This is a great posting. Other titles to consider --

National Velvet
Pride of the Yankees

I decided to go with Elvis for spring break viewing!

http://nfriedland.blogspot.com/


Nice weekend all.

Nancy



On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Dennis Doros <[email protected]> wrote:

> They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
> Hildago (an underrated film)
> The Freshman (Harold Lloyd, 1925)
> Horse Feathers
> Caddyshack
> Hoop Dreams
> Brian's Song
> Bring it On
> The Hustler
> Ali
> Leatherheads
> Hoosiers
> Body and Soul
> Breaking Away
> Blue Crush
> Cool Runnings
> The Mighty Ducks
> Dodgeball
> Bend it Like Beckham
> Million Dollar Baby
> Happy Gilmore
> Here Comes Mr. Jordan
> Damn Yankees
> Seabiscuit
> Secretariat
> Talladega Nights
> The Longest Yard
> Bang the Drum Slowly
> Cinderella Man
> The Rookie
> The Bad News Bears (1976 version)
> The Karate Kid
> Miracle
> Remember the Titans
> When we were Kings
> Rudy
>
> Okay, just about every sports movie ever is about the finish line. And many
> of them equate the finish line with the dead line so to speak. (Million
> Dollar Baby, Brian's Song, Bang the Drum Slowly, even Dodgeball.) And of
> course, I included some where they totally lose.
>
> Best,
> Dennis Doros
> Milestone Film & Video/Milliarium Zero
> Phone: 201-767-3117
> Fax: 201-767-3035
> email: [email protected]
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Wochna, Lorraine <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> I write a weekly Film blog for our students - this weeks theme is 'getting
>> to the finish line' - (finals are next week)
>>
>> any suggestions out there?  so far I have Chariots of Fire, Rocky,
>> Invictus, (things like that).
>>
>> thanks in advance,
>> lorraine
>> Ohio U
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