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Sports Movies (Hardcover)
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Sports Movies (Hardcover)
Series: Quick Takes: Movies and Popular Culture
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From Rocky to Field of Dreams, sports movies are among the most
beloved of American films. Revolving around familiar narratives
like the underdog story, these movies have generated modern-day
legends, reinforcing and disseminating our national myths about the
American Dream. In Sports Movies, Lester D. Friedman describes the
traditional formulas that have made these movies such
crowd-pleasers, including stock figures like the disgraced athlete
on a quest for redemption, or the wise old coaches who help mentor
the heroes to victory. He also explores how the genre's attitudes
have changed over time, especially key issues like class, race,
masculinity, and women in sports. Along the way, he takes stock of
sports films from the dawn of cinema's silent era to the present
day, including classic baseball movies like Pride of the Yankees
and Bull Durham, basketball movies like Hoosiers and He's Got Game,
football movies like Friday Night Lights and Rudy, and boxing
movies like Raging Bull and Million Dollar Baby. As Friedman's
analyses reveal, not only do sports movies influence our
perceptions about the drama of real-life sports, but they also help
to shape our attitudes toward the competitive ethos in American
life.
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