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re: Favorite Sports Documentary
Posted on 2/29/12 at 12:15 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
Posted on 2/29/12 at 12:15 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
Don't know if it counts as sports, but Beyond The Mat, the documentary on the professional wrestling business was really interesting.
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Posted on 2/29/12 at 12:29 pm to MadMaxwell
I'll add Pony Excess to the list.
Posted on 2/29/12 at 12:32 pm to DanglingFury
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Aside from several 30 for 30's
Yeah I didn't mention any of those bc there is like 20 of them I really liked. I think The Best That Never Was. I can't even lie I cried pretty good in that one.
Posted on 2/29/12 at 12:34 pm to MadMaxwell
Anybody watched the new one on Netflix about the race car driver? Its got a really good rating. I think it's called "Sienna"?? Maybe.
Posted on 2/29/12 at 1:08 pm to iwyLSUiwy
I love sports docs
Hoop dreams
murderball
king of kong
kokoyakyu - LINK (japanese high school baseball)
Senna
pulling john - LINK / (arm wrestling)
touching the void (mountain climbing)
all of these are great. Kokoyakyu I saw on Hulu I think, senna on netflix streaming as well as pulling john.
Undefeated just won an oscar and the trailer looks great. I really want to see that one. There's probably some great ones I'm forgeting, but these are all really good.
Hoop dreams
murderball
king of kong
kokoyakyu - LINK (japanese high school baseball)
Senna
pulling john - LINK / (arm wrestling)
touching the void (mountain climbing)
all of these are great. Kokoyakyu I saw on Hulu I think, senna on netflix streaming as well as pulling john.
Undefeated just won an oscar and the trailer looks great. I really want to see that one. There's probably some great ones I'm forgeting, but these are all really good.
Posted on 2/29/12 at 1:11 pm to iwyLSUiwy
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Anybody watched the new one on Netflix about the race car driver? Its got a really good rating. I think it's called "Sienna"?? Maybe.
yep, very good and worth a watch. I know nothing about any kind of racing and they do a good job of explaining, making things easy to follow, and making the races exciting. And of course, the whole story is moving as well.
Posted on 2/29/12 at 1:47 pm to iggle
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pulling john - LINK / (arm wrestling)
Im gonna have to check this one out. Wll actually the japanese baseball, mountain climbing and Senna for that matter thanks.
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king of kong
One of my favorite docs of all time but im pretty sure we cant label that as a sports documentary.
Posted on 2/29/12 at 2:15 pm to GonzoLeslie
quote:it did, but i havent seen it.
Has anyone seen Undefeated yet? I think it just won the oscar. HS football movie
Posted on 2/29/12 at 3:03 pm to iggle
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touching the void (mountain climbing)
good mention - one of the most amazing RL stories you will ever watch
hoop dreams has gotten plenty of mentions and I liked murderball as well
Posted on 2/29/12 at 3:11 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
King of Kong is good.
Ken Burns baseball is fantastic.
Ken Burns baseball is fantastic.
Posted on 2/29/12 at 3:15 pm to MadMaxwell
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Beyond The Mat
Awesome movie/doc. The Bret Hart one (Wrestling With Shadows) is a good one too. Both are good in their own right, but especially if you ever watched wrestling (even if just as a kid).
Posted on 2/29/12 at 3:22 pm to iggle
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touching the void (mountain climbing)
Man, I'm reading up on that one...holy shite.
Looks like the doc is mainly a re-enactment though. Is there lots of footage and shite like that in it? It looks really interesting, and the story is incredible.
Posted on 2/29/12 at 3:39 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
The big three surfing documentaries are solid
Endless Summer
Endless Summer 2
Riding Giants
especially the first and third.
As for the Olympics, if you can dig them up (and I have tried) ESPN used to run a series in the 80's and 90's called The Olympiad that was fantastic. The Bud Greenspan stuff I see on cable now is comparable to it, but not close.
Also, Visions of Eight, a doc about the 80 Olympics - is very good.
I also really enjoyed the Pete Maravich doc that was made a few years ago when Big Baby, et al were in the Final 4 - the one narrated by Harry Connick Jr. There were a lot of really incredible things about him that I didn't know.
Endless Summer
Endless Summer 2
Riding Giants
especially the first and third.
As for the Olympics, if you can dig them up (and I have tried) ESPN used to run a series in the 80's and 90's called The Olympiad that was fantastic. The Bud Greenspan stuff I see on cable now is comparable to it, but not close.
Also, Visions of Eight, a doc about the 80 Olympics - is very good.
I also really enjoyed the Pete Maravich doc that was made a few years ago when Big Baby, et al were in the Final 4 - the one narrated by Harry Connick Jr. There were a lot of really incredible things about him that I didn't know.
Posted on 2/29/12 at 3:43 pm to blueboy
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Endless Summer
Remember watching that years ago late one night on TV and really liking it.
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I also really enjoyed the Pete Maravich doc that was made a few years ago when Big Baby, et al were in the Final 4 - the one narrated by Harry Connick Jr. There were a lot of really incredible things about him that I didn't know.
Like what?
Posted on 2/29/12 at 3:54 pm to CocomoLSU
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Looks like the doc is mainly a re-enactment though. Is there lots of footage and shite like that in it? It looks really interesting, and the story is incredible.
it is, which was basically the only way it could have been made, unless they just filmed to two guys talking in front of the camera for 90 minutes.
They were alone and only took a few photos on the summit. To the doc's credit though, it's not re-enacted in a studio. It's really two guys actually climbing a mountain. And some of the long distance shots of them climbing are actually the two main "characters" themselves climbing the mountain. It's basically a docu-drama, re-enactments narrated by the two real guys, with shots of them talking to the camera interspersed throughout the film. It's really gripping and unbelievable.
ETA
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The plan was to do all the wide shots in Peru, on the real location, and then return to the Alps to do the stunts and close up work with the actors. The Peruvian crew would be tiny - myself, director of photography Mike Eley, four other film crew, six British mountain guides/riggers, a doctor, and Simpson and Yates.
Simpson and Yates were persuaded to accompany us partly so that they could show us where and how things had happened, and partly because, since we hadn't yet cast our actors, they seemed to be the best people to double for themselves. We were also interested to capture how they would react to returning to Siula Grande, given the associations it had for them.
This post was edited on 2/29/12 at 4:05 pm
Posted on 2/29/12 at 3:58 pm to iggle
You sold me. Just bought it.
Posted on 2/29/12 at 4:07 pm to CocomoLSU
His bets are truly legendary, by anyone's standards? Everyone knows about the "ball spin for one hour" bet, but not others.
Like the story about the carnival, when he bet the carny basketball booth guy he could make a shot OVER part of the roller coaster - and of course won. The guy didn't know it was "Pistol Pete." This was a story of how Pete "hustled" some guy. shite. Dude. If Larry Bird showed up and made that bet, I'd probably take him up on it, but Pete just knew he could make crazy shite like that on command and "hustled" the guy.
Another one is the bet he made with a friend that he could dribble the ball along the road as they drove in his friend's convertible from Pete's house to school - over 5 miles at varying speeds, which he also won, of course. The guy telling the story says he remembers seeing them getting out of the car, Pete running over to his friend, snatching money out of his hands and shouting "I told you. I told you I could do it."
The footage is incredible too. He was truly legendary in every sense, an artist, a different kind of player.
Like the story about the carnival, when he bet the carny basketball booth guy he could make a shot OVER part of the roller coaster - and of course won. The guy didn't know it was "Pistol Pete." This was a story of how Pete "hustled" some guy. shite. Dude. If Larry Bird showed up and made that bet, I'd probably take him up on it, but Pete just knew he could make crazy shite like that on command and "hustled" the guy.
Another one is the bet he made with a friend that he could dribble the ball along the road as they drove in his friend's convertible from Pete's house to school - over 5 miles at varying speeds, which he also won, of course. The guy telling the story says he remembers seeing them getting out of the car, Pete running over to his friend, snatching money out of his hands and shouting "I told you. I told you I could do it."
The footage is incredible too. He was truly legendary in every sense, an artist, a different kind of player.
Posted on 2/29/12 at 5:53 pm to Jcorye1
Im a little confused why King of Kong keeps getting mentioned. Because he used to play high school baseball doesnt make it a sports doc
Posted on 3/19/12 at 8:48 pm to iggle
Bump due to recent viewings...
Really enjoyed this. I love learning about somebody that is just a dynasty/titan in their respected sport and yet they are virtually unheard of. I mean I knew arm wrestling was a wordwide event but I had never heard of John Brzenk. A guy that is THAT dominant at his respected sport needs a documentary made about him. He was such a humble guy too. Him and the russian had that in common, the other dude from the states was pretty much a douche. I find it amaging that a guy in the lowest weight class had never lost to any of the heaviweights. Good stuff.
Meh. I mean its a good story its just not that good of a documentary. Really drawn out. I dont know how you can be bored with a "im dying in the wilderness but im gonna struggle and somehow live" story; but I was. The ending was nice, but I just couldnt get in to it.
Another one I watched recently...
I thought this was really good/interesting. I like riding dirt bikes and four wheelers so it kind of especially peaked my interest. But man so much goes into this race and I love how much of a challange it is just to finish; i've always been interested in the Baja 1000 just never knew all that much about it. A very fun watch and if you have netflix its on instant.
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pulling john
Really enjoyed this. I love learning about somebody that is just a dynasty/titan in their respected sport and yet they are virtually unheard of. I mean I knew arm wrestling was a wordwide event but I had never heard of John Brzenk. A guy that is THAT dominant at his respected sport needs a documentary made about him. He was such a humble guy too. Him and the russian had that in common, the other dude from the states was pretty much a douche. I find it amaging that a guy in the lowest weight class had never lost to any of the heaviweights. Good stuff.
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touching the void (mountain climbing)
Meh. I mean its a good story its just not that good of a documentary. Really drawn out. I dont know how you can be bored with a "im dying in the wilderness but im gonna struggle and somehow live" story; but I was. The ending was nice, but I just couldnt get in to it.
Another one I watched recently...
I thought this was really good/interesting. I like riding dirt bikes and four wheelers so it kind of especially peaked my interest. But man so much goes into this race and I love how much of a challange it is just to finish; i've always been interested in the Baja 1000 just never knew all that much about it. A very fun watch and if you have netflix its on instant.
Posted on 3/19/12 at 9:04 pm to iwyLSUiwy
Obligatory 30 for 30-"The Two Escobars."
If you've never seen Ken Burn's "Unforgivable Blackness" about Jack Johnson holy sh#t.
If you've never seen Ken Burn's "Unforgivable Blackness" about Jack Johnson holy sh#t.
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