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Game Film is the podcast devoted to reviewing sports movies. Every episode, hosts Os Davis and Aron Harris review three films -- classics and contemporary flicks, dramas and documentaries, all about some aspect of the games we love...
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Auto racing movies: Le Mans, Ford vs Ferrari, Rush
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In this episode, Game Film reviews three films based in the fastest-moving sports of them all, namely auto racing. Hosts Aron Harris and Os Davis take a look at three good ones: • Le Mans (1971) – Steve McQueen stars in this high-action, low-dialogue vehicle (so to speak) centered on the events during one run of the world’s most famous endurance ra…
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Animals playing football: Gus, Bonzo Goes to College, Air Bud 2
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Gods help us: In this episode, Game Film focuses on the incredible Hollywood sub-genre of movies about animals playing football – professional, college and high school (we think). Hosts Os Davis and Aron Harris take a look at: • Gus (1976) – NFL laughingstocks the California Atoms employ the services of a Yugoslavian mule on the field, not to menti…
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Wrestling movies: Requiem for a Heavyweight, The Wrestler, Beyond the Mat, Fighting with my Family
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This episode, Game Film focuses on movies about professional wrestling. Hosts Aron Harris and Os Davis take a look at: • Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) – The Rod Serling-scripted, star-studded (Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris and a cameo by Muhammad Ali) production of a washed-up boxer; • The Wrestler (2008) – the Micke…
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Olympics movies: Chariots of Fire; Miracle; Olympia
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In this episode, Game Film focuses on movies about the Olympic Games. Hosts Os Davis and Aron Harris take a look at: • Chariots of Fire (1980) – The Oscar-winning film about a pair of athletes on Britain’s track-and-field team at the 1924 Games; • Miracle (2004) – the motion picture retelling of the plucky USA hockey team’s coming together in time …
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Billiards movies: the Hustler, the Color of Money, the Baron & the Kid
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This episode, the sport of choice on Game Film is billiards. Hosts Aron Harris and Os Davis take a look at: • The Hustler (1961) – This noir pool hall Academy Awards-dominating film features an all-star cast including Paul Newman, George C. Scott, Piper Laurie and Jackie Gleason – also gritty locations, taut dialogue and some serious character dram…
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Baseball movies: Eight Men Out, the Glory of Their Times, Game 6
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Baseball is the sport of choice on this episode of Game Film. Hosts Os Davis and Aron Harris take a look at: • Eight Men Out (1995) – Director John Sayles deploys a star-studded ensemble cast to depict the story of the “Black Sox” scandal during the 1919 World Series; • The Glory of their Times (1970) – an hour-long documentary on baseball and the …
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