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     Richard Harris

     Frank Machin
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     Rachel Roberts

     Mrs. Margaret Hammond
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     Alan Badel

     Gerald Weaver
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     William Hartnell

     Johnson
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     Colin Blakely

     Maurice Braithwaite
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     Vanda Godsell

     Mrs. Weaver

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › This_Sporting_LifeThis Sporting Life - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

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4. www.imdb.com › title › tt0057578This Sporting Life (1963) - IMDb

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   This Sporting Life: Directed by Lindsay Anderson. With Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel, William Hartnell. Despite success on the field, a rising rugby star senses the emerging emptiness of his life as his inner angst begins to materialize through aggression and brutality, so he attempts to woo his landlady in hopes of finding reason ...

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   • Genre: Drama, Sport

   • Director: Lindsay Anderson
   • Release Date: 1963-02-22

5. www.criterion.com › films › 853This Sporting Life (1963) | The Criterion Collection

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   This Sporting Life. One of the finest British films ever made, this benchmark of "kitchen-sink realism" follows the self-defeating professional and romantic pursuits of a miner turned rugby player eking out an existence in drab Yorkshire.

   • Actors: Frank Machin

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   Jul 9, 2015 · Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 7 nominations (Academy Awards, Golden Globes, Cannes ... ) From its virtuoso opening shot of a rugby scrum -- from the bottom, looking up -- to its final ...

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8. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › this_sporting_lifeThis Sporting Life | Rotten Tomatoes

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   Watchlist. Yorkshire coal miner Frank Machin (Richard Harris) picks a fight in a club and subsequently finds himself being recruited for a rugby team. He's an unpolished player, but his...

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   • Actors: Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel

   • Director: Lindsay Anderson
   • Produce Company: The Rank Organization [Gb]

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   Is This Sporting Life based on a true story?

   • 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.

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   Is 'the Sporting Life' a good movie?

   • Appropriately hard-hitting on narrative as well as physical levels, The Sporting Life remains a British "kitchen sink" classic that's beautiful to look at and leaves a lingering mark. Yorkshire coal miner Frank Machin (Richard Harris) picks a fight in a club and subsequently finds himself being recruited for a rugby team.

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   Is This Sporting Life a clenched fist movie?

   • Lindsay Anderson’s film of the novel replicates that moment and typifies its tone and theme. This Sporting Life (1963) is a clenched fist of a movie. Its hero, Frank Machin (Richard Harris), is a professional Rugby League player who instinctively channels feeling through physical aggression.

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   Why was This Sporting Life important?

   • The screen adaptations of these novels in the late fifties and early sixties ushered in a new era of British film and formed the core of what was to be known as the British new wave, a movement of which the later This Sporting Life was perhaps the most forceful expression. Anderson had read This Sporting Life with great admiration.

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    Jan 21, 2008 · This Sporting Life (1963) is a clenched fist of a movie. Its hero, Frank Machin (Richard Harris), is a professional Rugby League player who instinctively channels feeling through physical aggression. Early in the film, when he is still working as a coal miner, he provokes a fight in a dance hall simply, it seems, out of envy.

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    Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Photos & Videos. Film Details. Awards. Articles & Reviews. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A rugby player finds the violence in his professional life tainting his personal relationships. Cast & Crew. Read More. Lindsay Anderson. Director. Richard Harris. Frank Machin. Rachel Roberts. Mrs. Hammond. Alan Badel. Weaver.