The cast of which Sylvester Stallone and Michael Caine film also included footballers Bobby Moore, John Wark and Ossie Ardilles?
"he is being treated for a heart murmur. The film was selected for competition at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival. The same year, Benoît Ferreux appeared alongside actors Catherine Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni in the Nadine Trintignant directed drama ""It Only Happens to Others"" (French: ""Ça n'arrive qu'aux autres""). Ferreux would go on to appear in a number of adult roles in his native France in film and television. In 1981 he appeared in the John Huston-directed English language drama ""Escape to Victory"" with actors Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Max von Sydow and Brazilian footballer Pelé. In 2007 he appeared"
"Ipswich Town players were also in the film, including John Wark, Russell Osman, Laurie Sivell, Robin Turner and Kevin O'Callaghan. Further Ipswich Town players stood-in for actors in the football scenes – Kevin Beattie for Michael Caine, and Paul Cooper for Sylvester Stallone. Yabo Yablonsky wrote the script and the film was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. A team of Allied prisoners of war (POWs), coached and led by English Captain John Colby (Michael Caine), a professional footballer for West Ham United before the war, agree to play an exhibition match against a German team, only to"
"allegedly flirting with a white woman in Mississippi in 1955. Caple’s next film is the 2018 sports action drama film ""Creed II"", a sequel to 2015 film ""Creed"" and the eighth installment in the ""Rocky"" film series. Michael B. Jordan and Sylvester Stallone are set to reprise their roles as Adonis Creed and Rocky Balboa respectively, with Tessa Thompson also returning as Bianca. Stallone said of appointing Caple as director: “I believe it’s important for the director to also be a part of this generation like I was in mine, to make the story as relatable as possible. We are"
"that dovetails right into the visceral mayhem of the battle, captured from so many angles some viewers may reel from the punches themselves."" Creed II Creed II is a 2018 American sports drama film directed by Steven Caple Jr., and written by Juel Taylor and Sylvester Stallone, from a story by Sascha Penn and Cheo Hodari Coker. A sequel to ""Creed"" (2015) and the eighth installment in the ""Rocky"" film series, it stars Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Dolph Lundgren, Florian Munteanu, Wood Harris, and Phylicia Rashad. ""Creed"" writer-director Ryan Coogler serves as an executive producer on the"
"which saw it recognized as one of the best British movies ever. In 1999, ""Get Carter"" was ranked 16th on the BFI Top 100 British films of the 20th century; five years later, a survey of British film critics in ""Total Film"" magazine chose it as the greatest British film of all time. ""Get Carter"" was remade in 2000 by Warner Bros. under the same title, with Sylvester Stallone starring as Jack Carter, while Caine appears in a supporting role. This remake was not well received by critics in the USA and was not given a UK theatrical release. Newcastle-born"
"Russell Osman, Robin Turner, Laurie Sivell, and Kevin O'Callaghan. Other Ipswich Town players stood in for actors in the football scenes—Kevin Beattie for Michael Caine, and Paul Cooper for Sylvester Stallone. A ladies team affiliated with the club, Ipswich Town L.F.C., currently compete in the FA Women's Premier League South East Division 1, the fourth tier of Women's football in the country. They play their home games at The Goldstar Ground, home of Felixstowe & Walton United. Ipswich Town F.C. Ipswich Town Football Club (also known as Ipswich, The Blues, Town, or The Tractor Boys) is a professional association football"
"Roger Moore, Stephen Fry, Ewan McGregor, Dame Joan Collins, Joanna Lumley, David Walliams, Charlotte Rampling and Paul McKenna. Caine was cast in a spoken cameo role in Christopher Nolan's 2017 action-thriller ""Dunkirk"" (2017), based on the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II, as a Royal Air Force Spitfire pilot, as a nod to his role of RAF fighter pilot Squadron Leader Canfield in ""Battle of Britain"" (1969). Caine is regarded as a British cultural icon, with Mairi Mackay of CNN stating: ""Michael Caine has been personifying British cool since the swinging sixties. He has brought some of British cinema's most"
"Caine, Swedish actor Max von Sydow, and football stars Pelé, Ossie Ardiles, and Kazimierz Deyna. The film was based on a game between an Allied team and a Nazi German team during the Second World War. Ipswich Town Russell Osman Russell Charles Osman (born 14 February 1959) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Ipswich Town, Leicester City, Southampton, Bristol City, Brighton & Hove Albion and Cardiff City. He was a centre back. Osman played senior international football for England, for whom he received eleven caps. Osman was born in Repton, Derbyshire, the son of"
"attracted a diverse array of well-known actors, including Kevin Bacon, Ben Foster, Michael Caine, Chris Rock, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Plummer, Til Schweiger, Donald Sutherland, Matthew Goode, Djimon Hounsou, Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, Charlie Sheen, Dolph Lundgren, John Lithgow, Tom Berenger, Peter Weller, Sylvester Stallone and Nick Nolte. He has also worked with many notable directors including Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth), Andrew Davis (Holes, The Fugitive), Abel Ferrara (King of NY), John Hillcoat (Lawless), William Friedkin (The French Connection), Mimi Leder (Deep Impact), Sylvester Stallone (Rocky, Rambo), Frederic Forestier (Asterix…), Renny Harlin, Wayne Cramer (The Cooler), and Brad Anderson (The Call). It"
"play as either Rocky Balboa or Clubber Lang either against the computer in a one player game, or against each other in a ""Head to Head"" two player mode. Rocky III Rocky III is a 1982 American sports drama film written, directed by, and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the third installment in the ""Rocky"" film series, and the second in the franchise to be directed by Stallone. The movie features returning co-stars Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith, Talia Shire, Burt Young and Tony Burton. ""Rocky III"" also marks the film debuts of Mr. T as James ""Clubber"" Lang, and of"
"members and the addition of new ones including Wesley Snipes, Antonio Banderas, Harrison Ford, and Mel Gibson. ""The Expendables 3"" was released theatrically in the United States on August 15, 2014. The Expendables 2 The Expendables 2 is a 2012 American action film directed by Simon West, written by Richard Wenk and Sylvester Stallone and based on a story by Ken Kaufman, David Agosto and Wenk. Brian Tyler returned to score the film. It is the sequel to the 2010 action film ""The Expendables"", and stars Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Norris, Terry Crews, Randy Couture,"
"F.C.. In addition, Nevin Saroya (prisoners' team) was once a Brentford F.C. youth team player. Ryan Giggs, then an active player with Manchester United F.C. and the Wales national football team, appears briefly (at minute 77:00) as a warden. Producer Matthew Vaughan , while looking for a film vehicle to highlight ex-soccer star Vinnie Jones, came across director Robert Aldrich's 1974 American football comedy ""The Longest Yard"". Jones, who was known for rough play and off-field rowdiness, seemed a natural for the lead role. ""Mean Machine"" was filmed from April to June 2001. Most of the prison scenes were filmed"
"Rocky III Rocky III is a 1982 American sports drama film written, directed by, and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the third installment in the ""Rocky"" film series, and the second in the franchise to be directed by Stallone. The movie features returning co-stars Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith, Talia Shire, Burt Young and Tony Burton. ""Rocky III"" also marks the film debuts of Mr. T as James ""Clubber"" Lang, and of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan as the supporting character ""Thunderlips"". ""Rocky III"" is the first installment in the series to be distributed by MGM/UA rather than United Artists alone, after"
"centre for many years until its demolition in 2010. A product of attempts to regenerate the area in the 1960s, the car park gained an iconic status due to its appearance in the 1971 film ""Get Carter"", starring Michael Caine. An unsuccessful campaign to have the structure listed was backed by Sylvester Stallone, who played the main role in the 2000 remake of the film. The car park was scheduled for demolition in 2009, but this was delayed as a result of a disagreement between Tesco (who plan to re-develop the site) and Gateshead Council. The council had not been"
"list included: actors Clint Eastwood, Sir John Gielgud, Michael Caine, Terence Stamp, Ray Austin; film director Rex Harrison, Steve McQueen and John Osborne; actor Tommy Steele; singer Tony Bennett; newsreader Tom Brokaw; footballer and 1966 World Cup England captain Bobby Moore; Formula 1 world champion Sir Jackie Stewart; and businessmen Lord Hanson and Mark Birley. Female clients included Faye Dunaway, Mia Farrow, Jean Shrimpton and Sharon Tate. His design of suits for singer Mick Jagger lead him to designing the wedding suit for Bianca Jagger, and later many of her iconic white jumpsuits. His film credits included Caine's suits in"
"court battle. It has since been presented by the Butkus Foundation. As an homage, actor Sylvester Stallone named his pet Bullmastiff ""Butkus"" after the dog ate a security blanket. He decided to name him after ""possibly the fiercest football player in history"". The dog later starred alongside Stallone in the ""Rocky"" film series. Since his career as a player, Butkus has become a celebrity endorser, broadcaster, and actor. He has appeared in films such as ""The Longest Yard"" (1974), ""Cry, Onion!"" (1975), ""Mother, Jugs & Speed"" (1976), ""Gus"" (1976), ""Superdome"" (1978), ""Cracking Up"" (1983), ""Johnny Dangerously"" (1984), """" (1986), ""The"
"bicycles to go to Bernadette's and recover the suitcase of jewelry once and for all. Oscar (1967 film) Oscar is a French comedy of errors directed by Édouard Molinaro and starring Louis de Funès. In the movie, Louis de Funès plays an industrialist named Bertrand Barnier who discovers over the course of a single day that his daughter is pregnant, he has been robbed by an employee, and various other calamities have befallen his household and his business. An English-language version of the movie was made in 1991, by John Landis, under the same name and starring Sylvester Stallone. Christian"
"Duane Davis Duane Davis, the son of NFL Hall of Fame defensive end Willie Davis and Ann Davis, is an American actor who has been in such films as ""Under Siege"", ""Ghosts of Mars"" and ""Paparazzi"". He has made something of a career of playing athletes - famous or not. He played Joe Louis in a made-for-TV movie about ""Rocky Marciano"", James ""Buster"" Douglas in the HBO original movie ""Tyson"", Bo Kimble in and as ESU football star Alvin Mack in the 1993 film ""The Program"". Davis played Duke DePalma, a former boxer-turned-crime fighter in ""Team Knight Rider"", a short-lived"
"placed the film on their list of ""Greatest Films of All Time"", placing it at number 7 in the 25 greatest crime films. In the accompanying poll conducted amongst ""Guardian"" readers, it was voted fifth. In 2011 Time Out London placed the film at 32 in its 100 Best British Films list, which was selected by a panel of 150 film industry experts. Warner Bros., now in possession of the pre-1986 MGM library, decided to produce a remake in 2000 under the same title, with Sylvester Stallone starring as Jack Carter. As with ""Hit Man"", the film credited Ted Lewis's"
"was also cinematographer on well-known films such as Sylvester Stallone's ""Lock Up"" and ""Tango & Cash"", Whoopi Goldberg's ""Boys on the Side"", Bette Midler's ""The First Wives Club"", and Samuel L. Jackson's ""Shaft"". He was the father of cinematographer and TV drama director Donald E. Thorin Jr. (born 1957), and camera department Jeffrey Thorin (born 1961). Donald E. Thorin Donald Eugene Thorin, ASC (October 12, 1934 – February 9, 2016) was an American cinematographer. Thorin was born in Omaha, Nebraska. In 1957, he went to Hollywood and started working as mailroom at 20th Century Fox. Later he moved to camera"
"The stars of the film were George Baker, Stanley Baker, Harry Andrews and Michael Medwin, with Stephen Boyd and Ronald Lewis, and Robert Shaw also had a small part. He appeared regularly on television in small roles. His first credited role on the BBC was 'Boudousse' in the Jean Anouilh play ""The Lark"" in 1956. Other parts included three roles in ""Dixon of Dock Green"" in 1957, 1958 and 1959, prisoner-of-war series ""Escape"" (1957), crime/thriller drama ""Mister Charlesworth"", and a court orderly in ""The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial"" (1958). Caine continued to appear on television, in serials ""The Golden Girl"" and"
"at the former Caradco manufacturing company in Dubuque. Portions of the Caradco building were fitted with new windows which were then purposely smashed for filming. The windows were replaced by the end of filming. Other Dubuque locations that were also visible in the finished film were the Dubuque County Courthouse and Saint Mary's Catholic Church. Some filming was also done in the English city of Sheffield. F.I.S.T. F.I.S.T. is a 1978 American drama film directed by Norman Jewison and starring Sylvester Stallone. Stallone plays a Cleveland warehouse worker who becomes involved in the labor union leadership of the fictional ""Federation"
"""The Ellen DeGeneres Show"", Jordan confirmed that ""Creed II"" was his next project. Creed (film) Creed is a 2015 American sports drama film directed by Ryan Coogler and written by Coogler and Aaron Covington. Both a spin-off and sequel in the ""Rocky"" film series, the film stars Michael B. Jordan as Adonis Johnson Creed, Apollo Creed's son, with Sylvester Stallone reprising the role of Rocky Balboa. It also features Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, Tony Bellew and Graham McTavish. The film reunites Jordan with ""Fruitvale Station"" writer-director Coogler, as well as Wood Harris, with whom Jordan had worked on ""The Wire""."
"and Bobby Moore, the 1982 film ""Deathtrap"", and the 1986 Academy Award-nominated ""Mona Lisa"". In 1987, Caine narrated ""Hero"", the official film of the 1986 FIFA World Cup. He also starred in ""Without a Clue"", portraying Sherlock Holmes and also acted as Chief Insp. Frederick Abberline in the 1988 TV series ""Jack the Ripper"". In the 1990s, Caine found good parts harder to come by. He played the mysterious bartender Mike in ""Mr. Destiny"" in 1990. A high point came when he played Ebenezer Scrooge in the critically acclaimed ""The Muppet Christmas Carol"" (1992). He played the beleaguered stage director"
"Sylvester Stallone Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (; born July 6, 1946) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. He is well known for his Hollywood action roles, including boxer Rocky Balboa in the ""Rocky"" series (1976–2018), soldier John Rambo in the five ""Rambo"" films (1982–2019), and mercenary Barney Ross in the three ""The Expendables"" films (2010–2014). He wrote or co-wrote most of the 14 films in all three franchises, and directed many of them. Stallone's film ""Rocky"" was inducted into the National Film Registry, and had its props placed in the Smithsonian Museum. His use of the front entrance"
"Albert, James Caan, Jeffrey Hunter, Leonard Nimoy, Terry Carter, Ben Cooper, Frankie Avalon, Dan Duryea, Sal Mineo, Neville Brand, Brandon De Wilde, Tab Hunter, Bobby Rydell, Beau Bridges, John Cassavetes, Roddy McDowell, Walter Maslow, Mickey Rooney, Claudine Longet, James Whitmore, Dennis Hopper, Tom Skerritt, Carol Lawrence, Harry Dean Stanton, James MacArthur, Dennis Weaver, Keenan Wynn, Joseph Campanella, Richard Jaeckel, James Franciscus, Fernando Lamas, Ricardo Montalban, Claude Akins, Paul Burke, Warren Oates, Nick Adams, William Smithers, Joan Hackett, Margaret O'Brien, Jack Lord, Dean Stockwell, Jack Carter, Chad Everett, Frank Sutton and Michael Pataki. Producers for the series were: Directors for the"
"Kristin Scott Thomas, Mark Rylance, Tom Holland, Daisy Ridley, Benedict Cumberbatch, Carey Mulligan, Jeremy Irons, Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Lily James, Helen Mirren, David Thewlis, Sean Bean, Tom Hiddleston, Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, John Boyega, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Andrew Garfield, Henry Cavill, Eddie Redmayne, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Martin Freeman, Patrick Stewart, Emilia Clarke, Sally Hawkins, Liam Neeson, Dev Patel, Robert Pattinson, Jason Statham, Daniel Kaluuya, Clive Owen, Riz Ahmed, Felicity Jones, Rosamund Pike, Samantha Morton, Judi Dench, David Oyelowo, James McAvoy, Naomie Harris, Anthony Hopkins, and Michael Caine. Hollywood films with a British dimension have had"
"helped plenty of talented youngsters reach their full potential including the likes of Tim Cahill. O'Callaghan appeared in the 1981 movie ""Escape to Victory"", cast in the unfamiliar role of goalkeeper alongside Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone and Pelé. O'Callaghan currently lives in Kent with his wife Mandy and daughters Kayley and Charlotte. Winner Winner Runner up Winner Kevin O'Callaghan Kevin O'Callaghan (born 19 October 1961) is a former Irish footballer, who played as a left winger. O'Callaghan was born in Havering on the 19 October 1961 to Paddy and Barbara O'Callaghan. O'Callaghan enjoyed two spells at Millwall as well as"
"from the first film, the ensemble cast also included Jean-Claude Van Damme and Chuck Norris. In 2012, Stallone co-wrote the book for the of ""Rocky"". In 2013, Stallone starred in the action film ""Bullet to the Head"", directed by Walter Hill, based upon Alexis Nolent's French graphic novel ""Du Plomb Dans La Tete"". Also in 2013, he starred in the action thriller ""Escape Plan"", along with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jim Caviezel, and in the sports comedy ""Grudge Match"" alongside Robert De Niro. Stallone was reported to be developing an English-language remake of the Spanish film ""No Rest for the Wicked"","
"Oscar (1967 film) Oscar is a French comedy of errors directed by Édouard Molinaro and starring Louis de Funès. In the movie, Louis de Funès plays an industrialist named Bertrand Barnier who discovers over the course of a single day that his daughter is pregnant, he has been robbed by an employee, and various other calamities have befallen his household and his business. An English-language version of the movie was made in 1991, by John Landis, under the same name and starring Sylvester Stallone. Christian Martin, a modest accountant in a large firm owned by Bertrand Barnier, surprises his boss"
"some controversy, this time regarding the screenwriting credit. Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas was unhappy to share the screenwriting credit with the film's star Sylvester Stallone, as he felt that Stallone's input had been minor, while Stallone claimed to have basically rewritten the whole script.In 1978 Jewison returned to Canada, settling in the Caledon area in Ontario and establishing a farm that produced prizewinning cattle. Operating from a base in Toronto, as well as one maintained in California, he directed high-profile actors Al Pacino in ""...And Justice for All"" (1979), and Burt Reynolds and Goldie Hawn in the romantic comedy ""Best Friends"""
"The Expendables 2 The Expendables 2 is a 2012 American action film directed by Simon West, written by Richard Wenk and Sylvester Stallone and based on a story by Ken Kaufman, David Agosto and Wenk. Brian Tyler returned to score the film. It is the sequel to the 2010 action film ""The Expendables"", and stars Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Norris, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Liam Hemsworth, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bruce Willis, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. The story follows the mercenary group known as ""the Expendables"" as they undertake a seemingly simple mission which evolves into a"
"out amidst rumors he could not throw a football convincingly. Publicly Combs dropped off the project because of scheduling conflicts with his recording career. According to Cuba Gooding Jr., he met with Oliver Stone about playing the role of Willie Beamen but Stone turned Gooding down because he had already played a football player in ""Jerry Maguire"" (1996). Chris Tucker turned down the role of Willie Beamen. Five NFL Hall of Fame Players made cameo appearances as opposing head coaches. Bob St. Clair appears as the coach for Minnesota in the first game. Y. A. Tittle, for Chicago, the second"