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Entries Tagged as 'Sports'

Bull Durham (1988)

October 12th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Synopsis “I prefer metaphysics to theology,” says the voice of Annie Savoy (Susan Sarandon) as she puts on her lipstick. “See, there’s no guilt in baseball. And, it’s never boring. Which makes it like sex. There’s never been a ballplayer slept with me who didn’t have the best year of his career.” Annie walks to [...]

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Tags: Bathtub scene · Dreams and visions · Famous line · Master and pupil · Midlife crisis · Road trip · Sports · Unconventional romance

The Longest Yard (1974)

October 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Synopsis “How long do we have to keep watching this crap?” whines a pampered beauty (Anitra Ford) while her boy toy Paul Crewe (Burt Reynolds) lays next to her in bed. Crewe finally has enough of her harangue, throws on the clothes she bought for him and snatches the keys to her Maserati on his [...]

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Tags: Cult favorite · Famous line · Interrogation · Man vs. machine · Master and pupil · Sports

A River Runs Through It (1992)

September 22nd, 2008 · 5 Comments

Synopsis As an old man threads a fishing line on the Big Blackfoot River, a narrator (Robert Redford) begins: “Long ago, when I was a young man, my father said to me, ‘Norman, you like to write stories.’ And I said, ‘Yes, I do.’ Then he said, ‘Some day when you are ready, you might [...]

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Tags: Based on book · Brother/brother relationship · Coming of age · Father/son relationship · Master and pupil · Small town · Sports · Train