ALL IN GOOD SPORT
May 31, 2009Apparently, things were as rough on the set of Lindsay Anderson’s This Sporting Life as they were on-screen. In a new piece for the Guardian, written on the occasion of a theatrical rerelease . . .
United Kingdom
1963
134 minutes
Black and White
1.66:1
English
417
One of the finest British films ever made, this benchmark of “kitchen-sink realism” follows the self-defeating professional and romantic pursuits of a miner turned rugby player eking out an existence in drab Yorkshire. With an astonishing, raging performance by a young Richard Harris, an equally blistering turn by fellow Oscar nominee Rachel Roberts as the widow with whom he lodges, and electrifying direction by Lindsay Anderson, in his feature-film debut following years of documentary work, This Sporting Life remains a dramatic powerhouse.
| Frank Machin | Richard Harris |
| Mrs. Hammond | Rachel Roberts |
| Weaver | Alan Badel |
| Johnson | William Hartnell |
| Maurice Braithwaite | Colin Blakely |
| Mrs. Weaver | Vanda Godsell |
| Judith | Anne Cunningham |
| Len Miller | Jack Watson |
| Slomer | Arthur Lowe |
| Wade | Harry Markham |
| Director | Lindsay Anderson |
| Based on the novel by | David Storey |
| Producer | Karel Reisz |
| Screenplay | David Storey |
| Cinematography | Denys Coop |
| Music | Roberto Gerhard |
| Conducted by | Jacques-Louis Monod |
| Art direction | Alan Withy |
| Editing | Peter Taylor |
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Apparently, things were as rough on the set of Lindsay Anderson’s This Sporting Life as they were on-screen. In a new piece for the Guardian, written on the occasion of a theatrical rerelease . . .
Midway through David Storey’s novel This Sporting Life, published in 1960, the widow Mrs. Hammond tells the hero that her relationship with him is making her feel “dirty.” “I . . .
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