As we begin 2010 it is time to consider which is the BEST sports movie from the first decade of the 21st Century. There are some very good choices. Documentaries, by the way, like “Dogtown and Z-Boys” deserve their own column. Here is the Top Ten: [...]
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From Canada (George Chuvalo) to Argentina (Louis Firpo), North America has been well represented in the heavyweight boxing division. The United States has produced dozens of world class fighters at this biggest classification as well, but despite a wealthy history of producing outstanding champions in various lighter categories (mostly featherweight and bantamweights), the heavyweight crown [...] Oscar nominated writer/director James Toback (“Bugsy”) presents a no-holds-barred portrait of the controversial former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson. [...] With good reviews on the film festival circuit, the boxing documentary “Facing Ali” begins a theatrical run today in New York and Los Angeles. Muhammad Ali, the three-time world heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic gold medalist who electrified the world with his unorthodox style and charismatic ways, is paid tribute by ten of his acclaimed rivals. [...] Two-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams (“Doubt”, “Junebug”) is set to co-star in the boxing film, “The Fighter”, opposite Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale. [...] Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, Tupac Shakur, Jimmy the Greek Snyder are all subjects in upcoming films from Hollywood directors for ESPN. Noted filmmakers, assorted Oscar nominees and Peabody Award winners among them, will ply their talents to celebrate ESPN’s 30 year history by creating one hour films on sports-related topics which will debut in the fall. …. [...] ESPN Films is announcing 10 additional filmmakers for its ambitious “30 for 30″ film project. The filmmakers include Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights), Academy Award nominee Ron Shelton (Bull Durham), Academy Award nominee Brett Morgen (On the Ropes), and Academy Award nominee Steve James (Hoop Dreams), as well as Academy Award winner Bill Couturié, Peabody Award winner Fritz Mitchell, Reggie Rock Bythewood, Jonathan Hock, Jeff Zimbalist and the duo of Lucas Jansen and Adam Kurland. [...] Heading from the festival circuit into theaters beginning this weekend, is a documentary film that is more of a peek inside the tortured mind of former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson than a pure critical examination of his career…and it scores. [...] Quick. Name the greatest lacrosse movie of all-time. Stumped? Well name the best lacrosse player to succeed in Hollywood as an actor. Answer below.* The popular underdog comedy format will use lacrosse as the backdrop for “Crooked Arrow”. In keeping with the sport’s American Indian roots, the film’s story centers on a 30-something of mixed blood who puts off his dreams of a casino empire to coach a weak native American high school team against the prep school league in which he used to shine. [...] For the third time in four years, one of boxing’s greatest rivalries would make pugilistic history with a third and deciding bout that would change both men’s lives forever. The Thrilla in Manila pitted heavyweights Muhammad Ali against Joe Frazier. Fought at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines on October 1, 1975, the bout is often ranked as one of the greatest fights of 20th century boxing, and is the climax to the bitter rivalry between Ali and Frazier. Both boxers battled each other into near incapacity until Eddie Futch, Frazier’s trainer, determined he should stop the bout after the fourteenth round, so the decision went to Ali as a technical knockout (TKO). [...] |
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