Shaolin Soccer

Stars Stephen Chow, Vicki Zhao, Man Ng, Yin Tse,Computer generated special effects have seldom been so giddy as in Shaolin Soccer, a gleeful fusion of kung fu and a classic Bad News Bears sports story. A former soccer star–whose “golden leg” was broken by a hired mob–assembles a team of former students of Shaolin martial arts, whose assorted skills (indicated by their nicknames, like Mighty Steel Leg and Iron Head) lend themselves to the swift interplay of the world’s most popular game. Along the way, the team’s leader (Hong Kong comic superstar Stephen Chow) meets a sticky bun baker (Vicki Zhao) whose kung fu is the equal of any of his teammates. Shaolin Soccer is supremely silly–in the final match, their opponents are called Team Evil–but that’s part of the fun. American movies rarely achieve this perfect balance of the absurd and the sincere. A delight. –Bret Fetzer

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The Parent Soccer Coach

Teaching young athletes good techniques and skills can help them grow into great players. With this DVD I’ll show you how to cover the basic drills used by professionals around the world. Whether you’re coaching your child or an entire team, these techniques will give them the skills they need to improve their play. -Paul Janaway

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Eleven Men Out

• The star player of Iceland s top soccer team causes controversy when he admits to being gay to his teammates. He soon finds himself ostracized by his team and decides to call it quits to join a small amateur league made up of gay men trying to play football in a straight, macho world of sports. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: NR Age: 858423001322 UPC: 858423

The star player of Iceland’s top soccer team causes controversy when he admits to being gay to his teammates. He soon finds himself ostracized by his team and decides to call it quits to join a small amateur league made up of gay men trying to play football in a straight, macho world of sports.

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World Cup 1970 DVD Mexico Final Brazil vs Italy [IMPORT] [ENGLISH] soccer futbol 70

• All-Region NTSC English DVD
• Special Edition
• Full game in its 90 minute entirety
• Original Broadcast

The 1970 World Cup Final featuring Brazil vs. Italy.

Special Edition ALL-REGION DVD in English.

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The 1970 FIFA World Cup, the ninth staging of the World Cup, was held in Mexico, from 31 May to 21 June. Mexico was chosen as the host nation by FIFA in October 1964. The 1970 tournament was the first World Cup hosted in North America, and the first held outside South America and Europe. In a match-up of two-time World Cup champions, the final was won by Brazil, who beat Italy 4-1. With their third World Cup triumph, Brazil were allowed to keep the Jules Rimet Trophy permanently.

The Brazilian team, featuring Pelé (who was in his fourth and final World Cup), Carlos Alberto, Clodoaldo, Gérson, Jairzinho, Rivelino, and Tostão, is usually regarded as the greatest attacking World Cup team ever. They won all of their 6 games on the way to the title, and had also won all of their 6 qualifying games on their way to Mexico. This tournament saw the return of free-flowing, attacking play after the physical battles of 1962 and 1966, and is still considered by many fans to be the finest World Cup in history.

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This Sporting Life (The Criterion Collection)

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.

SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET FEATURES:

New, restored high-definition digital transfer

Audio commentary featuring Paul Ryan, editor of Never Apologise: The Collected Writings of Lindsay Anderson, and David Storey, screenwriter and author of This Sporting Life

Theatrical trailer

Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man? (2004, 30 min), a BBC Scotland documentary featuring interviews with many of the director s close friends and collaborators

New video interview with Lois Sutcliffe Smith, Anderson s close friend and president of the Lindsay Anderson Memorial Foundation

Meet the Pioneers (1948), Lindsay Anderson s first documentary short

Wakefield Express (1952), Anderson s short-film contribution to England s Free Cinema series, shot in the same town that served as the location for This Sporting Life

Is That All There Is? (1992, 50 min), Anderson s autobiographical, final film

PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Neil Sinyard and writings by Anderson, including his groundbreaking article, Stand Up! Stand Up!Prolific British filmmaker Lindsay Anderson weaves this small, evocative tale of young life at the crossroads in early 1960s Northern England. A rough, sullen young man (Richard Harris) working in the local coal mines begins to make a name for himself as a star rugby player, but even as he begins to fall in love he cannot escape the harsh realities of the bleak life around him. The rugby sequences in the film are striking, but no more so than the depiction of downtrodden people living in the shadow of industry and corruption that too often crushes their spirit. Harris in one of his first roles, is remarkably effective as an unlikable but sympathetic figure trying against hope to savor the small joys life has to offer, and the film also features the debut of renowned actress Glenda Jackson. One of a series of working-class, character-driven British imports, This Sporting Life is one of the best on the field. –Robert Lane

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