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This Sporting Life was the first film in the "Angry Young Man genre" of British cinema that developed in the 1960's. It definitely has a rawness that was rarely scene in British cinema before it. This Sporting Life is about Frank Machin (Richard Harris in his breakout performance) and his move from miner to rugby star. If it sounds like it is going to be a typical "Hollywood" sports film, you could not be farther from the truth. Frank is a brutal man who just wants to be loved by the one woman in his life that really wants nothing to do with him. I really liked the structure of this film as it moved in and out of flashbacks, and if you only know Richard Harris as Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films you are in for a special treat.