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For Love of the Game is a 1999 American sports drama film directed by Sam Raimi and written by Dana Stevens, based on Michael Shaara's 1991 novel of the same title.Starring Kevin Costner and Kelly Preston, it follows the perfect game performance of an aging star baseball pitcher as he deals with the pressures of pitching in Yankee Stadium in his final outing by calming himself with memories of ...
By the Sword is a 1991 sports action film starring F. Murray Abraham and Eric Roberts as world-class fencers. Directed by Jeremy Paul Kagan , this is the first feature film about fencing . [ 1 ] Although some reviews of its 1993 U.S. theatrical release noted favorably the lead acting and action sequences, the screenplay was considered "terrible".
Robert James Gilbert Anderson (15 September 1922 – 1 January 2012) was an English Olympic fencer and a renowned film fight choreographer, with a cinema career that spanned more than 50 years and included films such as Star Wars, Highlander, The Three Musketeers, The Princess Bride, The Mask of Zorro, The Lord of the Rings, and Die Another Day.
The Inner Game of Fencing: Excellence in Form, Technique, Strategy, and Spirit. Chicago: Masters Press. ISBN 1-57028-230-7. Gaugler, William M. (2004). "The Science of Fencing: A Comprehensive Training Manual for Master and Student: Including Lesson Plans for Foil, Sabre and Epee Instruction". Laureate Press. ISBN 1884528309.
Love Is a Ball (UK title: All This And Money Too; also known as The Grand Duke and Mr. Pimm) is a 1963 romantic comedy film directed by David Swift and starring Glenn Ford, Hope Lange, and Charles Boyer. [1] It is based on the novel The Grand Duke and Mr. Pimm by Lindsay Hardy. [2]
Monster's Ball is a 2001 American romantic drama film directed by Marc Forster, produced by Lee Daniels and written by Milo Addica and Will Rokos, who also appeared in the film. It stars Billy Bob Thornton , Heath Ledger , Halle Berry , and Peter Boyle , with Sean Combs , Mos Def , and Coronji Calhoun in supporting roles.
The Master of Ballantrae is a 1953 British Technicolor adventure film starring Errol Flynn and Roger Livesey. It is a loose and highly truncated adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson 1889 novel of the same name. In eighteenth century Scotland, two sons of a laird clash over the family estate and a lady.
Sidney Sheldon's Mistress of the Game is a 2009 novel by Tilly Bagshawe. [1] It is the sequel to Sidney Sheldon 's critically acclaimed 1982 novel Master of the Game , which had debuted at number one on the New York Times Bestseller List [ 2 ] and was later adapted into a 1984 television miniseries .