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The voting for September's movie poll
has been tallied and the results are in.
Your favorite Sports Movie for September
was "The Waterboy."
A new list of Sports Movie Reviews is
up for you to vote on. You can see the voting percentages
of September's movies on the Movie
Guys Page, and will see all the winners at the big
vote for your Sports Lore Favorite Sports Movie Runoff
at the end of the year.
Little Giants
– 1994 (PG) – Football/Family/Comedy;
Rick Moranis, Ed O'Neil. Two brothers coach opposing
peewee football teams: one with an elite squad of players,
the other with a team of misfits. Guess who wins.
Seabiscuit –
2003 (PG-13) – Horse Racing/Drama; Tobey Maguire,
Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper. Three men create a legend
when they lead a horse to fame and glory during the
depression.
Eight Men Out
– 1988 (PG) – Baseball/Drama; John
Cusack, D.B. Sweeny, Charlie Sheen. The 1919 White Sox
Scandal to throw the World Series is explored in this
fine period piece by Independent Filmmaker John Sayles.
Brian's Song
– 1971 (G)(TV) – Football/Drama; James
Caan, Billy Dee Williams. True story of the friendship
of Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo, whose life was tragically
cut short by cancer.
Poolhall Junkies
– 2003 (R) – Pool/Drama; Chazz Palminteri,
Christopher Walken, Rod Steiger. Former pool-shark is
drawn into one last game to save his brother.
Man's
Favorite Sport? – 1964 (N/R) – Fishing/Romantic
Comedy; Rock Hudson, Paula Prentiss. A fishing expert,
whose only real expertise is in writing how-to books,
is coerced into competing in a major angling tournament.
The Fan
– 1996 (R) – Baseball/Thriller; Robert
De Niro, Wesley Snipes. Obsessed baseball fan stalks
his favorite player.
Requiem for a
Heavyweight – 1962 (N/R) (B/W) – Anthony
Quinn, Jackie Gleason. Mountain Rivera, a boxer at the
end of his career after being knocked out by Cassius
Clay, risks blindness on one last fight to help his
manager pay off bookies. Includes many real-life boxers
in cameos.
All the Right
Moves – 1983
(R) – Football/Drama; Tom Cruise, Lea Thompson.
High-school senior is counting on a football scholarship
to escape his grim Pennsylvania town.
The Great White
Hype – 1996
(R) – Boxing/Comedy; Samuel L. Jackson, Damon
Wayans. Wickedly funny satire of the boxing world, played
to the hilt by a cast of fine actors.
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