Ever seen the movie 'Victory'?

[Omar]

Have any of you ever seen the move "Victory"? It has Pele and English soccer legends in it. I'll tell you more if you want, but has anybody seen it?

[Juve Fan]

Yep Omar... Seen it but hardly can recall anything...

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[Real and Ajax fan]

Not sure, could you tell me more about it Omar?

[Juve Fan]

Hey Omar, gambine isnt an Arsenal fan :(.. We better find another team to unite upon, how about Colo Colo ??

R and A fan... How come you never posted in Real or Ajax forums ? hehehhe :D

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[Real and Ajax fan]

There aren't enough fans there!!! I am trying to get more, but until then I will start some topics. Do you EVER follow the KPN Telecompetitie? You said in Juventus you don't like Dutch soccer, but. . . .?

[Juve Fan]

lol... got you mad... What I do best... Well I used to follow Ajax.. Remember that game Ajax - Atletico Madrid in the CL ? How awesome was that game.. remember when Dani scored his goal from that awesome shot !.. Amazing

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[Omar]

Remember anything about the Germans playing extra rough . . .?

[Omar]

LOL, I mean about the movie. And Real and Ajax fan, good to have you post down there. Those low forums aren't as active. :)

[Juve Fan]

Oh good...I thought I missed some action..

Yeah Omar remember something like that, but I cant really recall..

[Purger II]

I remember the movie (it was also called "Escape to Victory", if my memory serves me right).

The stadium on which they made the movie is in Budapest, and now belongs to the club called "MTK". I was on that stadium twice in last three years when my "Dinamo" (Zagreb) played there. First time we lost 1:0 and the second time we won by 0:2. Maybe the presence of one of the original cast of the movie helped: At that time our coach was Osvaldo Ardiles! ;)

Few days before the match, Ardiles told a little anecdote to Croatian journalists. He described the shooting of the scene in which S. Stalone was supposed to save the penalty kick. He was told to which side the ball would be sent, and all he had to do was to jump to that side and pick the lightly sent ball... But he just couldn't do it for many times over and over... :D :D :D

[Tariq]

Yeah I've seen the movie. I don't remember if it's called Escape to Victory or just Victory. Pele did some fancy moves in it didn't he?

[Kev7]

Yeah, he's sitting down with some of the prisoners, when the ball gets kicked over 2 him by accident. he promptly does some keepy - uppies.
Or you could be on about the part where he scores with an overhead kick, even though he's meant to have a broken collarbone.
Sir Michael Caine is in it, and some of the footy players are Bobby Moore (R.I.P), John Wark, Nicky Summerbee, etc.

[tok87]

Originally posted by Omar
Have any of you ever seen the move "Victory"? It has Pele and English soccer legends in it. I'll tell you more if you want, but has anybody seen it?

I ve see it 3 times i think.....i like also Syl the goalkeeper :D

[Looney]

What year did it come out? Was it a sports movie, action or comedy?

BTW, who's seen Mean Machine? That's a good movie too.....

[soccer fanatic]

Originally posted by Tariq
Escape to Victory

I saw this one. :)

[tok87]

Originally posted by Looney
What year did it come out? Was it a sports movie, action or comedy?



Its a sport - war movie...never heard of it?

[ItalianBoy]

I saw it. I like it a lot, but in reality, they would have lost!
Still, I love it.

[tok87]

As i know this match were played in reality itaboy.....didnt u have history :silly: im joking, but the truth is a litlle different, cause quite all the players died...

[ItalianBoy]

It was?
I dont know about that.
And yes I did and they did not teach us about it.
So I doubt.

[Looney]

Alas no, never heard of it til this thread. I can't find it at my local video store either. But then they don't even have Spaceballs....

[tok87]

Originally posted by ItalianBoy
It was?
I dont know about that.
And yes I did and they did not teach us about it.
So I doubt.

Yes, yes...the story is true....check in some history book or u should find sth. about also on internet.

[Dharurat]

Yeah, I watched Victory afew times.... Only for the fact that I wanted to watch Pele act... didn't do too badly though, as did the other players... Stallone, well, he's Stallone... Caine was good as usual.... One of those humanity-in-the-face-of-tyranny-type of soppy films though, kinda the ones they show on disney and Hallmark...

And pele, being the God that he is, does an overhead-kick in slow-motion that wins them the match.... This was before Jackie Chan and Jet Li, so that's just about the only acrobatic action move in film history at the time.

[Moon-Star]

i saw too:)