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This Sporting Life. 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 ...
- £230,000 or £197,381
- Karel Reisz
Richard Harris plays Frank Machin, a brutal and ambitious rugby player who tries to win the heart of his landlady in 1960s northern England. The film is based on David Storey's novel and was nominated for two Oscars.
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- Lindsay Anderson
- Not Rated
- Drama, Sport
A classic British film about a miner turned rugby player in Yorkshire, starring Richard Harris and Rachel Roberts. Learn about the film's production, themes, and legacy from interviews, essays, and trailers.
- Frank Machin
Anthony J Very good, if quite dated. A grim look at at time long since passed, though human misery and shallowness of life is timeless. Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/11/23 Full ...
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- Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel
- Lindsay Anderson
- The Rank Organization [Gb]
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Jan 21, 2008 · A review of Lindsay Anderson's film adaptation of David Storey's novel, starring Richard Harris as a violent and isolated rugby player. The film explores the themes of pain, love, and social realism in the British new wave.
In drab early-1960s Wakefield, the volatile and aggressive young miner, Frank Machin, is determined to earn himself a place in the tough world of professional rugby and the local team. Hopelessly in love with his widowed and gloomily beautiful landlady, Mrs Margaret Hammond, Frank finds himself caught in the middle of his ferocious ambition and ...
This Sporting Life (1963) -- (Movie Clip) It's A Rough Game Frank (Richard Harris) has won a spot on the local rugby team (director Lindsay Anderson shooting at Belle Vue, Wakefield, West Yorkshire), thinking of his landlady (Rachel Roberts) and impressing the owner (Alan Badel), William Hartnell a scout who recruited him, in This Sporting Life ...
