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The Jamaicans struggle to adapt to the cold and race conditions but improve through exercise and hard work. Derice begins to copy the techniques of the very efficient Swiss team. The East German team and their captain, Josef Groole – the current bobsled world record holder – constantly heckle the Jamaicans during tryouts. Eventually, all ...
A bio-pic of sorts starring professional baseball player Mike Donlin: Casey at the Bat: 1916 Drama A lost five-reeler based on Ernest Thayer's poem and starring DeWolf Hopper: Somewhere in Georgia: 1917 Drama Ty Cobb as a ball-playing bank clerk in a story by Grantland Rice. Baseball Madness: 1917 Comedy A silent film starring Gloria Swanson ...
James Caan stars as the game's greatest star, playing for Houston in a futuristic story of a life-and-death sport. BASEketball: 1998 Comedy A league is formed featuring a new game that combines baseball and basketball. Rollerball: 2002 Sci-fi A remake of the 1975 sci-fi film starring LL Cool J and Chris Klein.
As far as baseball movies go, “Major League” is probably the funniest. While many flicks about the sport tend to lean into “feel-good” vibes, this one offers a fictional, light story that ...
The title of Mike Leigh’s latest movie, “Hard Truths,” suggests a remarkable, career-spanning consistency, tracing back to the stage and screen director’s 1971 big-screen debut, “Bleak ...
Island in the Sun starring Harry Belafonte (1957), American-British movie; The Tamarind Seed (1974), American-British movie; Black Snake (1973), American film directed by Russ Meyer; Agatha Christie's Miss Marple - A Caribbean Mystery (1989) Chattel House (2004) Guttaperc (1998) The Shoe (2005) Hit for Six (2006) Tek Dem Out (2006) Hush 1 (2008 ...
It's All About Dancing: A Jamaican Dance-U-Mentary (2006) K. Kingston Paradise (2013) Knight And Day (2010) L ... Jamaican film at the Internet Movie Database;
Sinatra's role of Dennis Ryan was originally intended for professional baseball manager (and former player) Leo Durocher. [6] According to TCM's Alicia Malone, Williams maintained a positive relationship with Sinatra but did not enjoy making the film because of the exhausting directorial demands set by Kelly. Although Busby Berkeley was hired ...