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This Sporting Life (other)
'' This Sporting Life'' is a 1963 drama film. This Sporting Life may also refer to: * ''This Sporting Life'' (novel), the 1960 novel on which the film is based * ''This Sporting Life'' (radio program), an Australian radio programme ** '' This Sporting Life'' (Roy & HG album), a 2016 retrospective comedy album * ''This Sporting Life'' (Skink and Demoralised album), a 2010 album by Skint & Demoralised * "This Sporting Life", a 1965 Ian Whitcomb song * "This Sporting Life", a 1981 The Mekons song See also * Sporting Life (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Sporting Life
''This Sporting Life'' is a 1963 British kitchen sink drama film directed by Lindsay Anderson. Based on the 1960 novel of the same name by David Storey, which won the 1960 Macmillan Fiction Award, it recounts the story of a rugby league footballer, Frank Machin, in Wakefield, a mining city in Yorkshire, whose romantic life is not as successful as his sporting life. Storey, a former professional rugby league footballer, also wrote the screenplay. The film stars Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, William Hartnell and Alan Badel. The film was Harris's first starring role, and won him the Best Actor Award at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival. He was also nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Roberts won her second BAFTA award and received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. Harris was nominated for the BAFTA that year as well. The film opened at the Odeon Leicester Square in London's West End on 7 February 1963. Plot Set in Wakefield, the film concerns Frank Mach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Sporting Life (novel)
''This Sporting Life'' is a 1960 novel by the English writer David Storey. It is set in Northern England and follows a man who tries to make it as a professional rugby league footballer. It was the debut novel of Storey, himself a former player for Leeds. The book was the basis for Lindsay Anderson's 1963 film ''This Sporting Life''. Reception ''Kirkus Reviews'' wrote that "the strength of Mr. Storey's novel is in its toneless air of truth which spares nothing or no one, a fact which may well rebuff his readers." Commemorating the book's fiftieth anniversary in 2010, Frank Keating of ''The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers '' The Observer'' and '' The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the ...'' wrote that "''This Sporting Life'' has stood the test of 'classic' category ... The novel's uneasy love story of insecure anti-hero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Sporting Life (radio Program)
''This Sporting Life'' was a culturally iconic Triple J radio comedy programme, created by award-winning actor-writer-comedians John Doyle and Greig Pickhaver, who performed as their characters Roy and HG. Broadcast from 1986 to 2008, it was one of the longest-running, most popular and most successful radio comedy programmes of the television era in Australia. Undoubtedly the longest-running show in Triple J's programming history, it commanded a large and dedicated nationwide audience throughout its 22-year run. The title ''This Sporting Life'' was taken from the novel and 1963 film of the same name. ''This Sporting Life'' was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia registry in 2013. Early years Often referred to by its acronym, TSL, the show was a parody of sporting panel programmes, although the duo cast a wide comedic net that encompassed entertainment, politics, celebrity and contemporary Australian culture in general. It was modeled to some ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Sporting Life (Roy & HG Album)
''This Sporting Life'' is the fifth album by Australian comedy duo Roy & HG. The album was released in August 2016 and peaked at number 6 on the ARIA Charts. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2016 The 30th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) are a series of award ceremonies which include the 2016 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA Hall of Fame Awards, ARIA Fine ... it won Best Comedy Release. Background and release From 1986 to 2008, Roy & HG hosted ''This Sporting Life'' on Triple J, a live, improvised satirical radio program on sport in Australia – among other things. It's the longest running show in the station's history. To celebrate 30 years since the show first aired, Roy & HG released a compilation album of some of the show's highlights from throughout the years. Reception Chris Murray from ''Stack'' said "The only problem with this 30th anniversary collection of some of the 'gold' from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Sporting Life (Skink And Demoralised Album)
''This Sporting Life'' is the second studio album by Wakefield band Skint & Demoralised. The album was and recorded in 2010 and officially released on 2 August 2011 on Heist or Hit Records alongside the band's debut. Track listing Tracklist:Personnel *Written by Abbott/Gledhill *Produced and Mixed by MiNI dOG *Performed by David Gledhill, Matt Abbott *Mastered by MiNI dOG *Artwork designed by Nathan McGrory (original painting by Simon Abbott)Notes *Recorded at 6x7 Studios in SheffieldRecording and production In a stark contrast to the band's debut '' Love And Other C ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Whitcomb
Ian Timothy Whitcomb (10 July 1941 – 19 April 2020) was an English entertainer, singer-songwriter, record producer, writer, broadcaster and actor. As part of the British Invasion, his hit song "You Turn Me On" reached number 8 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in 1965. He wrote several books on popular music, beginning with '' After the Ball'', published by Penguin Books (Britain) and Simon & Schuster (United States) in 1972. He accompanied his singing by playing the ukulele and, through his records, concerts, and film work, helped to stimulate the revival of interest in the instrument. His re-creation of the music played aboard the in the film of that name won a Grammy Award in 1998 for package design and a nomination for Whitcomb's liner notes (''Titanic: Music as Heard on the Fateful Voyage''). Early life Whitcomb was born in Woking, Surrey, England to Patrick and Eileen (née Burningham). He was the second child of three children. He spent his childhood years in Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mekons
The Mekons are a British band formed in the late 1970s as an art collective. They are one of the longest-running and most prolific of the first-wave British punk rock bands. The band's style has evolved over time to incorporate aspects of country music, folk music, alternative rock and occasional experiments with dub. They are known for their raucous live shows. History The band was formed in 1976 by a group of University of Leeds art students: Jon Langford, Kevin Lycett, Mark White, Andy Corrigan and Tom Greenhalgh—the Gang of Four and Delta 5 formed from the same group of students. They took the band's name from the Mekon, an evil, super-intelligent Venusian featured in the British 1950s–1960s comic '' Dan Dare'' (printed in the ''Eagle''). The Mekons were described as more chaotic version of the Gang of Four; Lycett stated the band operated on the principle that "anybody could do it ... anybody could get up and join in and instruments could be swapped around; th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |