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Post by showgirl on Sept 16, 2017 13:29:48 GMT
My taste in films seems not quite aligned to that of others here, but I liked this, though the action was rather drawn out in both senses, ie film itself and the historic 1980 Wimbledon men's final. I must have known the result at the time but had forgotten, so for me the suspense was genuine.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2017 1:46:22 GMT
The guy playing Borg looks uncannily like him - saw movie poster on billboard yesterday.
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Post by showgirl on Sept 17, 2017 5:08:52 GMT
I agree, yet Shia LaBoeuf, who plays McEnroe, did not in the least remind me of his own real life counterpart. However, at the end you do see photos of the real people so you could compare them (though they were too small for me to do so) - maybe this was deliberate?
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Post by TallPaul on Sept 19, 2017 12:42:18 GMT
It must be the season for tennis films. They are likes buses! There's one doing the rounds about Billie Jean King playing Bobbie Riggs, called Battle of the Sexes. It's written by Simon Beaufoy, of Full Monty fame.
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Post by d'James on Sept 19, 2017 12:47:41 GMT
Whatever you do, do not watch 7 Days In Hell on Sky/Now TV.
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Post by kathryn on Sept 19, 2017 15:43:12 GMT
Whatever you do, do not watch 7 Days In Hell on Sky/Now TV. I watched that the other night! |
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Post by Mr Snow on Sept 19, 2017 16:05:59 GMT
I was there at Borgs breakthrough final vs Ille Nastase in 1976. Borg is only a couple of years older than I am and I was cheering him, even though he played pretty boring tennis compared to the swashbuckling Romanian.
However, the real reason was because I hated Nastase long before it became fashionable to do so. It may well have something to do with the strong rumour that the impossibly beautiful daughter of the man down the street (from his first marriage), was his mistress. She was much closer to my age than his and I can still recall several times when I lost the power of speech as she smiled and said Hello to me.
I took real joy at him being banned earlier this year.
(Sorry but felt the need to share my teenage angst).
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2017 16:18:09 GMT
And Bjorn Borg used to wear such lovely tight outfits too. Oh my.
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