This Sporting Life is a 1963 British feature film based on a novel of the same name by David Storey which had won the 1960 Macmillan Fiction Award. It recounts the story of a rugby league footballer, Frank Machin, in Wakefield, a mining area of Yorkshire, whose romantic life is not as successful as his sporting life. Storey, a former professional rugby league footballer, also wrote the screenplay.
Set in Wakefield, the film concerns a bitter young Yorkshire coal miner, Frank Machin (Harris). Following a nightclub altercation, in which he takes on the captain of the local rugby league club and punches a couple of the others, he is recruited by the team's manager, who sees profit in his aggressive streak.
This Sporting Life was a culturally iconic Triple J radio comedy programme, created by award-winning actor-writer-comedians John Doyle and Greig Pickhaver, who performed as their characters Roy and HG. Broadcast from 1986 to 2008, it was one of the longest-running, most popular and most successful radio comedy programmes of the television era in Australia. Undoubtedly the longest-running show in Triple J's programming history, it commanded a large and dedicated nationwide audience throughout its 22-year run.
The title This Sporting Life was taken from the novel and 1963 film of the same name.
Often referred to by its acronym, TSL, the show was a parody of sporting panel programmes, although the duo cast a wide comedic net that encompassed entertainment, politics, celebrity and contemporary Australian culture in general. It was modeled to some extent on the popular 1980s Melbourne radio sports comedy panel show Punter To Punter, which also featured Pickhaver (as HG Nelson) as a panel member and which was primarily concerned with the world of horse and greyhound racing. Interviewed in 2000, John Doyle cited controversial broadcaster John Laws as a major influence:
Artwork designed by Nathan McGrory (original painting by Simon Abbott)
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Recorded at 6x7 Studios in Sheffield
Recording and production
In a stark contrast to the band's debut Love, And Other Catastrophes, This Sporting Life was recorded without a budget at their home studio in Sheffield. The album was again produced by MiNI dOG, and this time only featured Abbott and Gledhill as performers.
Reception
Whilst not receiving the same level of national coverage as the first album during the first month of release, This Sporting Life has managed to slowly gather a strong spectrum of positive reviews on smaller websites and blogs. As with their debut, the band's champion Steve Lamacq led the way on his 'Going Deaf For A Living' blog. Lamacq has also given the band heavy coverage on his BBC 6 Music and BBC Radio 2 shows, including a second 'New Favourite Band' feature for Skint & Demoralised on 17 August.
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Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 7 nominations (Academy Awards, Golden Globes, Cannes ... )
From its virtuoso opening shot of a rugby scrum -- from the bottom, looking up -- to its final emotionally draining moments, This Sporting Life is a captivating, visceral film experience.
Set in early 1960s Northern England, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver. Machin lodges with Mrs Hammond, whose husband was killed in an accident at Weaver's, but his impulsive and angry nature stop him from being able to reach her as he would like. He becomes increasingly frustrated with his situation, and this is not helped by the more straightforward enticements of Mrs Weaver.
published: 09 Jul 2015
Digitally Remastered This Sporting Life
Network is proud to bring THIS SPORTING LIFE (15) to DVD on 3rd November 2008, one of the most notable films from cinemas British New Wave phase. It is director Lindsay Andersons multi-award winning, gritty and powerful northern drama, featuring a breakout performance from Richard Harris (Gladiator, Harry Potter) with strong support from Rachel Roberts (Saturday Night Sunday Morning), both of whom are on tremendous form in one of the films that came to define the sixties. This version of the film has been taken from an HD print in the correct aspect ratio so this is the first time the film can be viewed on DVD as it was meant for a cinema audience.
Frank Machin is a miner who lodges with Mrs. Hammond, a widow. His competitive nature and powerful physique lead him to join the local rugby...
published: 10 Oct 2008
1963 This Sporting Life Official Trailer 1 Independent Artists
1963 This Sporting Life Official Trailer 1 Independent Artists
Category: Drama, Sport
Production: Independent Artists
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Cast:
Richard Harris ... Frank Machin
Rachel Roberts ... Mrs. Hammond
Alan Badel ... Weaver
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This Sporting Life (1963) - Richard Harris, Leonard Rossiter
Leonard Rossiter's scene with Richard Harris in the 1963 rugby drama This Sporting Life, which co-starred Colin Blakely, William Hartnell and Arthur Lowe. For more info see http://www.leonardrossiter.com
Please view the other videos on this channel, then visit my OTHER Youtube channel for Leonard Rossiter at:
http://www.youtube.com/user/leonardross
- Both channels serve the three official web sites on Leonard, Rising Damp & Reginald Perrin: http://www.leonardrossiter.com
More classic comedy clips at my general channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/fisherclips123
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published: 27 Dec 2011
This Sporting Life
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℗ 1978 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Released on: 1978-08-01
Associated Performer, Drums, Vocals, Xylophone, Percussion, Producer: Kevin Godley
Associated Performer, Piano, Digital Piano, Bass Guitar, Guitar, Organ, Producer: Lol Creme
Composer Lyricist: Kevin Godley
Composer Lyricist: Lol Creme
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published: 10 Jan 2019
This Sporting Life trailer
Re-issued back in UK cinemas 5 June 2009
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THIS SPORTING LIFE PART 1
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This Sporting Life (1963) - a ground-breaking sports film that changed the genre forever
Directed by Lindsay Anderson, starring Richard Harris, and containing some of the best and most realistic sports sequences in film history. Not only does the film pull no punches, it hits you like a gut punch with its dramatic power.
Check it out here - https://youtu.be/6uedvA2XfHE
published: 31 Oct 2022
This Sporting Life Lindsay Anderson 1962 | VOSE
published: 10 Mar 2022
Classic Film Season presents... THIS SPORTING LIFE (1963)
THIS SPORTING LIFE (Dir. Lindsay Anderson)
Tue 24th Apr, 20:30
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Subtitles added.
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 7 nominations (Academy Awards, Golden Globes, Cannes ... )
From its virtuoso opening shot of a ...
Subtitles added.
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 7 nominations (Academy Awards, Golden Globes, Cannes ... )
From its virtuoso opening shot of a rugby scrum -- from the bottom, looking up -- to its final emotionally draining moments, This Sporting Life is a captivating, visceral film experience.
Set in early 1960s Northern England, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver. Machin lodges with Mrs Hammond, whose husband was killed in an accident at Weaver's, but his impulsive and angry nature stop him from being able to reach her as he would like. He becomes increasingly frustrated with his situation, and this is not helped by the more straightforward enticements of Mrs Weaver.
Subtitles added.
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 7 nominations (Academy Awards, Golden Globes, Cannes ... )
From its virtuoso opening shot of a rugby scrum -- from the bottom, looking up -- to its final emotionally draining moments, This Sporting Life is a captivating, visceral film experience.
Set in early 1960s Northern England, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver. Machin lodges with Mrs Hammond, whose husband was killed in an accident at Weaver's, but his impulsive and angry nature stop him from being able to reach her as he would like. He becomes increasingly frustrated with his situation, and this is not helped by the more straightforward enticements of Mrs Weaver.
Network is proud to bring THIS SPORTING LIFE (15) to DVD on 3rd November 2008, one of the most notable films from cinemas British New Wave phase. It is director...
Network is proud to bring THIS SPORTING LIFE (15) to DVD on 3rd November 2008, one of the most notable films from cinemas British New Wave phase. It is director Lindsay Andersons multi-award winning, gritty and powerful northern drama, featuring a breakout performance from Richard Harris (Gladiator, Harry Potter) with strong support from Rachel Roberts (Saturday Night Sunday Morning), both of whom are on tremendous form in one of the films that came to define the sixties. This version of the film has been taken from an HD print in the correct aspect ratio so this is the first time the film can be viewed on DVD as it was meant for a cinema audience.
Frank Machin is a miner who lodges with Mrs. Hammond, a widow. His competitive nature and powerful physique lead him to join the local rugby team. With a progressing sports career comes success and perhaps a new sense of insecurity which seems to make Frank harsher and cruder than he already is. But his inability to articulate his sensitive side only serves to alienate people further
With both Richard Harris and Rachel Roberts turning in powerhouse performances (which won Harris an award for Best Actor at Cannes and Roberts a nomination) plus a Palm dOr nomination at Cannes for director Lindsay Anderson, this is an unflinching look at the lives of the working class set in the bleak landscape of northern England.
Special features on this DVD are:
•Digital restoration of the film in the correct aspect ratio
•Original Theatrical Trailer
•Extensive image gallery
•Promotional and Script PDFs
•Commemorative Booklet by Film Historian and Lecturer David Rolinson.
Network is proud to bring THIS SPORTING LIFE (15) to DVD on 3rd November 2008, one of the most notable films from cinemas British New Wave phase. It is director Lindsay Andersons multi-award winning, gritty and powerful northern drama, featuring a breakout performance from Richard Harris (Gladiator, Harry Potter) with strong support from Rachel Roberts (Saturday Night Sunday Morning), both of whom are on tremendous form in one of the films that came to define the sixties. This version of the film has been taken from an HD print in the correct aspect ratio so this is the first time the film can be viewed on DVD as it was meant for a cinema audience.
Frank Machin is a miner who lodges with Mrs. Hammond, a widow. His competitive nature and powerful physique lead him to join the local rugby team. With a progressing sports career comes success and perhaps a new sense of insecurity which seems to make Frank harsher and cruder than he already is. But his inability to articulate his sensitive side only serves to alienate people further
With both Richard Harris and Rachel Roberts turning in powerhouse performances (which won Harris an award for Best Actor at Cannes and Roberts a nomination) plus a Palm dOr nomination at Cannes for director Lindsay Anderson, this is an unflinching look at the lives of the working class set in the bleak landscape of northern England.
Special features on this DVD are:
•Digital restoration of the film in the correct aspect ratio
•Original Theatrical Trailer
•Extensive image gallery
•Promotional and Script PDFs
•Commemorative Booklet by Film Historian and Lecturer David Rolinson.
1963 This Sporting Life Official Trailer 1 Independent Artists
Category: Drama, Sport
Production: Independent Artists
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Cast:
Richard H...
1963 This Sporting Life Official Trailer 1 Independent Artists
Category: Drama, Sport
Production: Independent Artists
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Cast:
Richard Harris ... Frank Machin
Rachel Roberts ... Mrs. Hammond
Alan Badel ... Weaver
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1963 This Sporting Life Official Trailer 1 Independent Artists
Category: Drama, Sport
Production: Independent Artists
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Cast:
Richard Harris ... Frank Machin
Rachel Roberts ... Mrs. Hammond
Alan Badel ... Weaver
#klokline #kloklineCinema
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Leonard Rossiter's scene with Richard Harris in the 1963 rugby drama This Sporting Life, which co-starred Colin Blakely, William Hartnell and Arthur Lowe. For m...
Leonard Rossiter's scene with Richard Harris in the 1963 rugby drama This Sporting Life, which co-starred Colin Blakely, William Hartnell and Arthur Lowe. For more info see http://www.leonardrossiter.com
Please view the other videos on this channel, then visit my OTHER Youtube channel for Leonard Rossiter at:
http://www.youtube.com/user/leonardross
- Both channels serve the three official web sites on Leonard, Rising Damp & Reginald Perrin: http://www.leonardrossiter.com
More classic comedy clips at my general channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/fisherclips123
Please visit my Two Ronnies Youtube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/2ronnies
Leonard Rossiter's scene with Richard Harris in the 1963 rugby drama This Sporting Life, which co-starred Colin Blakely, William Hartnell and Arthur Lowe. For more info see http://www.leonardrossiter.com
Please view the other videos on this channel, then visit my OTHER Youtube channel for Leonard Rossiter at:
http://www.youtube.com/user/leonardross
- Both channels serve the three official web sites on Leonard, Rising Damp & Reginald Perrin: http://www.leonardrossiter.com
More classic comedy clips at my general channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/fisherclips123
Please visit my Two Ronnies Youtube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/2ronnies
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℗ 1978 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Released on: 1978-08-01
Associated Performer, ...
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This Sporting Life · Godley & Creme
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℗ 1978 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Released on: 1978-08-01
Associated Performer, Drums, Vocals, Xylophone, Percussion, Producer: Kevin Godley
Associated Performer, Piano, Digital Piano, Bass Guitar, Guitar, Organ, Producer: Lol Creme
Composer Lyricist: Kevin Godley
Composer Lyricist: Lol Creme
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This Sporting Life · Godley & Creme
L
℗ 1978 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Released on: 1978-08-01
Associated Performer, Drums, Vocals, Xylophone, Percussion, Producer: Kevin Godley
Associated Performer, Piano, Digital Piano, Bass Guitar, Guitar, Organ, Producer: Lol Creme
Composer Lyricist: Kevin Godley
Composer Lyricist: Lol Creme
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Directed by Lindsay Anderson, starring Richard Harris, and containing some of the best and most realistic sports sequences in film history. Not only does the fi...
Directed by Lindsay Anderson, starring Richard Harris, and containing some of the best and most realistic sports sequences in film history. Not only does the film pull no punches, it hits you like a gut punch with its dramatic power.
Check it out here - https://youtu.be/6uedvA2XfHE
Directed by Lindsay Anderson, starring Richard Harris, and containing some of the best and most realistic sports sequences in film history. Not only does the film pull no punches, it hits you like a gut punch with its dramatic power.
Check it out here - https://youtu.be/6uedvA2XfHE
THIS SPORTING LIFE (Dir. Lindsay Anderson)
Tue 24th Apr, 20:30
Info & tickets: http://ow.ly/87NMW
JOIN US :
Website: http://www.princecharlescinema.com
...
THIS SPORTING LIFE (Dir. Lindsay Anderson)
Tue 24th Apr, 20:30
Info & tickets: http://ow.ly/87NMW
JOIN US :
Website: http://www.princecharlescinema.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ThePCCLondon
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/PrinceCharlesCinema
Subtitles added.
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 7 nominations (Academy Awards, Golden Globes, Cannes ... )
From its virtuoso opening shot of a rugby scrum -- from the bottom, looking up -- to its final emotionally draining moments, This Sporting Life is a captivating, visceral film experience.
Set in early 1960s Northern England, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver. Machin lodges with Mrs Hammond, whose husband was killed in an accident at Weaver's, but his impulsive and angry nature stop him from being able to reach her as he would like. He becomes increasingly frustrated with his situation, and this is not helped by the more straightforward enticements of Mrs Weaver.
Network is proud to bring THIS SPORTING LIFE (15) to DVD on 3rd November 2008, one of the most notable films from cinemas British New Wave phase. It is director Lindsay Andersons multi-award winning, gritty and powerful northern drama, featuring a breakout performance from Richard Harris (Gladiator, Harry Potter) with strong support from Rachel Roberts (Saturday Night Sunday Morning), both of whom are on tremendous form in one of the films that came to define the sixties. This version of the film has been taken from an HD print in the correct aspect ratio so this is the first time the film can be viewed on DVD as it was meant for a cinema audience.
Frank Machin is a miner who lodges with Mrs. Hammond, a widow. His competitive nature and powerful physique lead him to join the local rugby team. With a progressing sports career comes success and perhaps a new sense of insecurity which seems to make Frank harsher and cruder than he already is. But his inability to articulate his sensitive side only serves to alienate people further
With both Richard Harris and Rachel Roberts turning in powerhouse performances (which won Harris an award for Best Actor at Cannes and Roberts a nomination) plus a Palm dOr nomination at Cannes for director Lindsay Anderson, this is an unflinching look at the lives of the working class set in the bleak landscape of northern England.
Special features on this DVD are:
•Digital restoration of the film in the correct aspect ratio
•Original Theatrical Trailer
•Extensive image gallery
•Promotional and Script PDFs
•Commemorative Booklet by Film Historian and Lecturer David Rolinson.
1963 This Sporting Life Official Trailer 1 Independent Artists
Category: Drama, Sport
Production: Independent Artists
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Cast:
Richard Harris ... Frank Machin
Rachel Roberts ... Mrs. Hammond
Alan Badel ... Weaver
#klokline #kloklineCinema
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Please leave your comments, suggestion, feedback
Leonard Rossiter's scene with Richard Harris in the 1963 rugby drama This Sporting Life, which co-starred Colin Blakely, William Hartnell and Arthur Lowe. For more info see http://www.leonardrossiter.com
Please view the other videos on this channel, then visit my OTHER Youtube channel for Leonard Rossiter at:
http://www.youtube.com/user/leonardross
- Both channels serve the three official web sites on Leonard, Rising Damp & Reginald Perrin: http://www.leonardrossiter.com
More classic comedy clips at my general channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/fisherclips123
Please visit my Two Ronnies Youtube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/2ronnies
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group
This Sporting Life · Godley & Creme
L
℗ 1978 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Released on: 1978-08-01
Associated Performer, Drums, Vocals, Xylophone, Percussion, Producer: Kevin Godley
Associated Performer, Piano, Digital Piano, Bass Guitar, Guitar, Organ, Producer: Lol Creme
Composer Lyricist: Kevin Godley
Composer Lyricist: Lol Creme
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Directed by Lindsay Anderson, starring Richard Harris, and containing some of the best and most realistic sports sequences in film history. Not only does the film pull no punches, it hits you like a gut punch with its dramatic power.
Check it out here - https://youtu.be/6uedvA2XfHE
This Sporting Life is a 1963 British feature film based on a novel of the same name by David Storey which had won the 1960 Macmillan Fiction Award. It recounts the story of a rugby league footballer, Frank Machin, in Wakefield, a mining area of Yorkshire, whose romantic life is not as successful as his sporting life. Storey, a former professional rugby league footballer, also wrote the screenplay.
Set in Wakefield, the film concerns a bitter young Yorkshire coal miner, Frank Machin (Harris). Following a nightclub altercation, in which he takes on the captain of the local rugby league club and punches a couple of the others, he is recruited by the team's manager, who sees profit in his aggressive streak.
"I'm getting tired of just hangin around Am gonna find me a good girl and settle down Cause this sporting life is gonna be the death of me My baby left me, all of my own Ain't got no woman and ain't got no home And this sporting life, this night life, oh boy, its killing me Yes it is, yes it is, i can't take it anymore There's only one thing here left to say I've gave all up, all my life away And this sporting life, this night life, oh boy, its killing me Finish them boy, don't you know don't you know I'm getting tired of just hangin' around Am gonna find me a good girl and settle down And this sporting life, this sporting life is gonna be the death of me Yes it is, yes it is Yes it is, yes it is, yes it is, yes it is Yes it is, yes it is I can't take it anymore