Espn has announced two new films for round two of its sports documentary series "30 for 30," both to air this spring -- "Survive and Advance," from director Jonathan Hock ("Unguarded," "The Lost Son of Havana"), looks at Jim Valvano and the North Carolina State Wolfpack's 1982-1983 season, and "Elway to Marino," from NFL Films and director Ken Rodgers ("Hard Knocks"), examines the 1983 NFL Draft and its six first-round quarterbacks, including John Elway and Dan Marino. The next full slate of "30 for 30 Vol. II" films is scheduled to premiere in October. Here are the full descriptions for the spring pair, courtesy of Espn: Survive and Advance Directed by Jonathan Hock Airdate: Sunday, March 17, at 9pm Et on Espn When the 1982-83 college basketball season began, Jim Valvano and his North Carolina State Wolfpack faced high expectations with equally high aspirations. But with ten losses for the...
- 1/28/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
Gridiron legend turned actor Jim Brown has pledged his life rights to producer Hal Lieberman for a biopic which Bob Eisele ("The Great Debaters") will script and Jonathan Hock ("The Lost Son Of Havana") will direct says Deadline.
Brown was drafted by the Cleveland Browns and set every record for a pro running back in North American football. In 2002 Sporting News called him the greatest professional football player ever.
He retired at 29 to become Hollywood’s first African American action star and later an outspoken advocate for inner city youth.
He starred in numerous cinematic hits in the 60's through to the 90's including "The Dirty Dozen", "Ice Station Zebra," "The Running Man" and "Mars Attacks", and made history with Raquel Welch with the pair filming one of the first onscreen interracial love scenes in 1969's "100 Rifles".
The biopic is said to "focus on several facets of a remarkable life...
Brown was drafted by the Cleveland Browns and set every record for a pro running back in North American football. In 2002 Sporting News called him the greatest professional football player ever.
He retired at 29 to become Hollywood’s first African American action star and later an outspoken advocate for inner city youth.
He starred in numerous cinematic hits in the 60's through to the 90's including "The Dirty Dozen", "Ice Station Zebra," "The Running Man" and "Mars Attacks", and made history with Raquel Welch with the pair filming one of the first onscreen interracial love scenes in 1969's "100 Rifles".
The biopic is said to "focus on several facets of a remarkable life...
- 2/16/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Jim Brown, who traded his status as football’s greatest running back to become a movie star and eventually an activist to steer kids away from a gang lifestyle, is ready for his feature film close-up. Brown has pledged his life rights to producer Hal Lieberman for a feature film that will be written by Bob Eisele (The Great Debaters) and directed by Jonathan Hock, helmer of such documentaries as The Lost Son Of Havana and Michael Jordan To The Max. Lieberman is about to shop the package. Lieberman said he first met Brown on the set of New Jersey Turnpikes, a basketball comedy he produced and Brown starred in. Though that film never got released, they kept talking and remained friendly until finally Brown was ready. “I’ve been a fan and follower of his career over my lifetime, and there is 50 years of history under his belt,...
- 2/16/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
One of the 86 features screening at this year's Tribeca Film Festival is "The Lost Son of Havana," a documentary about the poignant return to Havana after 46 years by native son Luis Tiant, "El Tiante," one of the most colorful players in baseball history. He came to America just before the Bay of Pigs disaster. He went on to make the major leagues with the Cleveland Indians, pitched for the Minnesota Twins, then, from 1971 to 1978, played for the Boston Red Sox, before winding up his career with stints with the Yankees, Pirates and Angels.
- 4/27/2009
- ReelTalkTV.com
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