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Running Brave is a 1983 Canadian biographical sports drama film [1] [2] based on the story of Billy Mills, a member of the Oglala Sioux tribe located in South Dakota.Mills was born on the reservation, and later attended the University of Kansas [3] where he was recruited by the Olympic running team [1] [4] and won the gold medal in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics for the 10,000 meter race. [5]
Palme d'Or for Best Short Film, 1966 Cannes Film Festival. Skateboard: The Movie: 1978 Drama Features world champion skateboarder Tony Alva. Skateboard Madness: 1980 Comedy A reporter too laid-back for his own good is told his last chance is a story on skateboarding Thrashin' 1986 Drama Josh Brolin clashes with a punk skateboard gang.
The Loneliest Runner is a semi-autobiographical made-for-television film written, produced and directed by Bonanza star Michael Landon. It first aired on December 20, 1976 on NBC and starred Lance Kerwin, Brian Keith, DeAnn Mears, and Landon's Little House on the Prairie daughter, Melissa Sue Anderson. [2] The film was nominated for two Emmy ...
These are lists of movies with more than one Academy Award nomination in a single category. There are five categories in which this is possible: the four acting categories, and Best Original Song . As of the 81st Academy Awards , producers can submit at most two songs from the same film for Best Original Song; prior to this, four films received ...
Race is a 2016 biographical sports drama film about African-American athlete Jesse Owens, who won a record-breaking four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. [11] Directed by Stephen Hopkins and written by Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse, the film stars Stephan James as Owens, and co-stars Jason Sudeikis , Jeremy Irons , William Hurt ...
The first person to win twice in this category was Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who won the award in two consecutive years, 1949 and 1950.Others to win twice in this category include George Seaton, Robert Bolt (who also won in consecutive years), Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo, Alvin Sargent, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Michael Wilson, Alexander Payne and Christopher Hampton.
Win Win is a 2011 American sports comedy-drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Tom McCarthy from a story by McCarthy and Joe Tiboni. It stars Paul Giamatti as a struggling attorney who, volunteering as a high-school wrestling coach, takes on the guardianship of an elderly client in a desperate attempt to keep his practice afloat.
The following is a list of highest-grossing sports films of all time, which may also be among the highest grossing films of all time. Auto racing is the most frequent sport with 20 films on the list, including seven of the top 10 entries. Fast & Furious is the most frequent franchise with nine films, followed by Rocky with seven.