Sentences with phrase «unlikely folk hero»

Born in Bremen, Germany, Bert Trautmann overcame prejudice and open hostility - from both opposition supporters and his own - to become an unlikely folk hero in post-war Manchester.

A simple tale of two unlikely folk heroes ends being one of, if not the most likable film of the first half of 2016, indubitably launching its writer - director onto bigger (if not better) things.

Not exact matches

It won't be a dramatic shock to your system, then, to see that «Invincible,» the tale of an average Joe... or, in this case, an average Vince... who becomes an unlikely football hero, was produced by the same folks who were behind «The Rookie» (Mark Ciardi and Gordon Gray).

Regardless of the methods used by Noodle (a snake that — shockingly — moves around exactly like one would) to get his game approved by the platforming police, one thing is for sure: by placing the unlikely hero in settings that have all staples of the genre — like gaps, moving pieces, water, tall structures that need to be climbed, fire pits, deadly spikes, and small platforms — the folks at Sumo Digital unearthed an incredibly original concept with such an inborn simplicity that it is sort of uncanny nobody had ever thought about it (or maybe someone had done so but ended up being stopped by mysterious dark forces).