I'm building a mega-box set of Sports Movies
 

,,For my son for his 19th Birthday. Here's what i have aquired so far, in no particular oder of awesomeness. Keep in mind he has already burnt any sports flicks that may have been released over the last 7 years or so, what i'm looking for are ones that I can purchase, so please any reccomedendations, need to be available on DVD. (I'm switching up to Blue-Ray, so the following are currently in my home library)
Brians Song

http://coolrain44.files.wordpress.co...s-song-dvd.jpg

Eight Men Out

http://www.bensmash.net/nigeria/arit...ightMenOut.jpg
Slapshot
http://blogs.e-rockford.com/movieman...2/slapshot.jpg

North Dallas Forty
http://www.videoservicecorp.com/imag...as%20Forty.jpg

Hoosiers
http://miscmovies.files.wordpress.co...3/hoosiers.jpg

Blue Chips
http://www.posteritati.com/jpg/B4/BL...HIPS%20SFR.JPG
the Rocky Series
http://cdn.giantmag.com/files//2009/11/rocky.jpg
Diggstown
http://www.kopictureshow.com/Diggstown1992.jpg
Gladiator(cuba gooding jr)
http://i43.tower.com/images/mm107003...-cover-art.jpg
Rollerball (james caan original of course)
http://movie-shop.us/pictures/Rollerball.jpg
Rudy
http://evanmorgenstern.files.wordpre...09/07/rudy.jpg
8 seconds
http://arapaho.nsuok.edu/%7Egachesju/8seconds.jpg
prefontaine
http://www.runningmovies.com/image/PrefontaineDVD.jpg
Best of the Best
https://www.ekd.com/images/covers/BestOfTheBest.jpg
http://www.videoservicecorp.com/imag...summer%202.jpg
Ali
http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.ya...807432841p.jpg
Glory Road
http://www.lhsroar.com/wp-content/up...glory_road.jpg

Well thats it so far. look forward to seeing A- what the forum thinks of my choices so far, and B- what you might reccomend.

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You've got lots of great choices. I'm probably listing too many here, but there are plenty more...

http://coolrain44.files.wordpress.co...lll_durham.jpg http://naked.actors.nu/photos/980857...binbernsen.jpg http://anotherbeautifulday.files.wor...semi-tough.jpg http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CDuRi7K2FV...ard+(1974).jpg http://actresses.pick2web.com/pics/937236/tincup.jpg http://images.art.com/images/product...0/10126085.jpg http://sas.guidespot.com/bundles/gui...qa3GME6g-a.jpg http://www.dominiquebesson.com/photo...r-us-1sh-B.jpg http://popcritics.com/blog/wp-conten...ery-alaska.jpg http://xpressurf.files.wordpress.com...ing_giants.jpg http://thisdistractedglobe.com/wp-co...-dvd-cover.jpg http://www.jaypee.it/movielog/wp-con...mp-posters.jpg http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4pmUNQE7ll...sion_quest.jpg http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/MG/190898.jpg http://i40.tinypic.com/fxqr0n.jpg http://thisdistractedglobe.com/wp-co...poster%201.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iLSmTPwJGZ...Ww/s400/10.jpg

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some new ones .

http://aflmak.com/upload/up_down/294...C10053279.jpeg

http://coolrain44.files.wordpress.co...d-2005-dvd.jpg

http://artfiles.art.com/5/p/LRG/15/1...diron-gang.jpg

http://thecia.com.au/reviews/g/images/goal-poster-1.jpg

http://www.availableimages.com/image...n%20(2001).jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...1.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
http://dadpad.files.wordpress.com/20...0of_20fire.jpg
http://standing8.files.wordpress.com...964_748502.jpg
http://www.bensidran.com/images/albu...pDreamsDVD.jpg
http://doideira.files.wordpress.com/...-dvdcover1.jpg

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http://3fing3rs.files.wordpress.com/...7031257603.jpg

http://calgaryisawesome.com/wp-conte...olrunnings.jpg

http://img.adamsandler.jt.org/movies...ore/bigpic.gif

http://stuartcondy.files.wordpress.c...ry-posters.jpg

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white men can't jump

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the hurricane

cinderella man

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I just have to say that I like the idea of building your own personal box set for a gift.

thanks to everyone that has contributed so far !!

I will be adding

Cinderella Man, Hurricane, hoop dreams, gridiron gang, raging bull, and the original bad news bears with Walter Matheau.

I'm currently looking for a decent copy of
http://www.learmedia.ca/images/invpics/1139556492.bmp the true story of Penn State football player John Cappelletti and his younger brother Joey, who has lukemia. Like Brians Song it also was originally a TV movie of the week from my childhood.

also
http://images.rottentomatoes.com/ima.../82/135082.jpg A made-for-television production about the first white football player to attend all-black Grambling University.

There was also a treatment on Ron LaFlore that i believe levar burton starred in.

One thing i would ask, if you are sharing a movie , could you please rate it . There are some flicks I've never heard of, and quite frankly i dont trust the ratings at imdb.

thanks again (oh and when I'm done, I'll post a pic of the complete set. I'm hoping to make it a 50 discer, though i won't include filler to reach that goal.)

A question for the board,
Has anyone seen the following, and could either reccomend or dismiss:

The Express
The Legend of Bagger Vance
Mr. Baseball

thanks again!

** for the mods** I'm a noob to the board, so if i have broken protocol by starting a thread b4 xxx amount of posts, let me know and i will delete**

thanks again everyone

I really like Mr. Baseball, but it's a average, predictable film. It's certainly likeable, though.

I've not seen it, but The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner is supposed to be very good.

A few others.

Grand Prix
American Flyers (Hey, I like it)
Days Of Thunder
Fever Pitch (I mean the Drew Barrymore version, obviously, but many will tell you to get the original with Colin Firth)
A League Of Their Own
The Champ (either version, personally I prefer the 1979 one)
The Hustler/The Color Of Money
The Dammed United
Offside
The Games Of Their Lives (2002)
Once In A Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story Of The New York Cosmos (2006)
Murderball (2005)
The Other Final (2003)

This might be of some help to you, too.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/spo...cle3358630.ece

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mr. baseball to me is good , id give it 3 out of five stars

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OMG...no one has mentioned Hoosiers yet?!

http://www.screenhead.com/wp-content...6/hoosiers.jpg

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yes it included in the op.

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Hah! Totally missed that one...:o

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http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...l-runnings.jpg
It may look like a dopey comedy, but it is a true story.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iM8IcR5yR0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp1qWJQ96b8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbqVr4uAO6s

Not a huge sports fan, but there are sports films I enjoy.

I also want to go with White Men Can't Jump, Bull Durham, and yes even Mr. Baseball which I enjoyed.

One boxing film that hasn't been mention is the one with Jeff Bridges in it from the 70's. Can't think of the name and too lazy to open up imdb.com

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Fat City, directed by John Huston and starring Stacy Keach, is the boxing movie. He was also in the car racing film, The Last American Hero.

I haven't seen The Express. The Legend of Bagger Vance is OK, if you're a Will Smith fan then its worth a watch. Mr. Baseball is a fun little flick.

Several very good Baseball flicks have already been mentioned. Here's a few more.

The Natural

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...he_Natural.jpg

Field of Dreams

http://www3.whig.com/whig/blogs/aliv...s-dvdcover.jpg

For Love of the Game

http://www.publispain.com/posters/fo...f_the_game.jpg

The weakest of the three Costner Baseball flicks but still watchable.

Also: Shaolin Soccer

http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/org/filmfe...es/shaolin.jpg

Just a fun fantastic ride and highly recommended by me and several others I'll reckon.

If you can handle Sandler then The Waterboy is quotable. But a rather good film that hasn't been mentioned yet involving Football is The Program.

http://legendsrevealed.com/entertain...he-program.jpg

I've been told that Rudy is also good although I have never seen it because I hate Notre Dame.

I did not realize that MANY movies about sports! Wow. I am surprised no one mentions the most recent sport movie: Invictus

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. I dont know if it's really sport or not. I think it is really funny sport.

I think this is a really good idea by the way! Here's two more i forgot.

http://movierate.info.tm/movies/pic1...0Forrester.jpg

http://img.movieberry.com/static/pho...711/poster.jpg

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Would The Karate Kid count? How about Victory, starring Sylvester Stallone and Michael Caine? For a good satire, The Great White Hype.

Matt

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I don't know if you're still doing this, but I liked The Express.

Another one I didn't see listed that I really enjoy:
http://martelli.mlblogs.com/sixty%20one.jpg

Your Son's birthday may have long since passed but I'll add for

Boxing:
Million dollar baby
Someboy up there likes me
Girl Fight
Crying fist (Korean film)

Football:
Varsity blues
Heaven can wait (1978)
Jerry Macquire

Bio-pic:
Jim Thorpe -All-American

Baseball:
It happens every spring
Bang the drum slowly
Damn Yankees
Baseball - A film by Ken Burns
Bang the drum slowly
The Bad news bears

Hockey:
The Rocket
Youngblood

Surfing:
Blue crush

Golf:
The greatest game ever played

Soccer:
Mean Machine

Martial arts:
Best of the Best

The Olympic Marathon:
The Games (may be unavailable on DVD)

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"Replacements" with Keanu Reeves.