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Sport in Films
Language: en
Pages: 429
Authors: Emma Poulton
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-05-30 - Publisher: Routledge

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Sport offers everything a good story should have: heroes and villains, triumph and disaster, achievement and despair, tension and drama. Consequently, sport mak
Sport and Film
Language: en
Pages: 216
Authors: Seán Crosson
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-07-18 - Publisher: Routledge

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The sports film has become one of commercial cinema's most recognizable genres. From classic boxing films such as Raging Bull (1980) to soccer-themed box-office
The Ultimate Book of Sports Movies
Language: en
Pages: 593
Authors: Ray Didinger
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-09-22 - Publisher: Running Press Adult

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Guys love movies. Especially sports movies, where every underdog has his day, every team achieves glory, and every hero gets his moment of redemption. Next to w
Encyclopedia of Sports Films
Language: en
Pages: 566
Authors: K Edgington
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-12-29 - Publisher: Scarecrow Press

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In this reference volume, more than 200 fictional feature-length movies with a primary focus on an athletic endeavor are discussed, including comedies, dramas,
Contesting Identities
Language: en
Pages: 184
Authors: Aaron Baker
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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Publisher's description: Since the earliest days of the silent era, American filmmakers have been drawn to the visual spectacles of sports and their compelling