Best sports movie

[dean_martin]

"North Dallas Forty" - A realistic view of the madness that is football at the professional level.

"Breaking Away" - Great sports movie, great coming of age movie.

I was just about to ask if North Dallas Forty was worth seeing again. It's been years since I saw it. Thanks Worf.

Also, was Mr. Kotter (Gabe Kaplan) in Breaking Away? If it's the movie I'm thinking of, I'd like to see it again. I remember a scene where the players think they're gonna be pulled over so they eat their stash, then the cop goes flying by. Is this the flick?

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Also, was Mr. Kotter (Gabe Kaplan) in Breaking Away? If it's the movie I'm thinking of, I'd like to see it again. I remember a scene where the players think they're gonna be pulled over so they eat their stash, then the cop goes flying by. Is this the flick?

No! No! No! LOL!

Breaking Away was a great movie about some slackers in a small town in Indiana and their ongoing battle with the IU college elitists. The main character is obsessed with the Italian cycling team, to the point that he acts like he's Italian, and the battle between the haves and have-nots crescendos in the local velo race pitting, you guessed it, the slackers vs. the frat boys. It's a lot better than my reader's digest version and one I considered. Another highly recommended cyling movie is American Flyers with Kevin Costner.

Again, I only had 10 spots fellas!

[dean_martin]

No! No! No! LOL!

Breaking Away was a great movie about some slackers in a small town in Indiana and their ongoing battle with the IU college elitists. The main character is obsessed with the Italian cycling team, to the point that he acts like he's Italian, and the battle between the haves and have-nots crescendos in the local velo race pitting, you guessed it, the slackers vs. the frat boys. It's a lot better than my reader's digest version and one I considered. Another highly recommended cyling movie is American Flyers with Kevin Costner.

Again, I only had 10 spots fellas!

Damn! Mr. Kot-tair was in Fast Break. Too lazy today to do my own research and my old-timer's kicks in blurring the lines between break and breaking. I've gotta take (or stop taking) something for that.

[Kam]

No! No! No! LOL!

Breaking Away was a great movie about some slackers in a small town in Indiana and their ongoing battle with the IU college elitists. The main character is obsessed with the Italian cycling team, to the point that he acts like he's Italian, and the battle between the haves and have-nots crescendos in the local velo race pitting, you guessed it, the slackers vs. the frat boys. It's a lot better than my reader's digest version and one I considered. Another highly recommended cyling movie is American Flyers with Kevin Costner.

Again, I only had 10 spots fellas!

i love the scene where he's riding next to the truck and the driver keeps holding his hand out the window and indicating with fingers how fast he's driving as he keeps up with him.

and then the great ending of him riding twice in the relay (or was it dennis quaid that rode twice?)

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i love the scene where he's riding next to the truck and the driver keeps holding his hand out the window and indicating with fingers how fast he's driving as he keeps up with him.

and then the great ending of him riding twice in the relay (or was it dennis quaid that rode twice?)

That is, without a doubt, the best scene in the whole movie! It's realistic, too. All things equal, the biggest detriment to speed on a bicyle is wind resistance.

BTW, it was the cyclist geek that rode twice, not Quaid. They duct taped his shoes to the pedals, remember?

[Kam]

That is, without a doubt, the best scene in the whole movie! It's realistic, too. All things equal, the biggest detriment to speed on a bicyle is wind resistance.

BTW, it was the cyclist geek that rode twice, not Quaid. They duct taped his shoes to the pedals, remember?

that's right! i remember that scramble as they taped his feet on to get him to go another round. that wa an exciting finish to a race. now turned into cliche finish, but still powerful in this movie. now i gotta add this on to my netflix queueueueue, i havent seen it in a while! and then there's the scene at the reservoir when quaid races the jock in the water and bangs his head against the wall and still tries to finish. didnt it also have the third guy from city slickers with the glasses and crazy hair? (name eluding me, will have to check on imdb).

[ForeverAutumn]

I seem to have a thing for baseball movies. Before I even looked at the list, after reading the title, I knew that I was going to pick The Natural. This is not just a great sports movie but one of my all time favourite movies ever (and a great book).

Bull Durham and Field of Dreams are also all-time favourites.

Happy Gilmour (although not a baseball movie) is always good for a laugh.

[Worf101]

No! No! No! LOL!

Breaking Away was a great movie about some slackers in a small town in Indiana and their ongoing battle with the IU college elitists. The main character is obsessed with the Italian cycling team, to the point that he acts like he's Italian, and the battle between the haves and have-nots crescendos in the local velo race pitting, you guessed it, the slackers vs. the frat boys. It's a lot better than my reader's digest version and one I considered. Another highly recommended cyling movie is American Flyers with Kevin Costner.

Again, I only had 10 spots fellas!

Ah told ya that making these polls ain't so easy.... No what you could have done was break the poll up into sports. "Best Boxing Movie", "best baseball movie" etc... Nice to have someone else taking a beating round here...

Thanks for the poll though... don't stop now...

Da Worfster

[shokhead]

Pride of the yankees.

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Ah told ya that making these polls ain't so easy.... No what you could have done was break the poll up into sports. "Best Boxing Movie", "best baseball movie" etc... Nice to have someone else taking a beating round here...

Thanks for the poll though... don't stop now...

Da Worfster

Nah, brother. I could never assume to take the mantle of Master Pollster from the Mighty Worfster.

You ain't kiddin' about the beatin' either.

She's all yours .