This sporting life [DVD] / Janus Films ; Granada International ; Rank Organisation ; a Julian Wintle and Leslie Parkyn production ; produced by Karel Reisz ; screenplay by David Storey ; directed by Lindsay Anderson.
Format:
[DVD] /
Edition:
[Special ed.].
Publisher:
Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2008
Description:
2 videodiscs (134 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (32 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Meet the pioneers. Is that all there is? Wakefield Express. Lindsay Anderson, lucky man.
Notes:
Title from container. Based on the novel by David Storey. Booklet features a new essay by film scholar Neil Sinyard and an article by Anderson from 1963. Originally released as a motion picture in 1963. Special features include: Disc one: Audio commentary featuring Paul Ryan and screenwriter David Storey; theatrical trailer. Disc two: "Lindsay Anderson: lucky man?" (2004) documentary; new video interview with Anderson's first producer and close friend Lois Sutcliffe Smith; "Meet the pioneers" (1948), Anderson's first film; "Wakefield express" (1952), an early documentary; "Is that all there is?" (1993), Anderson's autobiographical final film. Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel, William Hartnell, Colin Blakely, Vanda Godsell, Anne Cunningham, Jack Watson, Arthur Lowe, Harry Markham.
Contents:
Disc one: The film -- Disc two: The supplements.
Summary:
Northern England, the early 1960's. Frank Machin is a coal miner who is mean, tough and ambitious enough to rise up and become an immediate professional rugby star. The rugby league team is run by local employer Weaver. Machin lodges with Mrs Hammond, whose husband was killed in an accident at Weaver's, but his impulsive and angry nature stop him from being able to reach her as he would like. He becomes increasingly frustrated with his situation. His situation is not helped by the more straightforward enticements of Mrs Weaver.
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