So I was playing volleyball the other night (lost two out of three), and we were talking after the game that there is not a volleyball movie that any us could come up with. And when you think about what other sports have had movies, how has volleyball not made the list...
Disclaimer - This doesn't mean that I've actually watched any of these, especially the more obscure/embarrassing ones.
GENERALLY ACCEPTED AS MAJOR SPORTS...
* Football - Any Given Sunday, Longest Yard (twice), The Waterboy, Necessary Roughness, North Dallas Forty, Brian's Song, Wildcats, All The Right Moves.
* Baseball - The Natural, Major League, Bad News Bears, Rookie of the Year, Sandlot.
* Basketball - Hoosiers, The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, Fastbreak, Semi-Pro, Blue Chips, The Air Up There, He Got Game, Above The Rim.
* Hockey - Slap Shot, Youngblood, Miracle.
* Golf - Tin Cup, Happy Gilmore, The Greatest Game Ever Played, The Legend of Bagger Vance, Caddyshack.
* NASCAR - Days of Thunder, Talladega Nights.
GENERALLY ACCEPTED AS NOT MAJOR SPORTS...
* Tennis - Wimbledon.
* Boxing - Rocky I, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V, Rocky Balboa, Raging Bull, Diggstown, Gladiator, Million Dollar Baby, Cinderella Man.
* Running - Chariots of Fire, Running Brave
* Cheerleading - Bring It On (and sequels).
* Bobsledding - Cool Runnings.
* Dodgeball - Dodgeball.
* Beer Drinking - Beerfest.
* Cycling - Breaking Away.
* Gymnastics - Stick It, Gymkata.
* Wrestling - Vision Quest.
* Ping Pong - Balls of Fury.
* Billiards - The Color of Money.
* Arm Wrestling - Over the Top.
* Spelling - Akeelah and the Bee.
* Chess - Searching for Bobby Fisher.
* Soccer - Victory, Kicking and Screaming.
* Karate - Karate Kid.
* General Organized Fighting - Anything involving Jean Claude Van Damme, Fight Club, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat.
* Figure Skating - Blades of Glory, Cutting Edge.
* Poker - Rounders.
* Horse Racing - Seabiscuit, Black Beauty.
* Cornhole - Cornhole (coming soon)
28 sports with movies to that genre.
Sports that are not on the list: Volleyball, MMA (give it some time), LaCrosse (perhaps a little too new into the mainstream), Extreme Sports (see LaCrosse), Swimming.
Some sports are harder than others due to the skill of the sport (LaCrosse, Extreme Sports). Swimming is hard and not as interesting to film. Volleyball's easy. Get Elisha Cuthbert and a bunch of unknown hotties with nice asses and long legs and make the movie. Cost: $10-15 million; Revenue: $40-million. Done!!!
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No volleyball movies?! Are you telling me that you're not familiar with the 1990 classic, "Side Out" starring C Thomas Howell and Courtney Thorne-Smith? And you call yourself a volleyball player? Shame on you!
That's exactly where I was going - late 80's hair on the girls, a cheesy extended goatee beard on the post-greatful-dead-washed-up-athlete-turned-coach. Lot's of bikini's and even some "Was that a boob!? Quick, rewind!" pre-internet pornography. Side Out was a classic; in fact - I think Days of Thunder could be considered a companion flick.
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