The Reason (1999)

かつては人気を極めたものの今では落ち目のレスラー、ランディ。ある日、ステロイドの副作用のために心臓発作を起こし、レスラー生命を絶たれてしまう。家族とはうまくいかずストリッパーのキャシディにも振られ、孤独に打ちひしがれる中で、ランディは再びリングに上がる決意をする。

“黄金の右”と呼ばれるサッカー選手ファンは、チームメイトのハンが持ちかけた八百長試合に荷担したことがきっかけで自慢の脚を折られてしまった。夢半ばで諦めざるを得なかったファン。それから20年、ファンは、いまやサッカー界の首領として君臨するハンの雑用係にまで落ちぶれていた。そんなある日、ファンは街で不思議な青年シンと出会う。少林拳を信奉する彼は、くず拾いをしながら道行く人に少林拳を説いて回っていた。ファンはふとしたことからシンの超人的な脚力を見抜き、自らがなし得なかった夢をシンに託すべく、彼にサッカーを教え込むのだった。

若くして野球の天才と呼ばれるが、凶弾によって球界入りを遅らされ、35歳にして“奇跡のルーキー”として活躍する事になった男ロイ・ホッブス。その男の半生を「レインマン」のバリー・レヴィンソン監督が詩情豊かに綴った作品。R・レッドフォード主演。

Bachelor football star Joe Kingman seems to have it all. He is wealthy and carefree, and his team is on the way to capturing a championship. Suddenly, he is tackled by some unexpected news: He has a young daughter, the result of a last fling with his ex-wife. Joe must learn to balance his personal and professional lives with the needs of his child.

Inspired by the true story of Vince Papale, a man with nothing to lose who ignored the staggering odds and made his dream come true. When the coach of Papale's beloved hometown football team hosted an unprecedented open tryout, the public consensus was that it was a waste of time – no one good enough to play professional football was going to be found this way.

U.S. soldier Frank Dux has come to Hong Kong to be accepted into the Kumite, a highly secret and extremely violent martial arts competition. While trying to gain access into the underground world of clandestine fighters, he also has to avoid military officers who consider him to be AWOL. After enduring a difficult training and beginning a romance with journalist Janice Kent, Frank is given the opportunity to fight. But can he survive?

Based on the incredible true story, The Express follows the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.

P・ニューマン主演による「ハスラー」の続編。かつてのハスラー、エディは、あのミネソタ・ファッツとの死闘から25年が経ち、今はもう50代。現在は現役を離れ、シカゴを根城に気ままな生活を送っていた。そんな彼の目に、顔に似合わぬ鋭いキューさばきで容赦なく相手を打ち負かしているビンセントという若いハスラーの姿が止まった。彼の姿に若い頃の自分を重ねるエディ。彼はこの若者を、自分の手で最高のハスラーに育て上げようと決心する。

A boy begins a grand journey to return Babe Ruth's baseball bat before the deciding game of the 1932 World Series comes to a close.

Rudy grew up in a steel mill town where most people ended up working, but wanted to play football at Notre Dame instead. There were only a couple of problems. His grades were a little low, his athletic skills were poor, and he was only half the size of the other players. But he had the drive and the spirit of 5 people and has set his sights upon joining the team.

Jim Morris never made it out of the minor leagues before a shoulder injury ended his pitching career twelve years ago. Now a married-with-children high-school chemistry teacher and baseball coach in Texas, Jim's team makes a deal with him: if they win the district championship, Jim will try out with a major-league organization. The bet proves incentive enough for the team, and they go from worst to first, making it to state for the first time in the history of the school. Jim, forced to live up to his end of the deal, is nearly laughed off the try-out field--until he gets onto the mound, where he confounds the scouts (and himself) by clocking successive 98 mph fastballs, good enough for a minor-league contract with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Jim's still got a lot of pitches to throw before he makes it to The Show, but with his big-league dreams revived, there's no telling where he could go.

With the help of her coach, her mom, and the boy who drives the Zamboni machine, nothing can stop Casey from realizing her dream to be a champion figure skater.

Corey and his band of skater buddies sometimes make mischief, but they're more interested in girls and having fun on their boards than in getting into any real trouble. Notorious enemy crew the Daggers, led by Tommy Hook, get their kicks terrorizing the locals at Venice Beach. When Corey starts dating Tommy's kid sister Chrissy, the Daggers are furious. The boys then take their beef to the "L.A. Massacre," a deadly skate race down a canyon road.

Local boy Ryan Dunne, now a pitcher for Boston College, meets Tenley Parrish, the daughter of a wealthy couple who summer on the Cape. Ryan and Tenley fall in love, much to the chagrin of their families, while Ryan clings to one last hope of being discovered and signed to a pro baseball contract.

Another young boy with 'hoop dreams' finds an old pair of Michael Jordan's sneakers and can suddenly play ball like the greatest player in the world.

Young Cuban Rafael just buried his mother, and comes to Houston to meet his father John for the first time. The difficult part is that John doesn't know he is Rafael's father. John runs a dance studio, and everyone prepares for the World Open Dance championship in Las Vegas. It soon becomes clear Rafael is a very good dancer, and Ruby is the biggest hope for the studio at the championship.

ニューヨークの路上で偽造品を売って生計を立てるショーン・マッカーサー。ストリートファイトのコーチ、ハーヴェイ・ボーデンに見出され、人生が変わり始める。

第二次大戦下のドイツ捕虜収容所。連合軍捕虜の気晴らしだったサッカーが、いつしか連合軍とドイツ・チームの対決に発展。大観衆が見守る試合中、捕虜チームは脱走計画を実行しようとするが……。

テネシー州メンフィス。裕福な白人家庭の夫人リー・アンは冬の夜、近所の道を薄着で歩くアフリカ系少年マイケルを見かけ、同情して彼を家に泊める。家庭に恵まれないマイケルは最近、私立校に入学させられたが、すっかり落ちこぼれていた。リー・アンと家族は純真なマイケルに感心し、そのまま彼を家に住まわせて家族と同様に接する。やがて学力が改善したマイケルは、競技のルールも知らないまま入ったアメフト部で活躍していく。

1994年、マンデラはついに南アフリカ共和国初の黒人大統領となる。いまだにアパルトヘイトによる人種差別や経済格差の残る国をまとめるため、彼はラグビーチームの再建を図る。1995年に自国で開催するラグビー・ワールド・カップに向け、マンデラとチームキャプテンのピナールは、一致団結して前進する。