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NoMa Summer Screen 2019: WHO'S GOT GAME?
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The theme of this year's NoMa Summer Screen is "WHO'S GOT GAME?" Please take a moment to vote on your 12 favorite sports films from the list below.
You must select 12 movies
— your ideal sports-themed Summer Screen season — for the survey results to be recorded. Thank you!
Please bear in mind that in order to keep NoMa Summer Screen as family-friendly as possible, the NoMa BID will ensure that at least 4 of the films shown will be rated PG and no more than 3 films will be rated R.
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THE SANDLOT (PG):
A comedy about a summer of friendship and adventure during which one boy becomes part of a team. Nine boys become best friends and their leader becomes a legend by confronting the terrifying mystery beyond the left field fence. (1993)
COOL RUNNINGS (PG):
Fact-based tale about the course traveled by Jamaica's bobsled team en route to the 1988 Olympics. (1993)
REMEMBER THE TITANS (PG):
The true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his Alexandria, VA, high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit. (2000)
RUDY (PG):
Rudy has always been told that he was too small to play college football. But he is determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of playing for Notre Dame. Based on actual events. (1993)
MIRACLE (PG):
Tale of the Gold Medal-winning 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team. Game action features actors who can actually play. (2004)
THE CUTTING EDGE (PG):
A battered hockey player and an injured, temperamental, but gifted ice skater team up for the Winter Olympics. (1992)
THE KARATE KID (PG):
A bullied teen learns self-defense and self-confidence from a sage handyman. (1984)
MCFARLAND (PG):
A California track coach shapes a Hispanic team into state champions in the 1980s. Inspired by actual events. (2015)
42 (PG-13):
The story of two men—the great Jackie Robinson and legendary Brooklyn Dodgers GM Branch Rickey—whose brave stand against prejudice forever changed the world by changing the game of baseball. (2013)
MONEYBALL (PG-13):
A baseball general manager reinvents the Oakland A's by employing unorthodox scouting methods that initially make him a laughingstock in the major leagues. (2011)
LOVE AND BASKETBALL (PG-13):
A story of childhood adversaries and talented athletes who have a love for the game of basketball and each other. Each pursues their dream of basketball success through high school, college, and the pros, but along the way they must face their own personal hurdles. (2000)
CREED (PG-13):
Former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival, Apollo Creed. (2015)
MILLION-DOLLAR BABY (PG-13):
A boxing trainer takes a female fighter under his wing and shapes her into a viable contender. When tragedy strikes, the once-skeptical trainer faces a decision that shows how his relationship with the ambitious young fighter has changed him. (2004)
BRING IT ON (PG-13):
A cheerleading squad captain faces stiff competition from an inner-city squad, plus she must train a new team member and replace routines her former captain stole from other squads. (2000)
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS (PG-13):
The trials and tribulations of small-town Texas football players, their friends, family, and coaching staff. (2006)
HAPPY GILMORE (PG-13):
A hockey player turns golfer to raise cash for his grandmother, who is about to lose her home. (1996)
SEABISCUIT (PG-13):
A Depression-era drama about the racehorse Seabiscuit and the three men who saw him to victory. Together, the three work to help the famed horse to several symbolic victories that helped to inspire a downtrodden 1930s America. (2003)
WHIP IT (PG-13):
A rebellious Texas teen who throws in her small-town beauty pageant crown for the rowdy world of roller derby. (2009)
RACE (PG-13):
Legendary black Olympian Jesse Owens competes in track and field at the 1936 Games in Nazi Germany, despite the host country's attempts to turn the event into a celebration of national pride and Aryan supremacy. (2016)
BEST IN SHOW (PG-13):
A comedy that focuses on several eccentric dog owners gearing up for the canine showdown of their lives: the prestigious Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show. (2000)
EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG-13):
The film follows the epic journey of "Eddie the Eagle," the most famous ski jumper in British history. The film's portrayal of Edward's never-say-die approach to the sport celebrates the human spirit and resilience in the face of extraordinary odds and challenges. (2016)
SHE'S THE MAN (PG-13):
A star soccer player masquerades as her brother and joins his prep-school squad in this updating of Shakespeare's
Twelfth Night
. She eventually falls for her new teammate, who also happens to be her roommate. (2006)
BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM (PG-13):
Jess is an Indian girl who dreams of life on a more even playing field; whether it's her beloved game of soccer or an opportunity to experience more than what her parents and culture might be ready to accept. (2003)
JERRY MAGUIRE (R):
A successful sports agent gets fired when he has an epiphany of conscience and puts out a memo stating that he believes everyone in his firm should care more about their clients than the money they make. (1996)
BULL DURHAM (R):
A minor-league catcher and a baseball groupie team to help a talented young pitcher make it to the big leagues — and fall in love in the process. (1988)
I, TONYA (R):
Ice skater Tonya Harding rises in the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the activity is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes. (2017)
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