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Liquid Gold

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  • Feb 13, 2020
  • #1
Generally not the best area in cinema but what would you say the best film about/involving football is?
 

B-Ban-Boogie

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  • Feb 13, 2020
  • #2
A film called 'I.D' was brilliant...

I.D. (1995) - IMDb
 
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Sky_Blue_Daz

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  • Feb 13, 2020
  • #3
B-Ban-Boogie said:
A film called 'I.D' was brilliant...

I.D. (1995) - IMDb
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Fantastic cast as well , the did a sequel a couple of years ago it was awful .
Escape to victory
 

Otis

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  • Feb 13, 2020
  • #4
I was really, really hoping no-one was going to mention Escape to Victory. Thanks a bunch for that, Daz. Ha.


Entertaining, but one of the most ridiculous plots in the entire history of cinema.

I think I spent the last half the film shaking my head in disbelief at its ludicrousness.


I was always so pleased and relieved though that John Huston, the director, refused to bow to Sylvester Stallone's request that his goalkeeper character got hold of the ball and then dribbled it the entire length of the field to score the winning goal for the prisoners.

That movie annoys the hell out of me. Ha.
 

Wyken Sky Blue

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  • Feb 13, 2020
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Sent from my I3113 using Tapatalk
 
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Travs

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  • Feb 13, 2020
  • #6
Yeah ID wins it by a mile.

The Firm with Gary Oldman was decent too. They did a remake of it late 90’s/early 2000’s which was surprisingly very good, perhaps as good as the original.

Stuff like Green Street and Football Factory get shown up as absolutely terrible in comparison after you’ve seen ID and The Firm.
 
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Nick

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  • Feb 13, 2020
  • #7
Bend it like Beckham
 

LastGarrison

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  • Feb 13, 2020
  • #8
Travs said:
Yeah ID wins it by a mile.

The Firm with Gary Oldman was decent too. They did a remake of it late 90’s/early 2000’s which was surprisingly very good, perhaps as good as the original.

Stuff like Green Street and Football Factory get shown up as absolutely terrible in comparison after you’ve seen ID and The Firm.
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I’m going to put it out there..........I like The Football Factory!

I think because Mr Dyer is the main man it is quite cool to not like it.

However, still nowhere near as good as I.D.

Nice one Gumbo!!!
 

Frank Sidebottom

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  • Feb 13, 2020
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The Damned United followed by Looking for Eric, Used to like mean machine but I imagine if I watched it back now I'd probably be less keen.
 
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Travs

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  • Feb 13, 2020
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LastGarrison said:
I’m going to put it out there..........I like The Football Factory!

I think because Mr Dyer is the main man it is quite cool to not like it.

However, still nowhere near as good as I.D.

Nice one Gumbo!!!
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Football Factory admittedly is ok, but to me it’s more of a comedy than a film about football...
 

Liquid Gold

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  • Feb 13, 2020
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Confession time, I actually quite like Fever Pitch. I know it’s a load of guff that got some posh wankers into going to games but it’s about a man whose whole life is taken over by a love of one football team and I can relate to that.
 
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richnrg

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  • Feb 13, 2020
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Timperley said:
The Damned United followed by Looking for Eric, Used to like mean machine but I imagine if I watched it back now I'd probably be less keen.
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I really enjoyed The Damned United too.
 
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ajsccfc

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  • Feb 13, 2020
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The Damned United as well for me, also remember enjoying An Evening With Gary Lineker if TV films count.

Big shout out to Final Score, where Dave Bautista batters terrorists to stop them blowing up Upton Park

 
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rob9872

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  • Feb 13, 2020
  • #14
I've seen loads over the years and never seen one that isn't unrealistic, cheesy, completely cringeworthy or downright ridiculous, but I love them all!
 

rob9872

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  • Feb 13, 2020
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That said I'd probably favour The Damned United, Hillsborough or United

Edit - just seen LG's post about Fever Pitch and I like that too
 
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LastGarrison

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  • Feb 13, 2020
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Timperley said:
The Damned United followed by Looking for Eric, Used to like mean machine but I imagine if I watched it back now I'd probably be less keen.
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Completely forgot about Looking for Eric.

Good film.
 

Nick

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  • Feb 13, 2020
  • #17
Can we have Renford Rejects or Dream Team?

 
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shepardo01

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  • Feb 13, 2020
  • #18
Nick said:
Can we have Renford Rejects or Dream Team?

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Dream Team!

Late 90's/Eary 2000's classic! - Watched through Uni days on Sky one!
Linda Block! - ;-)
Carl Fletcher!
Loved the way they used real footage with the colours altered as match footage!.... Definitely used CCFC a few times.
Got a bit more far fetched as time went on,
Assassination attempts, plane crashes, buses exploding........
Actually played football with a couple of guys in the picture above back in the day. (some actors used, but had to use footballers for some of the cut between/training scenes!)
 
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Alan Dugdales Moustache

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  • Feb 13, 2020
  • #19
Mike Bassett, England manager , with Ricky Tomlinson, if you want a bit of laugh.
 
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Alan Dugdales Moustache

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  • Feb 13, 2020
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There's some excellent stuff on YouTube about Brian Clough in particular.
Theres one particular series, can't remember what it's called , but it's in 4 parts , and interestingly they interview the main protagonists from that 44 day stint he had at Leeds. Johnny Giles is surprisingly very defensive of Clough and scathing of the book " the damned United" from which the film was obviously made. He said the book is an awful betrayal of Clough.
If you simply write Brian Clough in you tube and look for Brian Clough part 1 , that should do it.
 
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fellatio_Martinez

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  • Feb 13, 2020
  • #21
Green Street.

Purely because all football films are shit but this is the shittest and features the worst cockney accent recorded on film.

 

SkyBlueDom26

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  • Feb 13, 2020
  • #22
Green street and the football factory, class films
 

SkyBlueDom26

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  • Feb 13, 2020
  • #23
the 2nd and 3rd green streets are shite mind but the first one is class
 

no_loyalty

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  • Feb 13, 2020
  • #24
Mean Machine
 

no_loyalty

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  • Feb 13, 2020
  • #25
Not a film but loved Jossy's Giants.
 
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Sky_Blue_Daz

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  • Feb 13, 2020
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Otis said:
I was really, really hoping no-one was going to mention Escape to Victory. Thanks a bunch for that, Daz. Ha.


Entertaining, but one of the most ridiculous plots in the entire history of cinema.

I think I spent the last half the film shaking my head in disbelief at its ludicrousness.


I was always so pleased and relieved though that John Huston, the director, refused to bow to Sylvester Stallone's request that his goalkeeper character got hold of the ball and then dribbled it the entire length of the field to score the winning goal for the prisoners.

That movie annoys the hell out of me. Ha.
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I mean it was bad enough to have an American goalie ., I also read that after he scored the goal his celebration was to run along the champs Elysees then up the Eiffel Tower
 
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Sky_Blue_Daz

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  • Feb 13, 2020
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no_loyalty said:
Not a film but loved Jossy's Giants.
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Loved that show
 

Covstu

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  • Feb 13, 2020
  • #28
Timperley said:
The Damned United followed by Looking for Eric, Used to like mean machine but I imagine if I watched it back now I'd probably be less keen.
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Top film
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Feb 13, 2020
  • #29
There’s Only One Jimmy Grimble
 
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Covstu

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  • Feb 13, 2020
  • #30
ID and damned United were the best. Football factory and green st were okay. Seem to remember there was a k7ng fu football film but can’t remember what it was called!
 

Otis

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  • Feb 13, 2020
  • #31
Covstu said:
ID and damned United were the best. Football factory and green st were okay. Seem to remember there was a k7ng fu football film but can’t remember what it was called!
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Kick Fu?

Fook Yu?
 
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vow

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  • Feb 13, 2020
  • #32
Footy related but a hooligan film...

The Firm

Gary Oldman as an ICF Topboy is excellent in it.
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Feb 14, 2020
  • #33
Travs said:
Yeah ID wins it by a mile.

The Firm with Gary Oldman was decent too. They did a remake of it late 90’s/early 2000’s which was surprisingly very good, perhaps as good as the original.

Stuff like Green Street and Football Factory get shown up as absolutely terrible in comparison after you’ve seen ID and The Firm.
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The Firm was much better than ID I thought
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Feb 14, 2020
  • #34
Can't remember the name of the film but there was a film that used footage of Cov at QPR in 1991 in its sequences.
 
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wingy

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  • Feb 14, 2020
  • #35
Look: All In The Game filmed at the Ricoh Arena
 
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