This Sporting Life is a 1963 British film based on a novel of the same name by David Storey which won the 1960 Macmillan Fiction Award. It tells the story of a rugby league player, Frank Machin, in Wakefield, a mining area of Yorkshire whose romantic life is not as successful as his sporting life. Storey, the author, a former professional rugby league footballer, also adapted the script.
The film stars Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts and Alan Bade...
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This Sporting Life is a 1963 British film based on a novel of the same name by David Storey which won the 1960 Macmillan Fiction Award. It tells the story of a rugby league player, Frank Machin, in Wakefield, a mining area of Yorkshire whose romantic life is not as successful as his sporting life. Storey, the author, a former professional rugby league footballer, also adapted the script.
The film stars Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts and Alan Badel. It was adapted by David Storey from his novel and directed by Lindsay Anderson, and is considered to be one of the last major films of the British New Wave or "Free Cinema" movement.
The film was Richard Harris' first starring role, and won him a Best Actor Award at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival. He was also nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Rachel Roberts won another BAFTA award (her first was for Saturday Night and Sunday Morning) and an Oscar nomination for best actress. Harris was nominated for the BAFTA that year...
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