Running (1979)
A story about having the courage to be what you are!
Genre : Drama
Runtime : 1H 42M
Director : Steven Hilliard Stern
Synopsis
An Olympic hopeful marathon runner hopes his success will be the answer to his marriage woes and other personal problems.
A documentary about Swedish Discus champion Ricky Bruch as he prepares for the 1984 Olympics. The film highlights Bruch's obsessive behavior regarding his training and preparations. Facing difficulties with the Swedish Olympic Committee, Bruch is denied the right to compete in the Olympic Games. Bent on revenge, he trains like an animal and competes in smaller competitions, ultimately throwing his career-best 71.26 meters (233 feet, 9 inches). Proving to himself and the world that he is the greatest, Ricky's throw would have won the 1984 Olympics by nearly 5 meters.
After growing up as a girl and being celebrated as a women's downhill skiing champion, Erika Schinegger's career came to an abrupt end in 1967 after a sex test. Against the wishes of her family and the national skiing association, Erik started learning to be a man at the age of 20.
The biggest and best Level 1 film in decades! Filmed entirely in Stereo Panavision, High Five promises to be a rollercoaster skiing epic that can’t be missed! High Five contains a medley of hungry skiers, crazy tunes, and a fresh ski film vibe combining to what was undoubtedly the “œfeel good ski movie of the year!” Featuring Dave Crichton, Liam Downey, Steele Spence, Peter Olenick, Simon Dumont, Travis Redd, Charles Gagnier, Corey Vanular, Luke Van Valin, Craig Coker, and many more!
Poor Boyz Productions brings you the most skull-crushing, gut-twisting, bone-snapping crunches of all time. Witness avalanches, overshoots, cliff hucks and Chad Gap's worst slam ever! "Crunch Time" features interviews from Tanner Hall, Chris Bentchetler, Brandon Kelly and Anthony Boronowski as they recap on their worst moments of skiing ever.
From the creators of the critically acclaimed REFLECTION comes a tasty new snowboard film, FAST FOOD. FAST FOOD features some of the most innovative and progressive riding and filming to date. The menu includes highlights from The Battle Session in Sweden, The Arctic Challenge in Norway, Superpark at Lake Louise, Slopestyle Japan and private sessions held at Grouse Mountain, Sierra at Tahoe, Colorado, Alaska, Mt. Hood, Blackcomb Mountain and WhistlerÃs backcountry. Cable cams and helicopters help capture the unique talents of the riders making FAST FOOD a definite stand-out snowboard video. Our main course offers JF Fortin, Stephan Karlsson, Travis Williams, David Melancon, Kale Stephens, Andy Finch, Ingemar Backman, Donny Ellis, Terje Haakonsen, Matt Beardmore, Jon Coleman, Joey Williams, Nate Murphy and Benji Ritchie. Other morsels include Etienne Gilbert, Hampus Mosesson, Brandon Bybee, Peter Strom, Luke Mitrani, Risto Mattila, Travis Rice, Daniel Migneault, plus more.
According to a 2009 Sports Illustrated article, 60 percent of former NBA players are broke within five years of retirement. By the time they have been retired for two years, 78% of former NFL players have gone bankrupt or are under financial stress. Sucked into bad investments, stalked by freeloaders, saddled with medical problems, and naturally prone to showing off, many pro athletes get shocked by harsh economic realities after years of living the high life. Drawing surprisingly vulnerable confessions from retired stars like Keith McCants, Bernie Kosar and Andre Rison, as well as Marvin Miller, the former executive director of the MLB Players Association, this fascinating documentary digs into the psychology of men whose competitive nature can carry them to victory on the field and ruin off it.
A group of Welsh rugby fans go over to see Wales play France in the final match of the Six Nations rugby tournament. Caradog Evans goes there also to seek an old flame from his wartime combat in the 1940s. His son, finds a love in Paris too. Written by Reece Lloyd
A look into the 100-meter final at the 1988 Seoul games.
Every autumn thousands of wrestlers throughout Pennsylvania begin their seasons with the dream of making it to the PIAA State Championships. Few ever make it and even less win. But, for all who try, the journey to obtain the most elusive titles in high school wrestling is one of dedication, pain, sacrifice, failure and triumph.
Três escaladores brasileiros, Fernando Leal, Eliseu Frechou e Márcio Bruno lutando contra chuva, umidade, aranhas e escorpiões para colocar uma nova linha no Monte da Guiana Roraima.
Snowworld productions HOMIES 2 "Locked outside".
Thrown together just five weeks before the final of the 1948 London Olympics, Bert Bushnell (Doctor Who's Matt Smith) and Dickie Burnell (Sam Hoare) defied all the odds and made history in the double sculls. This is the story of how they did it - not only by pushing physical and emotional limits, but also by overcoming their vast professional and personal differences.
College soccer player falls hard for a campus beauty, who is the mistress of an older married attorney.
In this 2-DVD set (more than 7 hours of footage), you will witness nearly every facet of 2-time Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler's incredibly busy and exciting life during the first year of his reign as Mr Olympia. See Jay in the off season, still huge and ripped at nearly 300 lbs, training with hardcore intensity at the Mecca of Bodybuilding (Gold's Gym, Venice) as well as the world famous "Weight Pit" at Muscle
Beach. Jay travels in first class style from his home in Las
Vegas to the Arnold Classic (including limo ride). Jay is mobbed by fans and embraced by the bodybuilding superstars at the IFBB Arnold Classic Expo and at the IFBB Ironman Pro Expo. See Jay's natural ability to be an ambassador for the sport of bodybuilding.
Retired hockey player Johnny Hansen, in order to make money to enlarge his chicken farm, returns to the game and leads his team into the championship series. Just before the series starts, he is offered a bribe to throw the games but refuses. An attempt is made on his life which results in Bobby, the team's mascot, being injured. Written by Les Adams
When a young girl wants to join her high school's hockey team as goalie, she meets with resistence, but also gets support, especially from the star forward of the team.
Fred manages a little league baseball team that seems absolutely hopeless, except for a player that he blindly refuses to recognize.
This non-narrative film depicts the routines of a girls' basketball team in a junior high school near Tokyo. Shot with a stationary camera, it consists of six ten-minute segments, some of which show the girls' routine exercises, others of which are choreographed.
Es war einmal, vor vielen Jahren, da begab es sich, daß der heute so ruhmreiche FC Bayern zu Beginn der neuen Saison ziemlich miserabel dastand: Der Kaiser war fort, kein neuer Pokal schmückte die Trophäensammlung, und statt Harmonie und vollen Konten drückten Frust und Schulden die Stimmung. Und justament während dieser für den Verein so wichtigen Bundesligarunde 1978/79 konnten die Filmemacher Christian Weisenborn und Michael Wulfes die damals noch aktiven Spieler Paul Breitner und Uli Hoeneß dazu überreden, sich eine Saison lang von ihnen mit der Kamera begleiten zu lassen.
This inspiring true story of four minor league baseball players charts the course of one season with the Indianapolis Indians, the Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers.