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31Mar2017

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The Cannonball Run | 1981 | UK Quad

The Cannonball Run is a 1981 film directed by Hal Needham. It was produced by Albert S. Ruddy with Brock Yates writing the screenplay. Cannonball Run features an all-star cast including Burt Reynolds, Jackie Chan, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Dom DeLuise. The film is based on an actual cross-country road race, the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash an event where anything goes, all-stops-out - and very much illegal. The road race held four times during the 70s and starts at the Red Ball Garage on 31st Street, New York City and ends at the Portofino Inn in Redondo Beach, California, Los Angeles. Later the start was held from the Lock, Stock and Barrel Restaurant in Darien, Connecticut. It was organised by Brock Yates to raise awa...

Cannonball Run II | 1984 | Final | UK Quad

13Jan2017

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Cannonball Run II | 1984 | Final | UK Quad

Cannonball Run II (also known as Cannonball Run 2) is a 1984 film directed by Hal Needham, produced by Albert S. Ruddy and written by Harvey Miller and Hal Needham. It stars Burt Reynolds and an all-star cast, released by Warner Bros. and Golden Harvest. Like the original film Cannonball Run, Cannonball Run II is based around an illegal cross-country race. This was the last of the "formula" comedies for Reynolds. It is also marked the final feature film appearances of Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. Their appearances, coupled with those of Sammy Davis, Jr. and Shirley MacLaine, marked the final on-screen appearance of the old Rat Pack team. The storyline follows The Sheik who competed at the last Cannonball Run, but is berated by his father for not winning it. So he tells him to go an...

18Dec2016

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Raging Bull | 1980 | Final | UK Quad

Raging Bull is a 1980 film directed by Martin Scorsese, produced by Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler and adapted by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin from Jake LaMotta's memoir Raging Bull: My Story. It stars Robert De Niro as Jake LaMotta, an Italian American middleweight boxer whose self-destructive and obsessive rage, sexual jealousy, and animalistic appetite destroyed his relationship with his wife and family. Also featured in the film are Joe Pesci as Joey, La Motta's well-intentioned brother and manager who tries to help Jake battle his inner demons, and Cathy Moriarty as his wife. The film features supporting roles from Nicholas Colasanto, Theresa Saldana and Frank Vincent. Scorsese was initially reluctant to develop the project, though he eventually came to relate to La Motta's s...

27Nov2016

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Everest | 2015 | Cast Style | UK Quad

Everest is a 2015 film directed by Baltasar Kormákur and written by William Nicholson and Simon Beaufoy, starring Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Sam Worthington, Keira Knightley, Emily Watson, and Jake Gyllenhaal. It is adapted from Beck Weathers' memoir Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest (2000). The storyline follows mountaineer Robert Hall from New Zealand, as begins guiding amateur climbers to the summit of Mount Everest in 1992. His company, Adventure Consultants, successfully led 19 climbers to the summit without a single fatality. The 1996 Everest expedition consisted of eight climbers and three guides and was for a magazine story about the commercialisation and the increasing demand for expeditions to Everest. On the morning of the 1...

Chariots of Fire | 1981 | Picture Style | UK Quad

26Sep2016

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Chariots of Fire | 1981 | Picture Style | UK Quad

Chariots of Fire is a 1981 British historical drama film. It tells the fact-based story of two athletes in the 1924 Olympics: Eric Liddell, a devout Scottish Christian who runs for the glory of God, and Harold Abrahams, an English Jew who runs to overcome prejudice. It's the post-WWI era. Britons Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell are both naturally gifted fast sprinters, but approach running and how it fits into their respective lives differently. The son of a Lithuanian-Jew, Harold, who lives a somewhat privileged life as a student at Cambridge, uses being the fastest to overcome what he sees as the obstacles he faces in life as a Jew despite that privilege. In his words to paraphrase an old adage, he is often invited to the trough, but isn't allowed to drink. His running prowess does e...

White Men Can’t Jump | 1992 | Final | UK Quad

2Sep2016

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White Men Can’t Jump | 1992 | Final | UK Quad

White Men Can't Jump is a 1992 sports comedy directed by Ron Shelton who also wrote the screenply with the film being produced by David V. Lester, Don Miller and Michelle Rappaport. It stars Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson and Rosie Perez. The storyline follows Billy Hoyle is a former college basketball player who makes his living by hustling streetballers who assume he cannot play well because he is white. Sidney Deane, is a talented but cocky player who is beaten twice by Billy, once in a half court team game and later in a one-on-one shootout for money. They both believe they're the best basketball hustlers in town, so when they join forces, nothing can stop them, except each other. To add to their problems, Billy and his Puerto Rican live-in girlfriend, Gloria Clemente, are on the r...