“Victoire! Victoire! “
Sylvester Stallone and Michael Caine in Victory is currently available on Blu-ray From Warner Archives. Ordering information can be found Here
This is no ordinary soccer match. This is war! The battlefield: a stadium in occupied Paris. The armies: German all-stars vs. ragtag Allied POWs. The objective: demonstrate another “proof” of Aryan superiority. Guess who wins. Better yet, guess who cleverly uses the match as a means of escape. Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine and Max von Sydow star in this rouser directed by the legendary John Huston. The climactic match is a heart-in-the-throat, hat-in-the-air exhibition of brute force and balletic grace featuring soccer legends Pel�, Bobby Moore, Osvaldo Ardiles, Co Prins, Mike Summerbee and more. Score a splendid entertainment goal for Victory!
John Huston directs a worldwide line-up of superstars in this rousing variation on the prison sports flick. Huston raises the stakes considerably, placing the action inside...
Sylvester Stallone and Michael Caine in Victory is currently available on Blu-ray From Warner Archives. Ordering information can be found Here
This is no ordinary soccer match. This is war! The battlefield: a stadium in occupied Paris. The armies: German all-stars vs. ragtag Allied POWs. The objective: demonstrate another “proof” of Aryan superiority. Guess who wins. Better yet, guess who cleverly uses the match as a means of escape. Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine and Max von Sydow star in this rouser directed by the legendary John Huston. The climactic match is a heart-in-the-throat, hat-in-the-air exhibition of brute force and balletic grace featuring soccer legends Pel�, Bobby Moore, Osvaldo Ardiles, Co Prins, Mike Summerbee and more. Score a splendid entertainment goal for Victory!
John Huston directs a worldwide line-up of superstars in this rousing variation on the prison sports flick. Huston raises the stakes considerably, placing the action inside...
- 2/21/2020
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Even the best football movies struggle to capture the sport's drama on film. The worst (and there are many) are truly abysmal
Why has cinema found football to be such a tricky customer? Football scenes in film and television are traditionally very awkward affairs, with the "defenders" tip-toeing nervously around the "attackers" as they advance, the goal finally coming via the sort of impractical flying volley you just never see on a real pitch. It's clearly very difficult to let someone score a script-dictated goal while pretending to try to stop them but, at the same time, trying not to look like you're pretending to try to stop them. Perhaps they teach it at Rada, who knows?
Furthermore, filmmakers have the challenge of adding a fictional big-screen gloss to what is already an overwhelmingly camera-friendly and consistently dramatic spectacle in its own right. Real-life football already has its own "script...
Why has cinema found football to be such a tricky customer? Football scenes in film and television are traditionally very awkward affairs, with the "defenders" tip-toeing nervously around the "attackers" as they advance, the goal finally coming via the sort of impractical flying volley you just never see on a real pitch. It's clearly very difficult to let someone score a script-dictated goal while pretending to try to stop them but, at the same time, trying not to look like you're pretending to try to stop them. Perhaps they teach it at Rada, who knows?
Furthermore, filmmakers have the challenge of adding a fictional big-screen gloss to what is already an overwhelmingly camera-friendly and consistently dramatic spectacle in its own right. Real-life football already has its own "script...
- 2/27/2014
- by Adam Hurrey
- The Guardian - Film News
To Mark the 30th anniversary of Escape To Victory, six of the football legends who starred in the classic war movie will be at next month's Spring Memorabilia Show in Birmingham, organisers have announced.
Ossie Ardiles (pictured), John Wark, Kevin Beattie, Russell Osman, Mike Summerbee and Kevin O'Callaghan will meet fans and sign autographs at the NEC on Saturday March 26, the first day of the show.
Directed by John Huston, Escape To Victory is the story of a group of Allied prisoners of war in WWII who agree to play an exhibition match against a German team, only to get caught up in a Nazi propaganda stunt.
Despite the bias of the match officials and brutal tackling of the opposition, the lads are determined to outplay their captors - and make a break for freedom.
The six legends are:
Ossie Ardiles - Became a cult hero in England after winning...
Ossie Ardiles (pictured), John Wark, Kevin Beattie, Russell Osman, Mike Summerbee and Kevin O'Callaghan will meet fans and sign autographs at the NEC on Saturday March 26, the first day of the show.
Directed by John Huston, Escape To Victory is the story of a group of Allied prisoners of war in WWII who agree to play an exhibition match against a German team, only to get caught up in a Nazi propaganda stunt.
Despite the bias of the match officials and brutal tackling of the opposition, the lads are determined to outplay their captors - and make a break for freedom.
The six legends are:
Ossie Ardiles - Became a cult hero in England after winning...
- 3/3/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
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