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The Fighter is a 2010 American biographical sports drama film directed by David O. Russell, and stars Mark Wahlberg (who also produced), Christian Bale, Amy Adams, and Melissa Leo. The film centers on the lives of professional boxer Micky Ward (Wahlberg) and his older half-brother and former boxer Dicky Eklund (Bale).
On occasion, sports books have been used as source material for film adaptations. Popular sports in the United States such as baseball and American football have been adapted to film. Books about sports such as boxing, bullfighting, cockfighting, football, hockey, hunting have also been adapted.
Secretariat is a 2010 American biographical sports drama film produced and released by Walt Disney Pictures, written by Mike Rich and Sheldon Turner based largely on William Nack's 1975 book Secretariat: The Making of a Champion, with music by Nick Glennie-Smith and directed by Randall Wallace.
The film is based on the 2003 nonfiction book, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis. The book is an account of the Oakland Athletics baseball team's 2002 season and their general manager Billy Beane 's attempts to assemble a competitive team with half (or even a third) as much money as his rivals.
The Blind Side is a 2009 American biographical sports drama film written and directed by John Lee Hancock.Based on the 2006 book of the same name by Michael Lewis, [2] the film tells the story of Michael Oher, a football offensive lineman who overcame an impoverished upbringing to play in the National Football League (NFL) with the help of Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy.
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Ice Castles is a 2010 American direct-to-DVD [1] sports romantic drama film directed by Donald Wrye and starring Taylor Firth and Rob Mayes. [2] It is a remake of the 1978 film of the same name, [3] which was also directed by Wrye. [4]
A more light-hearted TV movie also based on the Wanda Holloway story, with Emmy-winning performances by Holly Hunter and Beau Bridges. A Friend to Die For: 1994 Drama Tori Spelling and Kellie Martin in a TV film based on a California cheerleader's murder. But I'm a Cheerleader: 1999 Romance