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Forever Strong is based on an amalgam of true stories about the Highland Rugby high school team. [3] The character Rick Penning is based on a real member of the rugby team who played in Flagstaff, Arizona, and was sent to a group home in Salt Lake City. [3] The story attracted the production company Go Films. [3] "Forever Strong" was the first ...
Eastwood's film shows how sport can unify people, a straightforward and moving message that leaves audiences cheering. The sports, accurate portrayal and the solid storyline earn this movie a manliness rating of 3/5. However, the entertainment value, historical accuracy and strong message this movie delivers earn it an overall rating of 4.5 stars.
Getroud Met Rugby: Die Onvertelde Stori: 2011 Drama Rugby union A struggling rugby union player fights to regain his place in his former team by coaching a troubled ex-convict to be a star player himself. Starring Izak Davel and Altus Theart. A tie-in to Season 4 of the Afrikaans TV series Getroud Met Rugby. The Kick: 2014 Drama Rugby union
Alive is a 1993 American biographical survival drama film based on Piers Paul Read's 1974 book Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors, which details a Uruguayan rugby team's crash aboard Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 into the Andes mountains on October 13, 1972.
Old Scores is a 1991 television film jointly produced by New Zealand and Wales, about the two countries' mutual national sport of rugby union.It is notable for the appearance of many notable Welsh and New Zealand international rugby players in supporting roles.
Up 'n' Under is a 1998 film adaptation of the John Godber play of the same name. John Godber scripted and made his directorial debut with this adaptation of his play. The film was shot in Cardiff, Wales. [1] It stars Gary Olsen, Richard Ridings, Samantha Janus, Ralph Brown, and Neil Morrissey.
In from the Side is a 2022 British romantic drama film, directed by Matt Carter and written by Carter and Adam Silver. [3] The film, which features Alexander Lincoln and Alexander King, tells the story of rugby players Mark and Warren from a cash-strapped, divided gay rugby club unwittingly sleepwalk into an adulterous affair, but must conceal their growing feelings or risk destroying the club ...
This Sporting Life is a 1963 British kitchen sink drama film directed by Lindsay Anderson.Based on the 1960 novel of the same name by David Storey, which won the 1960 Macmillan Fiction Award, it recounts the story of a rugby league footballer in Wakefield, a mining city in Yorkshire, whose romantic life is not as successful as his sporting life.