The Game of Their Lives 2005  PG, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Miracle Match
Director: David Anspaugh
Cast: John Rhys-Davies, Wes Bentley, Gerard Butler, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Patrick Stewart, Jay Rodan, Gavin Rossdale, Zachery Ty Bryan, Costas Mandylor, Louis Mandylor, Bill Smitrovich, Terry Kinney
The U.S. soccer team won an exciting match against England's team in 1950. This is the story about the personal lives of the players on that team of underdogs who performed a stunning upset at the World Cup match.
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 Hoosiers 1986  PG, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Anspaugh
Cast: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, Fern Parsons, Brad Boyle, Steve Hollar, Robert Swan, Sheb Wooley, Chelcie Ross, Michael O'Guinne, Wil Dewitt, John Robert Thompson, Michael Sassone, Gloria Dorson, Skip Welker
This movie is based on a true story about the Milan High School basketball team that vies for the Indiana state championship. Gene Hackman plays the unorthodox, unemployed, college coach, Norman Dale, who turns his team of undisciplined athletes into champions. Dennis Hopper takes on the role of Shooter (the alcoholic father of a team member) who serves as the assistant coach. Hopper received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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Moonlight and Valentino 1995 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Anspaugh
Cast: Elizabeth Perkins, Whoopi Goldberg, Kathleen Turner, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jon Bon Jovi, Josef Sommer, Jeremy Sisto, Shadia Simmons, Erica Luttrell, Matthew Koller, Kelli Fox
Based on the tragic death of Ellen Simon's husband, the writer (daughter of Neil Simon) relates the experience of a widow (Elizabeth Perkins) putting her life back together with the help of her friends and relatives (Whoopi Goldberg, Kathleen Turner, and Gwyneth Paltrow).
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Rudy 1993  PG, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Anspaugh
Cast: Sean Astin, Ned Beatty, Charles S. Dutton, Lili Taylor, Jon Favreau, Greta Lind, Scott Benjaminson, Mary Ann Thebus, Chelcie Ross, Robert Prosky, Christopher Reed, Deborah Wittenberg, Christopher Erwin, Kevin Duda, Vince Vaughn
This film is based on the true story of young Daniel E. "Rudy" Ruettiger (Sean Astin) in the 1960s who dreamed of playing football for Notre Dame. It is an inspiring story and is a definite "YES" for viewing.
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Wisegirls 2002 R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Anspaugh
Cast: Mira Sorvino, Mariah Carey, Melora Walters, Arthur J. Nascarella, Saul Stein, Joseph Siravo, Christian Maelen, Anthony Alessandro, Noam Jenkins, Jeremiah Sparks
Three waitresses, Meg, Raychel, and Kate (Mira Sorvino, Mariah Carey, and Melora Walters), become close friends while working in a restaurant. When her boss is killed, Meg realizes that the restaurant is run by the mob, and sets out to uncover more about the mobsters. In the process, she also finds out more about her friends. An OK, mob movie.
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| 1. Fresh Horses (1988)
2. The Game of Their Lives (2005)
aka: The Miracle Match
3. Hoosiers (1986)
4. Moonlight and Valentino (1995)
5. Rudy (1993)
6. Wisegirls (2002)
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