LoginThis Sporting Life (DVD) - Region 2 DVD
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Prolific British filmmaker Lindsay Anderson weaves this small, evocative tale of young life at the crossroads in early 1960s Northern England. A rough, sullen young man (Richard Harris) working in the local coal mines begins to make a name for himself as a star rugby player, but even as he begins to fall in love he cannot escape the harsh realities of the bleak life around him. The rugby sequences in the film are striking, but no more so than the depiction of downtrodden people living in the shadow of industry and corruption that too often crushes their spirit. Harris in one of his first roles, is remarkably effective as an unli
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Manufacturer: ITV DVD
Release date: 31 January 2000
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 5037115002839
Release date: 31 January 2000
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 5037115002839
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