Trading Paint

Jimmy Muir comes from a typical gritty, northern town where there are only two options: working down the pit or in a factory. But Jimmy has other ideas — he dreams of becoming a professional footballer. Confronted by a bitter and unsupportive father, hard-drinking friends and a lifetime of bad habits...has Jimmy the will to achieve his...

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Maria Giese

Cast

Sean Bean, Emily Lloyd, Craig Kelly

The movie deals with the championship-winning German soccer team of 1954. Its story is linked with two others: The family of a young boy is split due to the events in World War II, and the father returns from Russia after eleven years. The second story is about a reporter and his wife reporting from the tournament.

Runtime

1h 58m

Director

Sönke Wortmann

Cast

Louis Klamroth, Peter Lohmeyer, Johanna Gastdorf

Lincoln Hawk a hard-luck big-rig trucker takes us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship. Relying on wits and willpower, Hawk tries to rebuild his life by capturing the first-place prize money, and the love of the son he abandoned years earlier into the keeping of his ric...

Runtime

1h 34m

Director

Menahem Golan

Cast

Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, Susan Blakely

A professional poker player whose astounding luck at the table fails to translate into his lonesome love life attempts to win the World Series of Poker while simultaneously earning the affections of a beautiful Las Vegas singer.

Runtime

2h 4m

Director

Curtis Hanson

Cast

Eric Bana, Drew Barrymore, Robert Duvall

Talented but unproven stock car driver Cole Trickle gets a break and with the guidance of veteran Harry Hogge turns heads on the track. The young hotshot develops a rivalry with a fellow racer that threatens his career when the two smash their cars. But with the help of his doctor, Cole just might overcome his injuries-- and his fear.

Runtime

1h 47m

Director

Tony Scott

Cast

Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, Nicole Kidman