Since the inception of cinema, there have been hundreds of films that have used sports as a vessel for their narrative drama. From silent-comedies like Harold Lloyd’s The Freshman, to dramatic biopics like Raging Bull, filmmakers have reveled in giving their audience a taste of a world that most of us have only ever dreamt of being a part of. The Replay: Sports on the Big Screen brings you closer to the making of some of the great sports movies of our time.
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Since the inception of cinema, there have been hundreds of films that have used sports as a vessel for their narrative drama. From silent-comedies like Harold Lloyd’s The Freshman, to dramatic biopics like Raging Bull, filmmakers have reveled in giving their audience a taste of a world that most of us have only ever dreamt of being a part of. The Replay: Sports on the Big Screen brings you closer to the making of some of the great sports movies of our time.
Of the countless sports movies that have been released over the past thirty years, Cool Runnings might be the most culturally significant. Released in 1993, the film tells the story of the Jamaican Bobsled team that competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. In this episode, we hear all about how the film was made, including the struggle from the actors to make sure their characters weren’t stereotyped beyond recognition, and how certain elements in the film were changed to make the story more “Hollywood.”
The Replay: Sports on the Big Screen
Since the inception of cinema, there have been hundreds of films that have used sports as a vessel for their narrative drama. From silent-comedies like Harold Lloyd’s The Freshman, to dramatic biopics like Raging Bull, filmmakers have reveled in giving their audience a taste of a world that most of us have only ever dreamt of being a part of. The Replay: Sports on the Big Screen brings you closer to the making of some of the great sports movies of our time.
