Sports Movies

List of contents

Contents

Introduction

1. Baseball Movies
2. Basketball Movies
3. Football Movies
4. Boxing Movies
5. The Sporting Life:

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Further Reading

Works Cited

Selected Filmography

Index

 

About the author

Lester D. Friedman is emeritus professor and former chair of the Media and Society Program at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York. The author, co-author, and editor of over 20 books, he has written about Steven Spielberg, Arthur Penn, Peter Pan, Bonnie and Clyde, Frankenstein, medical movies, '70s American cinema, and Clint Eastwood.

 

Summary

Describes the traditional formulas that have made sports movies such crowd-pleasers, including stock figures like the disgraced athlete on a quest for redemption, or the wise old coaches who help mentor the heroes to victory. Lester Friedman also explores how the genre's attitudes have changed over time.

Product details

• Authors: Lester D. Friedman
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.03.2020
• EAN: 9780813599878
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-9987-8
• No. of pages: 210
• Series: Quick Takes: Movies and Popula; Quick Takes: Movies and Popular Culture
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet