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OH WORD SON: Apr 21, 2006

I'm pretty stoked to see my mother in a 30 for 30

# ? Dec 15, 2013 22:25

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# ? May 13, 2024 23:00

Truther Vandross: Jun 17, 2008

ESPN just announced some 30-for-30 World Cup tie-ins. We're getting two full-length 30-for-30's, six half-hour 30-for-30: Soccer Stories specials and a ten-part series of shorts that will air throughout the World Cup coverage.

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ESPN Films, creators of the critically-acclaimed 30 for 30 film series, will premiere a new series in April surrounding the 2014 FIFA World Cup on ESPN. 30 for 30: Soccer Stories will include a mix of standalone feature-length and 30-minute-long documentary films from an award winning group of filmmakers telling compelling narratives from around the international soccer landscape. In addition, a collection of 10 vignettes about Brazil�s rich culture will be featured throughout ESPN�s FIFA World Cup programming.

�With ESPN being the home of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, we know that sports fans will be looking forward to high quality content focused on what is perhaps the world�s most revered sport,� said Connor Schell, VP of ESPN Films and Original Content. �We feel this is the perfect time to expand upon the success of our 30 for 30 series by focusing this collection on some of the incredible stories of soccer�s legendary past.�

Two feature-length films:

Hillsborough, Directed by Daniel Gordon
25 years ago, on April 15, 1989, the worst disaster in British football history occurred in an overcrowded stadium in Sheffield, England, 150 miles north of London. 3,000 fans flocked through the turnstiles to head to the area reserved for standing, despite a capacity of less than half of that. The result was a �human crush� that killed 96 people and injured 766. Initially the police blamed fans for the disaster, but a long investigation revealed that was not the truth. Prior to the disaster at Hillsborough, British football was known for the grime of its stadiums, hooligan fans and inadequate facilities, but great change came after the Hillsborough disaster. What emerged is now known as the most rich and powerful soccer league in the world, the English Premier League.

White, Blue and White, Directed by Camilo Antolini; Produced by Juan Jos� Campanella
Although a large number of Argentinian players have found football success around the world, few have made a name for themselves in England�s top league. One notable exception is Ossie Ardiles. Fresh off Argentina�s victory in the 1978 World Cup, Ardiles and his compatriot, Ricky Villa, joined Tottenham Hotspur later that year, when the notion of overseas players was still new to the English league. Helping lead Spurs to victory in the 1981 FA Cup, the Argentinian stars became cult heroes in England. But on April 2, 1982, everything radically changed as Argentinian troops descended on the British-ruled Falkland Islands, asserting rightful sovereignty. A conflicted Ardiles returned to Buenos Aires two days later, his bright future with Spurs suddenly in question.

Six 30-minute films:

Garrincha: Crippled Angel, Directed by Marcos Horacio Azevedo
In Brazil, Pel� is �The King.� But his teammate, Man� Garrincha, is also remembered as the one of the best soccer players of all time. In a country where the sport grants its protagonists such royal deference, Garrincha is the jester� an entertainer who amused crowds and turned soccer into an irresistible spectacle, all while helping Brazil capture two World Cups. This, despite his legs being so bent that early in his career doctors deemed him unfit to play professionally. Match after match, he proved them wrong. But his unpredictable moves were of little assistance after his playing career came to an end. Abandoned by the soccer establishment, Garrincha died a victim of alcoholism in 1983. But his fans did not forget him. His body was brought to a cemetery, in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. Garrincha�s relatives had to borrow a grave, which turned out to be too small for his coffin. Thousands of people flooded the tiny burial ground, much more than the place could accommodate. After 49 years of a brilliant career and tumultuous life, the man who turned soccer into a �Beautiful Game� was memorably laid to rest. His legend lives on.

Barbosa � The Man Who Made All of Brazil Cry, Directed by Loch Phillipps; Executive Producers: Jonathan Hock & Roger Bennett
In 1949, Goalkeeper Moacir Barbosa and his Brazilian national team are on top of the world, having just won the South American championship by a score of 7-0. Barbosa is one of the heroes, widely considered one of the world�s best goalkeepers. But everything changed during the 1950 World Cup, played for the first time in Brazil. Before the final game against neighbor and rival Uruguay, the Brazilian Football Confederation was so confident of victory it had made 22 gold medals with the names of their players imprinted on them. With 11 minutes left, Uruguay shocked the estimated crowd of 200,000 at Marcana and scored the winning goal � a goal that is still considered to be the greatest sporting tragedy to befall Brazil. The blame was mostly pinned on Barbosa for being out of position on his goal line, tantamount to Bill Buckner letting a baseball roll between his legs. The country went into a deep mourning, fans committed suicide, and Barbosa was nationally blacklisted. Barbosa was considered cursed and he never played in another World Cup. He rotted away, practically penniless and alone. On July 13th, the 2014 World Cup Final will again take place at the Maracana, giving the Brazilian team the chance to write a new ending into Brazilian folklore.

Ceasefire Massacre, Directed by Alex Gibney and Trevor Birney
New Jersey, June 18, 1994. Giants Stadium is awash with green as Irish soccer fans arrive to watch Ireland�s opening World Cup match against the mighty Italy. The sense of optimism is infectious. The Celtic Tiger is in its infancy, Bill Clinton�s decision to grant a visa to Irish Republican leader Gerry Adams has propelled the peace process forward and Jack Charlton�s team are walking onto the pitch before 75,000 fervent spectators made up of Irish, Italians and Americans of Irish and Italian decent. Amongst the fans is Irish Prime Minister Albert Reynolds who is sitting with members of an American group who�ve been working behind-the-scenes to end the conflict in Northern Ireland. The electrifying mood is shared by the supporters watching the match in the Heights Bar, a tiny pub in the Northern Irish village of Loughin Island, 24 miles south of Belfast. At the half, the Irish are remarkably ahead 1-0. Shortly after the second half begins, two masked gunmen belonging to a Protestant terror group burst into the Heights Bar. Thirty rounds are fired and six innocent men watching a soccer match were killed. Ceasefire Massacre will reveal how the juxtaposition of the jubilation felt inside Giants Stadium against the horrors of what happened in the Heights Bar, encapsulated the mood of the time. After 25-years of conflict, Ireland and her people longed for peace and prosperity but the brutalities of the violence in the North were never far from the surface. The gunning down of innocent men as they watched a soccer match marked both a low-point and a turning-point in the Northern Ireland conflict; one that would ultimately contribute to the paramilitaries on both sides calling ceasefires just weeks later.

The Opposition, Directed by Ezra Edelman; C0-directed by Jeffrey Plunkett
In the wake of the 1973 military coup in Chile, American-backed dictator Augusto Pinochet transformed Santiago�s National Stadium into a concentration camp where political opponents were tortured and assassinated. Only months later, that same stadium was scheduled to host a decisive World Cup qualifier between Chile and the Soviet Union. Despite protests, FIFA�s own investigation, and the Soviet�s eventual boycott, the Chilean team still played the game as planned, qualifying for the 1974 World Cup on a goal scored against no one.

Mysteries of The Jules Rimet Trophy, Directed by Brett Ratner
Inspired by Nike, the Greek goddess of victory, the Jules Rimet Trophy was awarded to the nation that won FIFA�s World Cup and was among the most coveted prizes in all of sports. It is also the sports prize shrouded in the most intrigue � with the whereabouts of the original trophy unknown to this day. This film focuses on the great prize�s first brush with crime � a Nazi plan to steal the Rimet Trophy from Italy during World War II. The story unfolds like a great caper film, where our hero, Ottorino Barassi, a mild-mannered Italian soccer official, attempts to protect a valued treasure.

Maradona �86, Directed by Sam Blair; Executive Produced by John Battsek
In the 1986 World Cup, Maradona redefined what is possible for one man to accomplish on the soccer field. Already a figure of notoriety, but with one failed World Cup behind him, Maradona took possession of the international stage in Mexico, the spotlight rarely drifting from him as he wrote an indelible history with his feet and, of course, with a hand from God. Delivered with passion and intelligence, Maradona �86 is a fascinating, evocative and operatic portrait of Maradona, revealing his inner complexity and contradictions while basking in the joy and passion of his performance on the pitch as he wrote his name on soccer history forever.

10 Vignettes:

Cora�ao, Directed by Jonathan Hock; Executive Produced by Roger Bennett
Brazil�s soccer tradition does not compete with other countries� teams: it exists on a different level. But aside from soccer success, and despite Brazil�s recent economic boom, most Americans know little about the country, its geographical richness, gripping culture, and complex recent history in which the nation has transformed from a military dictatorship to a thriving, if young, republic. This short vignette series will travel from the beaches and favelas of Rio, to Salvador � the former hub of the slave trade � on a journey of music, dance, and history, to discover the stories that lie behind Brazil�s legend and explore how Brazilian soccer is truly the expression of the soul of its people.

# ? Jan 13, 2014 15:56

Seizure Meat: Jul 23, 2008; by Smythe

I'd really love to see one of these on Can-Am racing back in the day. It matched the rise and fall of the 1960's perfectly, and that would be an excellent backdrop contrast to it. Basically a sports car series similar to the Le Mans cars of the day started up, the Canadian-American Challenge Cup, Can-Am for short. Based on the idea of Group 7 designated FIA racing sprint or hillclimb racers, it was an almost unrestricted class of race car.

It started innocently enough in 1966, basically European chassis with American V8's, mostly, but run of the mill V8's making maybe 500hp. By the late 60's power had become obscene, the V8's were massive and the cars were cartoons with active aerodynamics. By 1973 Porsche had swooped in with an invincible car making 1,500hp in qualifying trim. The competition buckled, costs were unmanageable, and then the oil crisis hit, killing it off.

Throw that story up against the idealism of the counter culture movement in 1966 when it starts, through to the Manson killings/Kent State/Altamont (racing tie in!), and end on the Penske/Porsche and 70's gently caress you got mine attitude contrast.

That would own.

# ? Jan 13, 2014 17:57

screenwritersblues: Sep 13, 2010

The Price of Gold (formally know as Tonya and Nancy) airs tomorrow night at 9:00. It's an hour later than the normal 30 for 30s, which usually starts at 8:00. I guess that because of the subject matter, it's going to start later.

# ? Jan 15, 2014 18:48

wattershed: Dec 27, 2002; Radio got his free iPod, did you get yours???

screenwritersblues posted:

The Price of Gold (formally know as Tonya and Nancy) airs tomorrow night at 9:00. It's an hour later than the normal 30 for 30s, which usually starts at 8:00. I guess that because of the subject matter, it's going to start later.

Also, a CBB game precedes it so like so many 30 for 30 premieres, set your DVR to run long if you're not going to watch live in the likely event the game goes past 9E/6P. I think it took me 3 recordings to get through the Marcus Dupree one because it was always on after a game.

# ? Jan 15, 2014 18:53

Truther Vandross: Jun 17, 2008

screenwritersblues posted:

The Price of Gold (formally know as Tonya and Nancy) airs tomorrow night at 9:00. It's an hour later than the normal 30 for 30s, which usually starts at 8:00. I guess that because of the subject matter, it's going to start later.

As far as I know, the subject matter is irrelevant to this. Generally they don't do first-run 30-for-30's between the Heisman ceremony and the Final Four because the majority of nights are occupied with either college or pro basketball. An exception was made for this because of the obvious Winter Olympics tie-in and I guess this was deemed the best available period to debut it.

# ? Jan 15, 2014 20:24

The Roll: Aug 14, 2006; Let them eat bread!

Just a heads up, this is starting NOW since UConn and Memphis just ended.

# ? Jan 17, 2014 03:13

OH WORD SON: Apr 21, 2006

Ask me about living with tonya Harding in my youth

# ? Jan 17, 2014 03:50

Acquilae: May 15, 2013

Harding: "they did handwriting analysis and it was not my handwriting."

*2 seconds later*

FBI: "we did handwriting analysis and it was Tonya's handwriting."

edit: It's great how Harding is still a piece of poo poo after these years: "I went to Nancy and apologized for my ex-husband organizing the plot to attack her and for her to blow me off, treat me like I was nothing, was just so mean!"

Acquilae fucked around with this message at 04:32 on Jan 17, 2014

# ? Jan 17, 2014 04:10

Blitz of 404 Error: Sep 19, 2007; Joe Biden is a top 15 president

Holy poo poo Tonya Harding

"Crybaby didn't get the gold"

# ? Jan 17, 2014 04:28

The Roll: Aug 14, 2006; Let them eat bread!

It's truly hilarious how I felt almost bad for her (being too young to really understand what was going on when this was going on) and she just shits all over Kerrigan. Harding feeling victimized is priceless.

# ? Jan 17, 2014 04:37

EricHall: Aug 7, 2006

Yeah I thought it was funny that for like the first half of the documentary, you kind of want to sympathize with her

And then the second half happens.

# ? Jan 17, 2014 04:40

SamuraiFoochs: Jan 16, 2007; Grimey Drawer

EricHall posted:

Yeah I thought it was funny that for like the first half of the documentary, you kind of want to sympathize with her

And then the second half happens.

Hahahaha loving seriously. I was like "I always thought Harding seemed like a--

....THERE it is." What a loving liar.

# ? Jan 17, 2014 04:41

AceFace905: Feb 27, 2007

me afterwards: "this makes me sympathize with Tonya Harding the way Mommie Dearest made me sympathize with Joan Crawford"

# ? Jan 17, 2014 05:15

Proud Christian Mom: Dec 20, 2006; READING COMPREHENSION IS HARD

It was an absolutely bizarre thing to watch unfold when it happened, I can't wait to see it.

# ? Jan 17, 2014 15:56

Declan MacManus: Sep 1, 2011; damn i'm really in this bitch

Anybody know when the next airing is? I caught the first 30 minutes or so and then my friends wanted to go to the bar and I was too embarrassed to say I was watching a figure skating documentary

# ? Jan 17, 2014 16:20

Vertical Lime: Dec 11, 2004

Declan MacManus posted:

Anybody know when the next airing is? I caught the first 30 minutes or so and then my friends wanted to go to the bar and I was too embarrassed to say I was watching a figure skating documentary

It's on ABC tomorrow afternoon and on ESPN against the NFC title game.

# ? Jan 17, 2014 16:26

MassRafTer: May 26, 2001; BAEST MODE!!!

It's airing now on ABC under "ESPN Sports Saturday."

# ? Jan 18, 2014 22:01

screenwritersblues: Sep 13, 2010

Anyone know when the next group is being announced or is expected to be announced? I know that the soccer ones are coming up in a few months, but is there anything else on the table?

# ? Feb 16, 2014 04:44

Truther Vandross: Jun 17, 2008

screenwritersblues posted:

Anyone know when the next group is being announced or is expected to be announced? I know that the soccer ones are coming up in a few months, but is there anything else on the table?

Usually by now they've announced a basketball doc for the post-Selection Sunday show slot but I guess they're not doing that this year, or they're advertising it rather late. I haven't heard of anything in the pipeline between now and the World Cup ones, but I'd be shocked if they didn't have a spring run. I guess we'll see.

# ? Feb 17, 2014 17:56

Bulky Bartokomous: Nov 3, 2006; In Mypos, only the strong survive.

Just watched Catching Hell. I enjoyed it, but wasn't blow away by it. I'd put it in the same tier as Broke, worth watching but not amazing. Growing up in the 80s/90s, You Don't Know Bo has probably been my favorite so far. Survive and Advance was beautifully done and probably the most emotional one I've seen so far. I remember being totally drawn into the Iverson one after stumbling onto it while channel surfing, which says a lot about the film because it wasn't a topic I had any interest in.

# ? Feb 17, 2014 21:16

Truther Vandross: Jun 17, 2008

Dantu posted:

Just watched Catching Hell. I enjoyed it, but wasn't blow away by it. I'd put it in the same tier as Broke, worth watching but not amazing. Growing up in the 80s/90s, You Don't Know Bo has probably been my favorite so far. Survive and Advance was beautifully done and probably the most emotional one I've seen so far. I remember being totally drawn into the Iverson one after stumbling onto it while channel surfing, which says a lot about the film because it wasn't a topic I had any interest in.

Have you seen Two Escobars? If not, go do that immediately.

e: I wish they'd put the Nine for IX episodes up there because so many people missed No Limits and it's loving incredible.

e2: Here it is on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db4azFDbNSk

Truther Vandross fucked around with this message at 21:40 on Feb 17, 2014

# ? Feb 17, 2014 21:31

Bulky Bartokomous: Nov 3, 2006; In Mypos, only the strong survive.

sportsgenius86 posted:

Have you seen Two Escobars? If not, go do that immediately.

e: I wish they'd put the Nine for IX episodes up there because so many people missed No Limits and it's loving incredible.

e2: Here it is on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db4azFDbNSk

Haven't seen Two Escobars yet, and I'm a huge soccer fan so I will take your advice and watch that one next.

# ? Feb 17, 2014 21:46

Kibner: Oct 21, 2008; Acguy Supremacy

Dantu posted:

Haven't seen Two Escobars yet, and I'm a huge soccer fan so I will take your advice and watch that one next.

I don't enjoy watching soccer and Two Escobars is probably my favorite 30 for 30.

# ? Feb 17, 2014 22:12

R.D. Mangles: Jan 10, 2004

Just saw the Price of Gold and it really took me back to being just old enough that a figure skater being associated with hired goons who whacked another figure skater in the knee was completely absurd. Now I want to see a 30 for 30 on the time Katerina Witt got assassinated in Paris by an associate of Stellan Skarsgaard while being pursued by the Super IRA.

# ? Feb 18, 2014 01:06

CBJSprague24: Dec 5, 2010; another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

OH WORD SON- What?

I remember hearing Kerrigan's shrieks of "WHY? WHYYYYY?" On TV as a kid and being horrified, so I checked out Price of Gold and was sucked in quickly.

I found interesting how they found a way to make Nancy an unlikeable princess while highlighting what a petulant bitch Tonya is. As others said, the first half makes her seem sympathetic with an awful mom and a white trash husband, and then...

R.D. Mangles posted:

Just saw the Price of Gold and it really took me back to being just old enough that a figure skater being associated with hired goons who whacked another figure skater in the knee was completely absurd. Now I want to see a 30 for 30 on the time Katerina Witt got assassinated in Paris by an associate of Stellan Skarsgaard while being pursued by the Super IRA.

Katerina was a pawn in an international battle for an ice skate case.

(I'm glad I'm not the only one who had that in mind :hfive:

)

CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 02:47 on Feb 18, 2014

# ? Feb 18, 2014 02:44

Bliggers-: Dec 1, 2006; Back in business

The craziest thing in Price of Gold is Tony Kornheiser talking about how the women's figure skating finals at the olympics pulled "super bowl-esque" ratings and was on every television in every sports bar in America.

# ? Feb 18, 2014 03:01

Declan MacManus: Sep 1, 2011; damn i'm really in this bitch

The Price of Gold was really good and it's something I have vague memories of as a kid. I wish they had somehow gotten Gillooly or Kerrigan on camera for the interview (but Gillooly's gone underground and Kerrigan gave NBC the exclusive iirc).

E: Also it was on Netflix like a week after it aired

# ? Feb 18, 2014 03:55

CBJSprague24: Dec 5, 2010; another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

Kerrigan will be on NBC on Sunday before the Closing Ceremonies, unless there's a weather delay, at which it may air as rain/fog delay filler first.

# ? Feb 18, 2014 04:23

mayodreams: Jul 4, 2003; Hello darkness,
my old friend

sportsgenius86 posted:

Have you seen Two Escobars? If not, go do that immediately.

e: I wish they'd put the Nine for IX episodes up there because so many people missed No Limits and it's loving incredible.

e2: Here it is on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db4azFDbNSk

I remember reading that article in SI when it was published, and how powerful it was. This doc was really sad, and it's ridiculous how they cut corners, and she died as a result.

# ? Feb 18, 2014 07:19

OH WORD SON: Apr 21, 2006

CBJSprague24 posted:

OH WORD SON- What?

My mother is Dody Teachman-

Tonya lived at my house for 18 months

# ? Feb 18, 2014 07:31

R.D. Mangles: Jan 10, 2004

Declan MacManus posted:

The Price of Gold was really good and it's something I have vague memories of as a kid. I wish they had somehow gotten Gillooly or Kerrigan on camera for the interview (but Gillooly's gone underground and Kerrigan gave NBC the exclusive iirc).

E: Also it was on Netflix like a week after it aired

Deadspin tracked down Gillooly and had an interview with him.

# ? Feb 18, 2014 07:32

Truther Vandross: Jun 17, 2008

CBJSprague24 posted:

Kerrigan will be on NBC on Sunday before the Closing Ceremonies, unless there's a weather delay, at which it may air as rain/fog delay filler first.

The full-length NBC doc on the issue is supposed to air on Sunday on NBC Sports, I guess

# ? Feb 18, 2014 15:00

Kevyn: Mar 5, 2003; I just want to smile. Just once. I'd like to just, one time, go to Disney World and smile like the other boys and girls.

My favorite part of The Price of Gold was the old clip of Tonya's mother being interviewed... with a parrot on her shoulder for some reason.

# ? Feb 18, 2014 17:13

OH WORD SON: Apr 21, 2006

Her mother was the essence of a lovely white trash mom

# ? Feb 19, 2014 05:00

Simplex: Jun 29, 2003

Tonya would be a lot more sympathetic if she actually told the truth.

# ? Feb 19, 2014 19:48

BigBallChunkyTime: Nov 25, 2011; Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.; Illegal Hen

OH WORD SON posted:

My mother is Dody Teachman-

Tonya lived at my house for 18 months

What was that like? When did she live with you?

You've gotta do an A/T about this, man. Inquiring minds gotta know!

# ? Feb 20, 2014 00:09

Declan MacManus: Sep 1, 2011; damn i'm really in this bitch

R.D. Mangles posted:

Deadspin tracked down Gillooly and had an interview with him.

Yeah I read that but they fed him softballs and downplayed the whole wifebeating thing

# ? Feb 20, 2014 00:13

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

Declan MacManus posted:

Yeah I read that but they fed him softballs and downplayed the whole wifebeating thing

Did they ask him about the time he tried to change his name to Jeff Stone and other living Jeff Stones actually wrote into the court pleading with the judge or whoever oversees name changes to not let him change his because he would bring shame to the Jeff Stones of the world?

# ? Feb 20, 2014 00:25

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# ? May 13, 2024 23:00

Simplex: Jun 29, 2003

I also found it strange they omitted the sex tape and the professional wrestling. Tonya was an outsider in the figure skating world not because she was poor but because she was such a ridiculous caricature of poor white trash.

There's probably some really interesting issues to deal with there as Kerrigan was a ridiculous stereotype of a rich princess. But the documentary really didn't delve very deeply into her background.

# ? Feb 20, 2014 03:26

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