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Box-office bore: Hollywood loves to make movies about sports heroes. The trouble is, most stink. (Sports).

Publication: Insight on the News
Publication Date: 04-FEB-02 		Format: Online - approximately 941 words
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Full Article Title: Box-office bore: Hollywood loves to make movies about sports heroes. The trouble is, most stink. (Sports).(Brief Article)

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Movies and sports ... they're meant for each other. Both tell dramatic stories, are populated with good guys and bad guys, and play out in front of mass audiences at large venues. So why does it seem so hard to make a believable, entertaining movie about sports? There are notable exceptions, but for every Hoosiers there's a Replacements making its way to a theater near you.

We may never understand why Hollywood continues to make the same mistake over and over, but an examination of the worst sports films may shed some light on the subject and serve as a primer for wanna-be directors looking to make a big hit.

The Bad News Mighty Little Wildcat Ducks Bear Syndrome.

Hollywood loves to take a tried-and-true premise and remake it with a slight twist. Nowhere is this more painfully obvious than...

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