True Blue (1996)

Directed by

Ferdinand Fairfax

Genre

drama film, sport film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

15

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film tells the story of the 1987 Oxford rowing team. Some team members disagree with their coach's decisions during the Boat Race against Cambridge.

determinedtenseunderdogteam-focusedhistoricalbittersweetearneststruggling

What happens

True Blue is a 1996 British sport drama film, based on the 1989 book True Blue: The Oxford Boat Race Mutiny by Daniel Topolski and Patrick Robinson. It follows the 1987 Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race and the disagreement amongst the Oxford team known as the "Oxford mutiny". For the US DVD release by Miramax, the film was retitled Miracle at Oxford. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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