This Sporting Life (1963)
- Directed by
- Lindsay Anderson
- Genre
- drama film, sport film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 2h 14m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 123 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A rugby league player in a Yorkshire mining town finds success on the field but struggles with loneliness and a failed relationship with his landlady. The film follows his attempts to connect with others while living a rough and isolated life.
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What happens
This Sporting Life is a 1963 British kitchen sink drama film directed by Lindsay Anderson, and adapted by David Storey from his 1960 novel. It stars Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, William Hartnell, and Alan Badel. Harris, in his first starring role, portrays a rugby league footballer in Wakefield, a mining city in Yorkshire, whose romantic life is not as successful as his sporting life. The film opened at the Odeon Leicester Square in London's West End on 7 February 1963. Though a commercial failure, it was a critical success. At the 1963 Cannes Film Festival, the film was nominated for the Palme d'Or and Harris won the Best Actor Award. At the 36th Academy Awards, the film received nominations for Best Actor (for Harris) and Best Actress (for Roberts). Roberts won her second BAFTA Award for Best Actress, and the film was nominated in four other categories, including, Best Film, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor (Harris). In 1999, the British Film Institute ranked the film at No. 52 of the Top 100 British films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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