30 for 30s and other sports docos
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In a similar vein, but much smaller scale than the incredible “OJ Made In America” which is probably the most epic sports doc ever made, is the 30-For-30 “The Price Of Gold” about the Tonya Harding & Nancy Kerrigan super-drama and an excellent companion piece to this years’ “I, Tonya” (I noticed Margot Robbie listed as an executive producer on that film, did she see the doc and get an idea? I think so...) “NO more heavy metal, and lose the blue nail polish.”
And you should watch the hilarious 30-For-30 “Broke” that explains in super-pathetic detail why-and-how so many mega-gazillionaire athletes in the NBA and NFL declare bankruptcy within a few years of retirement.
And of course, maybe my personal fave 30-For-30: “9.79”
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@rancid-schnitzel said in 30 for 30s and other sports docos:
I've seen pretty much all of them up to about 2015 but for some reason Foxtel haven't updated their on demand section for Espn.
There was one I missed that looked really good about Shaq's young Orlando team and how they could have been legendary. The cool thing is that you don't have to be interested in or like these sports to enjoy the docos.
Hard to pick a favourite but the one about Bo Jackson is awesome, principally because Bo is the definition of farking awesome.
I didn't know they were available on demand on Foxtel ... I'll be checking them all out soon. I wonder if they don't yet have the on demand rights for the 2015+ ones?
@Rocky-Rock-Rockbottom I heard an interview with Robbie where she said she didn't know the story before being sent the script (she was only 3 1/2 when it happened).
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That HBO feature doc about Andre has gotta be out soon...
“A mythological figure.” Who can argue with that?? Hyped!!!
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@nepia said in 30 for 30s and other sports docos:
@rancid-schnitzel said in 30 for 30s and other sports docos:
I've seen pretty much all of them up to about 2015 but for some reason Foxtel haven't updated their on demand section for Espn.
There was one I missed that looked really good about Shaq's young Orlando team and how they could have been legendary. The cool thing is that you don't have to be interested in or like these sports to enjoy the docos.
Hard to pick a favourite but the one about Bo Jackson is awesome, principally because Bo is the definition of farking awesome.
I didn't know they were available on demand on Foxtel ... I'll be checking them all out soon. I wonder if they don't yet have the on demand rights for the 2015+ ones?
@Rocky-Rock-Rockbottom I heard an interview with Robbie where she said she didn't know the story before being sent the script (she was only 3 1/2 when it happened).
There's about 20 of them. Select on demand then channel, then Espn. There are some really random but awesome docos there. I assume the lack of updates is a rights thing but you never know with Foxtel. They've even gotten rid of World Movies. Where the hell am I going to watch por..I mean "artistic" films now?
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@rancid-schnitzel said in 30 for 30s and other sports docos:
@nepia said in 30 for 30s and other sports docos:
@rancid-schnitzel said in 30 for 30s and other sports docos:
I've seen pretty much all of them up to about 2015 but for some reason Foxtel haven't updated their on demand section for Espn.
There was one I missed that looked really good about Shaq's young Orlando team and how they could have been legendary. The cool thing is that you don't have to be interested in or like these sports to enjoy the docos.
Hard to pick a favourite but the one about Bo Jackson is awesome, principally because Bo is the definition of farking awesome.
I didn't know they were available on demand on Foxtel ... I'll be checking them all out soon. I wonder if they don't yet have the on demand rights for the 2015+ ones?
@Rocky-Rock-Rockbottom I heard an interview with Robbie where she said she didn't know the story before being sent the script (she was only 3 1/2 when it happened).
There's about 20 of them. Select on demand then channel, then Espn. There are some really random but awesome docos there. I assume the lack of updates is a rights thing but you never know with Foxtel. They've even gotten rid of World Movies. Where the hell am I going to watch por..I mean "artistic" films now?
SBS On Demand man - they even helpfully categorise them for you.
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@nepia said in 30 for 30s and other sports docos:
@rancid-schnitzel said in 30 for 30s and other sports docos:
@nepia said in 30 for 30s and other sports docos:
@rancid-schnitzel said in 30 for 30s and other sports docos:
I've seen pretty much all of them up to about 2015 but for some reason Foxtel haven't updated their on demand section for Espn.
There was one I missed that looked really good about Shaq's young Orlando team and how they could have been legendary. The cool thing is that you don't have to be interested in or like these sports to enjoy the docos.
Hard to pick a favourite but the one about Bo Jackson is awesome, principally because Bo is the definition of farking awesome.
I didn't know they were available on demand on Foxtel ... I'll be checking them all out soon. I wonder if they don't yet have the on demand rights for the 2015+ ones?
@Rocky-Rock-Rockbottom I heard an interview with Robbie where she said she didn't know the story before being sent the script (she was only 3 1/2 when it happened).
There's about 20 of them. Select on demand then channel, then Espn. There are some really random but awesome docos there. I assume the lack of updates is a rights thing but you never know with Foxtel. They've even gotten rid of World Movies. Where the hell am I going to watch por..I mean "artistic" films now?
SBS On Demand man - they even helpfully categorise them for you.
Thank you. I was worried I wouldnt be getting my quota of culture anymore.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in 30 for 30s and other sports docos:
@nepia said in 30 for 30s and other sports docos:
@rancid-schnitzel said in 30 for 30s and other sports docos:
I've seen pretty much all of them up to about 2015 but for some reason Foxtel haven't updated their on demand section for Espn.
There was one I missed that looked really good about Shaq's young Orlando team and how they could have been legendary. The cool thing is that you don't have to be interested in or like these sports to enjoy the docos.
Hard to pick a favourite but the one about Bo Jackson is awesome, principally because Bo is the definition of farking awesome.
I didn't know they were available on demand on Foxtel ... I'll be checking them all out soon. I wonder if they don't yet have the on demand rights for the 2015+ ones?
@Rocky-Rock-Rockbottom I heard an interview with Robbie where she said she didn't know the story before being sent the script (she was only 3 1/2 when it happened).
There's about 20 of them. Select on demand then channel, then Espn. There are some really random but awesome docos there. I assume the lack of updates is a rights thing but you never know with Foxtel. They've even gotten rid of World Movies. Where the hell am I going to watch por..I mean "artistic" films now?
yea that's fucked up!
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@rancid-schnitzel thats one of my faves about Shaq and Penny and the way the Magic front office stuffed up!
Other ones I love are The Fab 5 (Michigan Uni freshman class with Webber, Howard, Rose, King and Jackson), Bad Boys (Pistons back to back), Broke (spending of sports stars), Year of the scab (Redskins during the 87 strike), Once Brothers (Vlade Divac and Dragan Petrovic), Benji (Ben Wilson the high school star), Guru of Go (Paul Westhead coached LMU and Hank Gathers death), Survive and Advance (83 NC State team),
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A fascinating documentary that is only tangentially about sports but is about ego and competition is 2007’s “The King Of Kong: A Fistful Of Quarters,” trailer here:
...Especially in light of a 14-minute expose uploaded to youtube last week that already has over a million views accusing Billy Mitchell with lots of evidence as a scam artist fraud. See it here, but by all means watch that doc if you can, it’s around.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in 30 for 30s and other sports docos:
@nepia said in 30 for 30s and other sports docos:
@rancid-schnitzel said in 30 for 30s and other sports docos:
I've seen pretty much all of them up to about 2015 but for some reason Foxtel haven't updated their on demand section for Espn.
There was one I missed that looked really good about Shaq's young Orlando team and how they could have been legendary. The cool thing is that you don't have to be interested in or like these sports to enjoy the docos.
Hard to pick a favourite but the one about Bo Jackson is awesome, principally because Bo is the definition of farking awesome.
I didn't know they were available on demand on Foxtel ... I'll be checking them all out soon. I wonder if they don't yet have the on demand rights for the 2015+ ones?
@Rocky-Rock-Rockbottom I heard an interview with Robbie where she said she didn't know the story before being sent the script (she was only 3 1/2 when it happened).
There's about 20 of them. Select on demand then channel, then Espn. There are some really random but awesome docos there. I assume the lack of updates is a rights thing but you never know with Foxtel. They've even gotten rid of World Movies. Where the hell am I going to watch por..I mean "artistic" films now?
Annoyingly I don't have any 30 for 30s despite having the Sports package.
But, World Movies is still showing on my Foxtel Go.
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@salacious-crumb said in 30 for 30s and other sports docos:
The King Of Kong: A Fistful Of Quarters
Billy Mitchell is an all-time villain.
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A fascinating documentary that is only tangentially about sports but is about ego and competition is 2007’s **“The King Of Kong: A Fistful Of Quarters,”
Reminds me of that Adam Sandler movie. Peter Dinklage's Character must be based on Billy Mitchell
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A Doco series I binged on Netflix is Last Chance U. The first two seasons are about Junior College Football. Guys ended up at a Mississippi college who didn't have the grades or got kicked out of college for scandalous stuff like drugs, etc. Players were getting recruited for DIV 1 football. Has an angry coach which was good tv value sometimes.
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@mikedogz said in 30 for 30s and other sports docos:
A Doco series I binged on Netflix is Last Chance U. The first two seasons are about Junior College Football. Guys ended up at a Mississippi college who didn't have the grades or got kicked out of college for scandalous stuff like drugs, etc. Players were getting recruited for DIV 1 football. Has an angry coach which was good tv value sometimes.
We talked a bit about this on the tv series thread. Its a real eye opener that series into just how little of a fuck they give about those kids.
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That's a great documentary. Strange but fascinating.
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@nepia said in 30 for 30s and other sports docos:
@rancid-schnitzel said in 30 for 30s and other sports docos:
@nepia said in 30 for 30s and other sports docos:
@rancid-schnitzel said in 30 for 30s and other sports docos:
I've seen pretty much all of them up to about 2015 but for some reason Foxtel haven't updated their on demand section for Espn.
There was one I missed that looked really good about Shaq's young Orlando team and how they could have been legendary. The cool thing is that you don't have to be interested in or like these sports to enjoy the docos.
Hard to pick a favourite but the one about Bo Jackson is awesome, principally because Bo is the definition of farking awesome.
I didn't know they were available on demand on Foxtel ... I'll be checking them all out soon. I wonder if they don't yet have the on demand rights for the 2015+ ones?
@Rocky-Rock-Rockbottom I heard an interview with Robbie where she said she didn't know the story before being sent the script (she was only 3 1/2 when it happened).
There's about 20 of them. Select on demand then channel, then Espn. There are some really random but awesome docos there. I assume the lack of updates is a rights thing but you never know with Foxtel. They've even gotten rid of World Movies. Where the hell am I going to watch por..I mean "artistic" films now?
Annoyingly I don't have any 30 for 30s despite having the Sports package.
But, World Movies is still showing on my Foxtel Go.
Really? I'll have to dust off the iPad. I'm surprised they got rid of it. Interestingly enough it's still here in on demand.
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@tim said in 30 for 30s and other sports docos:
@salacious-crumb said in 30 for 30s and other sports docos:
The King Of Kong: A Fistful Of Quarters
Billy Mitchell is an all-time villain.
They did make an attempt to rehabilitate him in this (also very entertaining) doco:
Not sure if it worked though.
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Broke, fab 5, we hate Christian Latiner, You dont know Bo, its a kind of magic (may not be the name with Shaq and Penny), Iverson (netflix is good), The U (part one and two), The announcement.
Also check out the espn 30 for 30 podcast it has some unique stories that are just for podcast and also episodes interviewing the directors. Looking forward to the animated one of Rodman and the assitant trainer. Sounds epic.
Of course best doco of all time...... Chasing Great
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Watched the 30 for 30 on Ric Flair....pretty sad really.
I think it was Triple H that summed it, he is a bit of a cautionary tale for the younger guys.
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