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21 years, 188 Test Matches, 704 Test Wickets.
This is Jimmy's story: an intimate, honest reflection told with his
trademark humility and dry humour. From growing up in. Burnley as an
outsider, isolated at school, bunking off, dreaming of being somewhere
- anywhere - else, to dominating the 22 yards of the wicket as part of
the deadliest England attack ever assembled.
Jimmy takes us inside the dressing room, to those unforgettable
moments: his debut under Nasser Hussain, facing off the Aussies with
Monty Panesar, Kevin Pietersen's 'textgate' and that Mitchell Johnson
incident. He reflects on the intense rivalries with Michael Clarke and
Sachin Tendulkar and the burgeoning friendships with Alastair Cook and
Stuart Broad. Delving behind the cricket, Jimmy reveals his experiences
of personal loss alongside the pain of professional injury, and the
strength he found from his marriage and the arrival of his two children.
Finding the Edge is a front-row seat at the greatest games of the last
two decades as England journey from perennial losers to world number
one. But, above all, it is a coming-of-age story that reveals the real
Jimmy Anderson: vulnerable, introspective, relentlessly determined,
constantly evolving - a bowler unequalled, a career like no other.
21 years, 188 Test Matches, 704 Test Wickets.
This is Jimmy's story: an intimate, honest reflection told with his
trademark humility and dry humour. From growing up in. Burnley as an
outsider, isolated at school, bunking off, dreaming of being somewhere
- anywhere - else, to dominating the 22 yards of the wicket as part of
the deadliest England attack ever assembled.
Jimmy takes us inside the dressing room, to those unforgettable
moments: his debut under Nasser Hussain, facing off the Aussies with
Monty Panesar, Kevin Pietersen's 'textgate' and that Mitchell Johnson
incident. He reflects on the intense rivalries with Michael Clarke and
Sachin Tendulkar and the burgeoning friendships with Alastair Cook and
Stuart Broad. Delving behind the cricket, Jimmy reveals his experiences
of personal loss alongside the pain of professional injury, and the
strength he found from his marriage and the arrival of his two children.
Finding the Edge is a front-row seat at the greatest games of the last
two decades as England journey from perennial losers to world number
one. But, above all, it is a coming-of-age story that reveals the real
Jimmy Anderson: vulnerable, introspective, relentlessly determined,
constantly evolving - a bowler unequalled, a career like no other.
Track Listings
1 : The McEnroe Theme
2 : People Think They Know Him (Interlude 1)
3 : Outburst
4 : A Genius
5 : Idol
6 : Wimbledon 1980
7 : These Great Champions
8 : Connection
9 : I've Got a Feeling About You and Me
10 : Never Let Anyone In (Interlude 2)
11 : Square One
12 : Ghost
13 : The McEnroe Theme Reprise
14 : Island
15 : Eighty-three Percent
16 : The Word, Love
McEnroe is an intimate portrait of one of the most explosive and compelling sporting icons of all time. John was an era-defining talent, Number One in the world in four consecutive years, but also a man prone to self-destruction. It’s this internal conflict that drove John to the very top, and very nearly broke him too.
McEnroe features completely unseen film archive from some of the biggest matches in tennis history – including the US Open and Wimbledon - as well as home video footage from John himself. Contributions from John’s children and his wife Patty Smyth provide a level of intimacy that takes the film beyond a mere sports biopic and into the realms of something deeply personal and confessional. Featuring icons such as Billie Jean King, Bjorn Borg and Keith Richards, the film brings to life a golden age of tennis and the 80’s excess of John’s hometown: New York City.
Beyond John’s tennis legacy (his combined 155 titles still rank as the highest in the Men’s Open era), John’s story grows to become a search for connection, a journey towards acceptance of himself and others. Compassionate, human and heartfelt, McEnroe is the definitive portrait of a force of nature powered by the beating heart of New York.
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