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smokymountainrain · 10-20-2008, 02:06 PM

Hoosiers
The Natural
Rocky I
Major League
Hoop Dreams

RockyBalboa · 10-20-2008, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by DrumNFeather

I like many of the ones mentioned...with Miracle probably toping the list, although I can turn Rudy on at any minute and be glued.

Also, the Greatest Game Ever Played is a very good movie, and I'd throw in A League of Their Own...strictly for Tom Hanks.

Oh, and the Hurricane.

Jon Favreau still makes me laugh in Rudy...."Oh yeah..sorry...I'm not allowed to say Goddamn anymore."

Sleeping in EQ · 10-20-2008, 02:11 PM

Rocky
Searching for Bobby Fisher
Caddyshack
Hoosiers
The Hustler

Raging Bull is great, but for some reason I don't have the urge to watch it again.

marsupial · 10-20-2008, 03:26 PM

If a movie about chess counts, then I submit Best in Show, which should also count.

I also really liked Cinderella Man. It made me cry, not the boxing part, but when Renee Zellweger couldn't help her sick, hungry and cold children.

And Rocky, Remember the Titans and Miracle

And I HATED Jerry Maguire. Sorry Babs.

TripletDaddy · 10-20-2008, 05:01 PM

I liked Remember the Titans, until I learned about the real Titans team and realized that all of the drama in the movie was fabricated. That movie is really light years away from being accurate....and most of the original appeal was that it was billed as a true story....or at least fairly close to a true story.

cougjunkie · 10-20-2008, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

I liked Remember the Titans, until I learned about the real Titans team and realized that all of the drama in the movie was fabricated. That movie is really light years away from being accurate....and most of the original appeal was that it was billed as a true story....or at least fairly close to a true story.

http://www.71originaltitans.com/locker.html

Everything you want to know about the truth.

FarrahWaters · 10-20-2008, 05:51 PM

Field of Dreams
Fever Pitch (the original British one w/Colin Firth)

BigFatMeanie · 10-20-2008, 07:15 PM

A "sports movie" about motorcycle racing that I really enjoyed was The World's Fastest Indian

Lots of great shots of Salt Lake City and Wendover. I particularly loved Anthony Hopkins eating in the Dees Restaurant.

Gets an 8.0 out of 10 on IMDB. Certainly worth renting or adding to your NetFlix queue.

bluegoose · 10-20-2008, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by marsupial

If a movie about chess counts, then I submit Best in Show, which should also count.

Is there another Best in Show, aside from the Christopher Guest one about the National Dog Show?

I would agree that this one should count as one of the great sports movies of all time.

il Padrino Ute · 10-20-2008, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by BigFatMeanie

A "sports movie" about motorcycle racing that I really enjoyed was The World's Fastest Indian

Lots of great shots of Salt Lake City and Wendover. I particularly loved Anthony Hopkins eating in the Dees Restaurant.

Gets an 8.0 out of 10 on IMDB. Certainly worth renting or adding to your NetFlix queue.

I liked The World's Fastest Indian. It was a fun movie. Anthony Hopkins was great and I liked how his character was one of those types that just go with the flow.

The scene on the Salt Flats when he opens up his Indian is great.

10-20-2008, 02:11 PM	#33
Sleeping in EQ Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The People's Republic of Monsanto Posts: 3,085	Rocky Searching for Bobby Fisher Caddyshack Hoosiers The Hustler Raging Bull is great, but for some reason I don't have the urge to watch it again. __________________ "Do not despise the words of prophets, but test everything; hold fast to what is good; " 1 Thess. 5:21 (NRSV) We all trust our own unorthodoxies.

10-20-2008, 03:26 PM	#34
marsupial Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I... Isn't it so fun to spell? Posts: 1,701	If a movie about chess counts, then I submit Best in Show, which should also count. I also really liked Cinderella Man. It made me cry, not the boxing part, but when Renee Zellweger couldn't help her sick, hungry and cold children. And Rocky, Remember the Titans and Miracle And I HATED Jerry Maguire. Sorry Babs. __________________ "Mormon men are inherently sexy..." -Archaea

10-20-2008, 05:01 PM	#35
TripletDaddy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 9,483	I liked Remember the Titans, until I learned about the real Titans team and realized that all of the drama in the movie was fabricated. That movie is really light years away from being accurate....and most of the original appeal was that it was billed as a true story....or at least fairly close to a true story. __________________ Fitter. Happier. More Productive. "Everyone is against me. Everyone is fawning for 3D's attention and defending him." -- SeattleUte

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smokymountainrain Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Eastern Salt Lake County Posts: 544	Hoosiers The Natural Rocky I Major League Hoop Dreams

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FarrahWaters Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,122	Field of Dreams Fever Pitch (the original British one w/Colin Firth)

10-20-2008, 07:15 PM	#38
BigFatMeanie Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: South Jordan Posts: 1,725	A "sports movie" about motorcycle racing that I really enjoyed was The World's Fastest Indian Lots of great shots of Salt Lake City and Wendover. I particularly loved Anthony Hopkins eating in the Dees Restaurant. Gets an 8.0 out of 10 on IMDB. Certainly worth renting or adding to your NetFlix queue.