 British films (private: juandr)
26. Cast aAwayAdam (private: rnest)
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Tale of brutish ambition and the inevitable damage wrought on the fragile people and objects it hopes to possess. Harris is outstanding in his savage and frustrated attempts to express himself. Anderson composes some starkly beautiful shots and also incorporates some effective rugby league scenes.
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Maybe about half an hour too long (although having said that, I don't know what I'd cut out of it). Melodramatic bursts of music at the start and finish. We also get to (or have to) hear Harris warming up for "MacArthur Park" several years later.
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Excellent film.
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A stark, bleak downer of a film, centered around a relationship obviously doomed from the start. There really isn't a single bright moment to be found, and Anderson lets every depressing moment play out in harsh realism. Richard Harris is superb in the lead, seething with brutality and frustration like a British Brando. The narrative, told partly in flashback, does occasionally make the chronology confusing.
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