The World Cup: A Captain's Tale (1982)
- Directed by
- Tom Clegg
- Genre
- association football film
- Country
- United Kingdom, Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 2 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 British television film about a part-time soccer team that represents England in an early international tournament. It follows their journey to compete in the Lipton Trophy known as the first World Cup.
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What happens
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale is a 1982 British television sports film directed by Tom Clegg and starring Dennis Waterman, Andrew Keir, Marjorie Bland, Nigel Hawthorne and Tim Healy. The film depicts the story of West Auckland F.C. a team of part-time players who represented England in the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy, sometimes described as the "First World Cup", in 1909 and 1911. Some of the process behind filming is mentioned in a Dennis Waterman tribute issued by The Minder Podcast in 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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