Sentences with phrase «great sports movie»

Interspersed throughout are related essays covering, for example, great sports movies for kids and rankings of actors based on their portrayals of famous athletes, plus interviews with various individuals involved in one way or another with the films, such as actors Bob Uecker (Major League) and Dennis Quaid (The Rookie).

Another Indiana classic in what is widely considered one of the greatest sports movies of all time, «Hoosiers» follows a small town high school basketball team as they make it all the way to the state finals.

While Bull Durham may be the greatest sports movie of all time, with much of its success due to casting, choosing Tim Robbins to play pitching phenom Ebby Calvin «Nuke» LaLoosh clearly had nothing to do with his presence on the mound.

«Dark Horse» has all the elements of a great sports movie biography: A rise from obscurity, achievement against all expectations, a comeback from a potentially fatal injury, an irresistible «little guy vs. big guys» vibe.

The greatest sports movies over the years have captured the indomitable will and spirit of people in the face of challenges and adversities.

It fills in the gaps for me, if you will, on a subject I don't pursue interest in and often I find a great sports movie rather thrilling.

Like all great sports movies, however, the key is that it actually isn't about sport at all.

Rocky is not just one of the greatest sports movies of all time, but one of the greatest films ever made.

We do get a lot of pretty shots of West Texas and its football stadiums though, and the ending ranks up there with The Bad News Bears as one of the great sports movie endings of all time.

The mark of any great sports movie is its ability to transcend the sport in order to tell the human interest part of the tale.

There aren't many genres that can pump you up quite as much as a great sports movie.

Hoosiers — One of the great sports movies of all - time, and probably the best movie about basketball.

«One of the greatest sports stories ever told» (Sports Illustrated) is now «one of the greatest sports movies ever made!»

Like all great sports movies, «Field of Dreams» isn't really about sports.

Sometimes a great sports movie only needs sweat and exhilaration.