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Release Date: 1963

Cast: William Hartnell, Richard Harris, Glenda Jackson, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel, Colin Blakely, David Storey, Jack Watson, Vanda Godsell

Categories: Movies, Kitchen sink realism, Romantic drama, Romance Film, Sports, British New Wave

This Sporting Life is a 1963 British film based on a novel of the same name by David Storey which won the 1960 Macmillan Fiction Award. It tells 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, the author, a former professional rugby league footballer, also adapted the script. The film stars Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, William Hartnell and Alan Badel. It was adapted by David Storey from his novel and directed by Lindsay Anderson, and is considered to be one of the last... MORE

This Sporting Life is a 1963 British film based on a novel of the same name by David Storey which won the 1960 Macmillan Fiction Award. It tells 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, the author, a former professional rugby league footballer, also adapted the script. The film stars Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, William Hartnell and Alan Badel. It was adapted by David Storey from his novel and directed by Lindsay Anderson, and is considered to be one of the last major films of the British New Wave or "Free Cinema" movement. The film was Richard Harris' first starring role, and won him a Best Actor Award at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival. He was also nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Rachel Roberts won another BAFTA award (her first was for Saturday Night and Sunday Morning) and an Oscar nomination for best actress. Harris was nominated for the BAFTA that year but was topped by Dirk Bogarde for his role in the Joseph Losey production The Servant. Filmed in Wakefield, the film concerns a bitter young Yorkshire coal miner, Frank Machin LESS