Wednesday, May 24, 2017

May 23rd  
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale*

(GB TVM 1982)

The true story in 1910 of how an obscure amateur team from West Auckland competed in and won the first organised World football tournament in Turin.
Engaging rags to riches (to rags again) story, a little gem of a sporting comedy drama with lots of good familiar faces, staying true to history, although lacking enough drama in its finale.

Written by: Neville Smith.
Producer: Laurie Greenwood.
Director: Tom Clegg.
Starring: Dennis Waterman, Andrew Keir, Richard Griffiths, Tim Healy, Nigel Hawthorne, David Bradley, Jeremy Bulloch, Derek Francis, Marjorie Bland.
Photography: Dave Dixon.
Music: Ian Lynn.

Preceded by:
Meshes of the Afternoon**
(US 1943. 14m. bw. silent; Noted avant garde short drama playing on repeated images in domestic Los Angeles, a far cry from conventional Hollywood material and a reminder that "artists" used to reside there also.; w,d,s: Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid.)




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