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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".
Electric épée fencing: Diego Confalonieri (left) and Fabian Kauter in the final of the Trophée Monal While the modern sport of fencing has three weapons — foil, épée, and sabre, each a separate event — the épée is the only one in which the entire body is the valid target area (the others are restricted to varying areas above the waist).
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 film Alatriste, based on the novels by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, features various characters fencing in the destreza style, including the protagonist Diego Alatriste portrayed by Viggo Mortensen. The 2007 Russian historical fantasy film 1612 also shows this style of fencing as an important element of the movie's plot.
Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. [1] The three disciplines of modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also saber); each discipline uses a different kind of blade, which shares the same name, and employs its own rules.
Torn between a dark plot and strong characters, and sometimes surreal accelerated battles, Blade of Fury remains a great film." [ 7 ] Reviewer Ben Johnson of kungfumovieguide.com gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, calling it "blistering historical action" and concluding, "Slightly confused and silly in places, the film’s exuberance is ...
In order to run away with her new love, she stole the body of a dead nun, placed it in the bed of her lover, and set the room on fire before escaping. Their affair lasted for a few months before the young woman returned to her family. The plan was for the burned body to be mistaken for that of Julie's lover, but the plot was uncovered.