This Sporting Life [2 Discs] [Criterion Collection]
Features:
- Disc One: The Film:
- New restored high-definition digital transfer
- Audio commentary featuring Paul Ryan, editor of Never Apologise: The Collected Writings of Lindsay Anderson, and David Storey, screenwriter and author of This Sporting Life
- Theatrical trailer
- Disc Two: The Supplements:
- Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man? (2004), a short documentary from BBC Scotland featuring interviews with many of the director's friends and collaborators
- New video interview with Anderson's first producer and close friend Lois Sutcliffe Smith
- Meet the Pioneers (1948), Anderson's first film, a documentary short about a mining engineering firm
- Wakefield Express (1952), an early documentary by Anderson about the town that later served as the setting for This Sporting Life
- Is That All There Is? (1993), Anderson's autobiographical final film
- Plus: A booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Neil Sinyard and an article by Anderson from 1963
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- Wakefield Express
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- Disc #1 -- This Sporting Life
- 1. Opening Credits [2:07]
- 2. "He's Just a Bit Dazed" [5:08]
- 3. The Dentist [3:24]
- 4. "A Thumping" [5:49]
- 5. "A Blinder" [8:17]
- 6. Tea With Mrs. Hammond [8:08]
- 7. "Property of the City" [8:11]
- 8. "She Gives Me Nothing" [4:39]
- 9. Weaver's Party [4:47]
- 10. Day in the Country [4:38]
- 11. Champion [4:33]
- 12. "Here in My Heart" [5:01]
- 13. Home Late [6:53]
- 14. Trade Secrets [:22]
- 15. Mrs. Weaver [4:41]
- 16. "Social Informalities" [5:50]
- 17. "Just for Christmas" [7:48]
- 18. A Night Out [5:49]
- 19. Wedding Day [8:46]
- 20. "Great Ape" [4:02]
- 21. Flophouse [8:15]
- 22. Hemorrhage [3:55]
- 23. Empty House [6:54]
- 1. Beginnings [2:07]
- 2. Sport and Art [5:08]
- 3. Free Cinema [3:24]
- 4. Characters [5:49]
- 5. Medieval Patronage [8:17]
- 6. Emotional Response [8:08]
- 7. Objects of Affection [8:11]
- 8. Rachel Roberts [4:39]
- 9. Brando [4:47]
- 10. Epic Quality [4:38]
- 11. A Lively Character [4:33]
- 12. Humphrey Jennings [5:01]
- 13. Relationships [6:53]
- 14. Castmates [:22]
- 15. Opportunism [4:41]
- 16. Class System [5:50]
- 17. Camera Work [7:48]
- 18. Lindsay's Direction [5:49]
- 19. Sadism and Masochism [8:46]
- 20. Lyrical [4:02]
- 21. Tragic End [8:15]
- 22. Influences [3:55]
- 23. Relationships [6:54]
- Disc #2 -- This Sporting Life: The Supplements
- 1. If.... [5:10]
- 2. Respectful Rebel [3:00]
- 3. This Sporting Life [5:07]
- 4. Private Pain [6:27]
- 5. A Man Apart [9:14]
- 1. "The Prime Source" [5:51]
- 2. Past, Present, Parts [4:19]
- 3. Man and Machine [8:57]
- 4. Sutcliffe's Far-Reaching Vision [13:58]
- 1. Portraits of the People [5:38]
- 2. A History of the Express [4:34]
- 3. Traditions [10:43]
- 4. Inner Workings [11:22]
- 1. Every Day [12:43]
- 2. At Home: Visitors [10:23]
- 3. Cleaning Lady [2:54]
- 4. Secretarial [3:45]
- 5. About John Ford [3:07]
- 6. Writing About Films [3:10]
- 7. Project - Film [3:22]
- 8. At Your Age [1:51]
- 9. Project - Theatre [2:54]
- 10. My Brother [2:22]
- 11. Envoi [4:04]
- 12. Closing Credits [1:36]
Year released: 1963
MPAA Rating: [ ]
Format: Black & White/Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
Length: 134
Sound: DD1
Subtitles: Not Available
Studio: Criterion