sports theme
A competitive physical activity or game of the kind to which we have given specific names and call "sports", is featured.
Examples
Goldine's adoptive father injected her with growth hormones from childhood and carefully managed her life to ensure she would win three races at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow in "Goldengirl" (1979).
23 total · 7 major · 16 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ahp6x08 | major | The story concerns a former champion hurdler who can't come to accept that his best days are behind him. In his sketch, Alfred Hitchcock crowned himself with a laurel wreath in honor of having won a running race at the Olympics. |
| movie: Goldengirl (1979) | major | Peak physical specimen Goldine had her entire life was carefully managed from childhood in order to ensure that she would win three gold medals in running events at the Moscow Olympics. |
| movie: Its All About Love (2003) | major | The main character Elena was a superstar figure skater. In addition to her performing on ice, the viewer is shown the sheltered and stage managed sort of life that she lived. |
| movie: Rollerball (1975) | major | The titular sport Rollerball was an extraordinarily violent extension of roller derby involving motorcycles and a metal ball that was being used by the powers that be to distract the public from politics. |
| movie: Rollerball (2002) | major | The titular sport Rollerball was an extraordinarily violent extension of roller derby involving motorcycles and a metal ball that had taken the world by storm. |
| movie: The Salute of the Jugger (1989) | major | The film centers around a game, called Jugger or just The Game, which involves two armored teams of five attempting to score by placing a dog skull on the opposing team's goalpost. |
| rbt1985e6x04 | major | The story explores an unusual Irish "sport": Making it out of the cinema first after the film ends and before the national anthem (an Irish idiosyncrasy) begins. |
| ahp4x19 | minor | In his monologue, Alfred Hitchcock feigned to be engaged in an oversized game of croquet. |
| ahp5x14 | minor | In his sketch, Alfred Hitchcock pretended to be an enthusiast of some unspecified sport. |
| ahp6x11 | minor | In his sketch, Alfred Hitchcock jested about using a canon to excel at knocking down bowling pins. |