Well, there you go, Bill. *You've* just mentioned it!

20 replies and no mention of Friday Night Lights.

Wes makes a good point. Pool, poker, etc. they're all games. Maybe not sports, but sporting nevertheless.

So if that's the case I'll nominate:


The Hustler - Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason and the lovely Piper Laurie. Watch it now!
The Color of Money - Newman & Cruise. Sequel to The Hustler, 25 years later.
House of Games - Lindsay Crouse. Great cards & con movie. David Mamet helms.

Doesn't it count as a sports movie? I think they played a game of pool in it.

And your post about lurkers the other day got me thinking about that. I'll try harder.

No problem, bud, I was just yankin' your chain.

--Dan Edge

My apologies, Dan. Obviously I didn't read the thread closely enough. I stand corrected.

Pete, ok, already! I'll look for it. Everyone: look for Rudy at your local rental store!!

...before you wreck yo self. I gave Rudy props as my favorite earlier in the thread.

-Dan Edge

I can't believe nobody's mentioned 'Rudy', the story of a kid who followed his dream of playing football at Notre Dame! It's hard to think of many other movies that better exemplify the virtues of relentlessly pursuing one's own values. If you haven't seen this movie yet, go see it! It's not as cheesy as it looks like it might be.

Rocky, Raging Bull...

Good coreography great characters interesting events

ok I'll admit it I'm pretty much a boxing movie purist.

---Landon

It all basically comes back to fight or flight.

Here's a list of sports movies from Wiki:

List of sports movies

Cinderella Man with Russell Crowe and Miss Chipmunk Cheeks, Renee Zellweger, is one I've seen recently. Very good tale of riches to rags to riches set during the Depression.

Perhaps, as a sports trilogy from one actor, Kevin Costner: Tin Cup, Field of Dreams, and Bull Durham with that tasty little speech in it...

"Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days."

– Crash Davis (Costner) in Bull Durham

There's always a Road House junkie around, isn't there...

Hi, Wes, long time no hear.

When I first saw Jerry McGuire I simply could not understand why so many people loved it. Maybe it was Cruise. I don't know.

But since then, I've seen JM at least five times and I really like it now. But I wouldn't shove it in as #2.

Mmm, James Cameron did the same thing only on a massive scale with Titanic for the departure scenes at Southhampton.

Pride of the Yankees. Duh.

(Bad News Bears -- right on, Joe!)

Fun fact (from IMDB):

Since star Gary Cooper was right-handed and Lou Gehrig was left-handed, and since Cooper's athletic skills were barely passable right-handed let alone left-handed, the close-up baseball scenes were shot with uniforms in reverse type. Cooper would hit the ball and run to third, and the prints would be reversed.

Awesome.

For god's sake, Ross, if you are going to tantalize us with the vision of a nearly naked man, could you not at least make him attractive? Ron Jeremy?! My eyes...

I thought the recent movie "Code of Honor" (think that was the title) about the West Point football scandal was very good.

-- Aut viam inveniam aut faciam

Road House...

No wait, either Slapshot or The Program.

I loved Samwise's depiction of Rudy; such an uplifting story. Jerry McGuire steals 2nd for romance-appeal, though it may not qualify as a sports movie.

--Dan Edge

Bad News Bears. No contest.

The World's Fastest Indian is my recent favorite. I would have to think for a while to come up with an all time favotire...

- Jason

Disney's 'The Rookie', because it's never too late to realize your dream.