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Item specifics
- Condition
- Region Code
- DVD: 2 (Europe, Japan, Middle East...)
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United Kingdom
- Certificate
- PG
- EAN
- 5027626272241
- Format
- DVD
- Producer
- Karel Reisz
- Language
- English
- Release Year
- 2008
- Actor
- Vanda Godsell, Alan Badel, Colin Blakely, Rachel Roberts, Richard Harris, William Hartnell
- Director
- Lindsay Anderson
- Features
- Black & White, Widescreen
- Run Time
- 131 Mins
- Genre
- Drama, General
- Film/TV Title
- This Sporting Life
- Aspect Ratio
- 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
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Product Information
When Frank Machin leaves the mine where he has always worked and signs a contract with a professional Rugby team, he hopes to gain social standing and respect. But he finds the hero worship of the drunken fans distasteful. While the owner of the team praises Machin as his star player in the privacy of the locker room, he snubs him in public. Machin's need to love and be loved is compellingly conveyed by Harris with the same startling immediacy as is his raw physical power. He forcefully seduces his landlady, Mrs. Hammond (Rachel Roberts), into a doomed love affair. As things continue to go downhill for Machin, the film captures the mood and feel of this gray industrial area in muted tones, achieving a documentary authenticity. The night time shots use a silvery shine, enhancing the feeling of human alienation. Though this parable of working-class life in England is hardly uplifting, the combination of its vibrancy, Harris's sexually charged performance, and Anderson's edgy visual style give it a place not only among the great sports movies, but among the best of all British films.
Product Identifiers
Producer
Karel Reisz
EAN
5027626272241
eBay Product ID (ePID)
60973165
Product Key Features
Actor
Vanda Godsell, Alan Badel, Colin Blakely, Rachel Roberts, Richard Harris, William Hartnell
Film/TV Title
This Sporting Life
Director
Lindsay Anderson
Language
English
Run Time
131 Mins
Aspect Ratio
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Release Year
2008
Format
DVD
Features
Black & White, Widescreen
Genre
Drama, General
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs
1
Certificate
12A/12
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States of America
Composer
Roberto Gerhard
Additional Information
Adapted from David Storey's novel of the same title, THIS SPORTING LIFE is a gritty, unblinking look at life in the coal mining region of Northern England as seen through the eyes of Frank Machin (Richard Harris). Produced by Karel Reisz, who made the acclaimed film about working class life SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING, and directed by Lindsay Anderson, THIS SPORTING LIFE brings realism to both the brutal violence of the Rugby matches it portrays and to the emotional and physical violence in the character's lives.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>When Frank Machin leaves the mine where he has always worked and signs a contract with a professional Rugby team, he hopes to gain social standing and respect. But he finds the hero worship of the drunken fans distasteful. While the owner of the team praises Machin as his star player in the privacy of the locker room, he snubs him in public. Machin's need to love and be loved is compellingly conveyed by Harris with the same startling immediacy as is his raw physical power. He forcefully seduces his landlady, Mrs. Hammond (Rachel Roberts), into a doomed love affair. As things continue to go downhill for Machin, the film captures the mood and feel of this gray industrial area in muted tones, achieving a documentary authenticity. The night time shots use a silvery shine, enhancing the feeling of human alienation. Though this parable of working-class life in England is hardly uplifting, the combination of its vibrancy, Harris's sexually charged performance, and Anderson's edgy visual style give it a place not only among the great sports movies, but among the best of all British films.
Reviews
Total Film - ...Film as close-up theatre - stark and lingering..., Entertainment Weekly - ...An erotic dance of death...[and] a fascinating glimpse into the complexities of British class structure, Variety - Lindsay Anderson, making his debut as a feature director, brings the keen, observant eye of a documentary man to many vivid episodes without sacrificing the story line, Time Out - A reminder that something really was stirring in those days of the British New Wave before it frittered itself away
Screenwriter
David Storey
Art Director
Alan Withy
Sound source
Dolby Digital
Editor
Peter Taylor
Movie/TV Title
This Sporting Life
Director of Photography
Denys Coop
Consumer Advice
Contains moderate sex and violence
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