Best sport movie trivia of all time

Trivia: Matt Damon's primary reason for taking the part was because he was keen to work with Christian Bale.

Trivia: Although they play mother and daughter in this film, Cecily Strong is only eleven years older than Hayley Lu Richardson.

Trivia: Although they play mother and son, Agnes Moorehead was only 8 years older than James Stewart.

Trivia: Maureen O'Hara (born 1920) was only six years older than Betty Lynn (born 1926), who played her daughter.

Trivia: The famous Japanese women's tag team The Jumping Bomb Angels appear in the movie as the Dolls' first opponents.

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Trivia: Sylvester Stallone broke one of his fingers in an attempt to save a penalty from Pele.

Trivia: This film depicts the Utah Jazz as the NBA's Western Conference Champions (and eventual NBA champions). In the NBA season that followed the release of this film, the Jazz coincidentally became Western Conference Champions for the first time in franchise history, though they would lose in the NBA Finals to the Chicago Bulls.

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Trivia: Billy Crystal was inspired to co-write My Giant after working with Andre the Giant on the movie The Princess Bride.

Trivia: The plot is similar to Rocky 4, with the first match in USA, then in Russia.

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Trivia: At the end of the movie it shows Paige being flustered and unable to talk on the mic during her showdown with AJ Lee before the match started. In reality, Paige talked just fine and said she was there to congratulate AJ, who took offense at being interrupted.

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Trivia: Although Brian Cox and Dennis Quaid play father and son in this film, Cox is only eight years older than Quaid.

Trivia: This is the first movie in the Rocky franchise not to feature Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa.

Trivia: During the Cinderella performance in the POW camp, one "sister" demands her dress be fixed so that she can woo the charming Prince Hillenbrand. Laura Hillenbrand is the author of the biography on which this film is based.

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Trivia: In the film, the most brutal scene was when Jake throttled his brother Joey, whom he thought was having an affair with his then-wife Vicky. Actually, it was not Joey but LaMotta's good friend Peter.

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Trivia: The photograph in the barn of Henry Dailey (Mickey Rooney) as a young jockey is actually a still shot of Rooney from the 1944 film, "National Velvet," starring Elizabeth Taylor. Rooney played jockey Mi Taylor.

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Trivia: By open admission of one of the original artwork designer Akira "Akiman" Yasuda, the movie (known in Japan as "The Street Fighter") inspired at least 2 of the most iconic backgrounds of the game Street Fighter 2: it is really obvious when you watch the fight between Jim Henry and "the kid", on the docks with a boat in the background much like in Ken 's stage. The cage fight against Henry inspired also Zangief's stage. (00:19:30 - 00:47:50)

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Trivia: Although they played mother and son in this film, Anne Revere was only ten years older than John Garfield.

Trivia: The church where Tommy has his first fight is the same one where Rocky fought in the first movie.

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Trivia: Scott Stoddard's teammate at BRM, Bob Turner, is played by British Two time F1 Champion Graham Hill. Pete Aaron's teammate at Yamura, Tim Randolph, is played by American 1961 F1 Champion Phil Hill.

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Trivia: Jane Lynch plays Lucy Bobby, the mother of Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell). In real life, Lynch is only seven years older than Ferrell.