Boston Red Sox fans still look back on their favorite team’s stunning 1967 season with a starry-eyed combination of awe and amazement, and now every inspirational moment of that landmark year is preserved for the enjoyment of future generations. Produced to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their stunning shot at the World Series, this documentary also offers
When your job is to drive circles around the racetrack at speeds that would make Autobahn drivers blush, even sixty-seconds can be an eternity. Fortunately for NASCAR fans, driver Jeff Gordon has allowed cameras to follow him for an entire twenty-four hours in order to show just how hectic and action-packed the life of a professional driver can be. Jeff Gordon has earned four
Arnold Schwarzenegger gained his first real notoriety outside body-building circles with this documentary about a group of men training for the Mr. Olympia contest. Arnold had already won the title six times before, and was training for his seventh victory before retiring to fully pursue his acting career (which began to catch fire with his likable turn in Stay Hungry, released
Writer-director Dana Brown — whose dad, Bruce, helmed the classic surfing flick The Endless Summer — follows in his father’s footsteps and takes a 21st-century look at the sport, employing up-to-date cinematographic technology to bring the audience right into those monster waves. The film stars dedicated surfers Ken “Skindog” Collins, Laird Hamilton, Rochelle Ballard, and
Before there was sunscreen, high-tech wet suits, and corporate-sponsored surfing competitions, there was Bruce Brown, the original beach bum and the director of the greatest surf movie ever made, The Endless Summer. This 1966 documentary spurred a generation of surfers to devote their lives to surfing and compelled people in places far away from
The set piece of this hyperbolic ode to surfing is Laird Hamilton’s 2000 trip to Tahiti, where a monster wave provided the opportunity for what the movie portentously calls “the most significant ride in surfing history.” If you’re inclined to regard the sport as important and its practitioners as heroic, you’ll likely enjoy this beautifully photographed documentary, which
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