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This sporting life, Janus Films ; Granada International ; Rank Organisation presents Independent Artists ; a Julian Wintle and Leslie Parkyn production ; produced by Karel Reisz ; screenplay by David Storey ; directed by Lindsay Anderson
The resource This sporting life, Janus Films ; Granada International ; Rank Organisation presents Independent Artists ; a Julian Wintle and Leslie Parkyn production ; produced by Karel Reisz ; screenplay by David Storey ; directed by Lindsay Anderson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library.
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  • Northern England, the early 1960's. Frank Machin is a coal miner who is mean, tough and ambitious enough to rise up and become an immediate professional rugby star. The rugby league team is 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. His situation is not helped by the more straightforward enticements of Mrs. Weaver
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  • eng
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  • Special ed. ; widescreen.
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  • Based on the novel by David Storey
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1963
  • Special features include: Disc one: Audio commentary featuring Paul Ryan and screenwriter David Storey; theatrical trailer. Disc two: "Lindsay Anderson: lucky man?" (2004) documentary; new video interview with Anderson's first producer and close friend Lois Sutcliffe Smith; "Meet the pioneers" (1948), Anderson's first film; "Wakefield express" (1952), an early documentary; "Is that all there is?" (1993), Anderson's autobiographical final film; plus, a booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Neil Sinyard and an article by Anderson from 1963
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  • 2 videodiscs (134 min.), sound, black and white, 4 3/4 in.
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  • videodisc
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  • 9781604650112
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