sounds great, i'd definitely watch. just scared this will give ty keough more opportunity to discuss his father playing on the "1950 team that beat England." my god--let it go, we all know!
movie sounds like they got the right guys doing it this sounds cool, i hope it happens and does well at the big screens... i'd come out to see it and wear my colors actually that would be kind of cool... getting the american soccer scene going out to see this wearing red, supporter scarves and draped in flags
Yeah uncle Phil is possibly going to loose his arse if he can't convince everyone that the bookeeping at Qwest Communications is on the level. But yes it does look as if they have the right people making the movie. I liked both Hoosiers and Rudy. Just sucks about the timing of it all. If it were to be released next year it would capitalize on this past World Cup performance and keep people tuned in to football.
Christ...the 1950 team was NOT "chiefly made up of working class immigrants." It was a mostly native-born team...Gaetjens, Maca, and another guy I forget were the only "foreigners." Working class? Certainly. If they have Walt Bahr or Harry Keough's characters talking with accents I will burn down the theatre.
Re: Re: Re: Movie re: 1950 US-England LOL I should point out that that would be funnier if it wasn't for the fact that Gaetjens was murdered by Papa Doc Duvalier's boys in Haiti, though. And this was after a long imprisonment for no reason; you know, typical banana republic stuff.
Of which I am one? Grow a thicker skin guys. And anyway, No I'd say Ty is definitely more irritating than those people.
You should apply to be the film's continuity expert/historical consultant, etc.,...seriously. it would suck if they were all portrayed as foreigners. i think we had more "foreigners" on the 2002 team than the 50 team, iirc?
Suddenly my username is trendy... The Game of Their Lives is a great read, by Geoffrey Douglas. And the lads were definitely from the immigrant neighborhoods (at least the 5 players from St. Louis were), but also definitely Americans. Names like Gaetjens, Borghi, and Keough, are not quite Jones, are they? Only a few players were born outside the US, I think. Captain Ed McIlhenny (sp?) was a Scot, and played one season for Manchester United after the 1950 Cup. IIRC, he did not play much. And Gaetjens was kidnapped by the Hatian secret police and never heard from again. It's safe to say they did not set him up with a nice villa on the beach, more like a hole in the ground.
a role for vinnie jones if there ever was one...if McIhenny was captain, why didn't he play? maybe he diddled Wynalda's wife...
Ed (and it's McIleveney) was the USA captain, but when he got to Manchester, he did not play much. His bio from the US Soccer Hall of Fame, and a gew more. Ed McIleveney http://www.soccerhall.org/famers/edward_mcilveney.htm Harry Keough http://www.soccerhall.org/famers/harry_keough.htm Walter Bahr http://www.soccerhall.org/famers/walter_bahr.htm Frank Borghi - Keeper http://www.soccerhall.org/famers/frank_borghi.htm Joe Gaetjens - The goal Scorer vs. England http://www.soccerhall.org/famers/joe_gaetjens.htm Ed "Wolfgang" Souza http://www.soccerhall.org/famers/edward_souza.htm John Souza - named one of the best players at WC1950 http://www.soccerhall.org/famers/john_souza.htm Forza USA 1950!!!
I wonder if they will shoot in the original stadium (Estadio Independencia) which still stands in Belo Horizonte , Brazil. Funny enough the team that plays there is AMERICA of Belo Horizonte a 2nd to 3rd level team in Brazil. <img src="http://www.futeboltotal.com/FutebolBrasileiro/Estadios/Indepen.gif"/>