Borg McEnroe (2017)

Original title

Borg vs McEnroe

Directed by

Janus Metz Pedersen

Genre

drama film, biographical film, sport film

Country

Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden, Denmark

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

R

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 1,212 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows tennis rivals Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe in the lead-up to their 1980 Wimbledon final. It shows the pressure and personal struggles each player faced before this historic match.

tenseintensedramaticfocusedcompetitiveemotionalintrospectiveatmospheric

What happens

Borg vs McEnroe (Swedish: Borg, Finnish: Borg/McEnroe) is a 2017 biographical sports drama film, focusing on the famous professional rivalry between tennis players, Björn Borg and John McEnroe at the 1980 Wimbledon Championships, culminating in their encounter in the men's singles final, one of the most dramatic tennis matches of all time. The film, a production between Sweden, Denmark and Finland, was directed by Janus Metz Pedersen, from a screenplay written by Ronnie Sandahl, and stars Sverrir Guðnason, Shia LaBeouf, Stellan Skarsgård, Tuva Novotny and Robert Emms. The film opened the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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