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July 4, 2025… #movieoftheday is This Sporting Life (full movie) (1963).
“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. Storey, a former professional rugby league footballer, also wrote the screenplay.
“The film stars Richard Harris , Rachel Roberts , William Hartnell and Alan Badel . It was Harris's first starring role and won him the Best Actor Award at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival . He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role , and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role . For her work in the film, Roberts won her second BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role . The film opened at the Odeon Leicester Square in London's West End on February 7, 1963.” - more at Wikipedia
FULL MOVIE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWTBocoWiAQ&t=350s
#ThisSportingLife #tangled #Wikipedia
“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. Storey, a former professional rugby league footballer, also wrote the screenplay.
“The film stars Richard Harris , Rachel Roberts , William Hartnell and Alan Badel . It was Harris's first starring role and won him the Best Actor Award at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival . He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role , and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role . For her work in the film, Roberts won her second BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role . The film opened at the Odeon Leicester Square in London's West End on February 7, 1963.” - more at Wikipedia
FULL MOVIE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWTBocoWiAQ&t=350s
#ThisSportingLife #tangled #Wikipedia
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