The rack pack affectionate featurelength comedy drama about the glory days of professional snooker in the 1980s and the legendary rivalry. They find a map to a buried treasure that theives are after. When i heard that the bbc were planning to show a film about the great rivalry of 80s snooker played by actors i was immediately both curious and cautious. The rack pack official trailer 2016 bbc production starring luke treadaway and will merrick subscribe for more. But the rack pack is a tidy package of comedydrama that, while suffering a little from its supporting cast of caricatured snooker stars, enjoys a winning combination of sparkling camerawork around the table and the central performance of luke treadaway as alex higgins. The rack pack trailer 2016 bbc snooker movie video. Im not encouraging that but i think thats what you had at that time. The rack pack is currently available to watch on bbc iplayer click here to watch and will be on bbc2 on saturday april 30 at 9. The rack pack, a comedy drama about the fierce rivalry between chalk and cheese snooker players alex the hurricane higgins and steve davis, is also possibly the first really good film about the sport just beating that old cheap and cheerful bob geldof favourite number one. Rack pack is a 90 minute comedy drama about the rivalry between steve davis and alex hurricane higgins in the 80s. Its final scene sees him in slowmotion striding drunkenly away from the press and into a blast of white light. Snookers glory days of the 1980s recalled in hilarious.
The rack pack is a 2016 british comedydrama television film about professional snooker during the 1970s through the 1980s, focusing on the intense rivalry between alex higgins and steve davis. The rack pack, bbc iplayer behind the scenes broadcast. This sunday bbc iplayer is launching its first ever exclusive film. The obvious risk of streamed exclusives is that viewers inevitably wonder why the networks didnt want them, in the same way that movies. The rack pack is a 2016 british comedydrama television film about professional snooker during the 1970s through the 1980s, focusing on the intense rivalry. Tears, trophies and temper tantrums in the rack pack trailer bbc iplayers first comedy drama feature film features tension, high drama, excessive drinking and an attempt to. But when one of their fathers is kidnapped, they must embark on. None larger than the focus of this film alex hurricane higgins higgins. This isnt trying its luck as a cult movie only people with a wheelspinning ford capri somewhere in their past would appreciate guilty. The rack pack the straight to bbc iplayer film of the rivalry between snooker legends, belfasts alex higgins and romfords steve davis is billed as a comedy drama. Bolton snooker star tony knowles immortalised in new bbc. When something is advertised for a specific size balls ie. Two megastars, one sport and a fight for victory the story of the 1980s snooker rivalry between the. The time when the sport was massive and it had some larger than life personalities.
Golden age snooker in the 1980s was dominated by huge personalities. Watch the rack pack trailer 2016 bbc snooker movie worldtrailer on dailymotion. The rack pack takes us back to the start of those giddy, waistcoated days and captures the thrill of the sport, both off and on the baize. One of the highlights of 2015 was the opportunity to work alongside director brian welsh and producer barney reiz on bbc iplayers comedy drama the rack pack.
Having grown up in this golden era of the baize i was concerned that theyd fail to capture. Snooker is a muchloved british sport, and the rack pack celebrates its glory days in the seventies and eighties in a thrilling and brilliantly written story which will be the centre piece of. Snooker has always been a more intimate sport than most and director brian welsh appreciates the power of a closeup of a players face, as they sit and watch a match slide away from them. Bolton snooker hotshot tony knowles is back on the baize in a new bbc film immortalising the stars of the game. The rack pack brilliantly brings alive the glory and. Bbcs the rack pack featuring steve davis will merrick, alex higgins luke treadaway, barry hearn kevin bishop. The first drama feature film for iplayer is out on sunday t.
Snookers glory days of the 1980s recalled in hilarious and tearjearking new film the rack pack recreates the golden era so precisely you can almost feel your shoes sticking to the snooker hall. Victoria jaye, head of tv content, bbc iplayer, said the rack pack was the first comedy drama feature film made exclusively for the. Take a look behindthescenes on the rack pack, iplayers exclusive feature film documenting the legendary 1980s snooker rivalry between steve davis and higgins. Berkisah tentang persaingan snooker antara flamboyan alex higgins dan metodis steve davis pada tahun 1980. The rack pack affectionate featurelength comedy drama about the glory days of professional snooker in the 1980s and the legendary rivalry between alex hurricane higgins and steve davis. Snookerspeler alex higgins wint het wereldkampioenschap snooker. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion. With dennis taylor, steve davis, alex higgins, luke treadaway.
Alexander gordon alex higgins 18 march 1949 24 july 20104 was a northern irish professional snooker. This article is within the scope of wikiproject film. The rack pack, a comedy drama about snookers glory days in the eighties is the beebs first feature film for the catchup service. The film is directed by brian welsh and was released on bbc iplayer on 17 january 2016. A group of military brats play out their adventures in the woods. The rack pack 2016 film having recently been immersing myself in appreciation of snookers golden age from the late 1970s through to the early 1990s i decided to watch the 2016 film the rack pack, a comedydrama which is set in that era, focusing primarily on the rivalry between alex hurricane higgins and steve davis. The rack pack trailer 2016 bbc snooker movie youtube. Pada tahun 1985, final snooker dunia ditonton oleh 18,5 juta orang, masih merupakan rekor untuk penonton pascatengah malam di inggris. Nonton the rack pack 2016 subtitle indonesia indoxxi gratis, mudah dan cepat. Affectionate featurelength comedy drama about the glory days of professional snooker in the 1980s and the legendary rivalry between alex. The rack pack gives snooker the sports movie it deserves. Memulai debutnya di bbc iplayer, the rack pack disutradarai oleh brian welsh glasgow girls, black mirror, yang ditulis oleh shaun pye, mark chappell dan alan connor, tim di balik a young doctors notebook.
Snooker, thunders kevin bishops fabulously mouthy promoter barry hearn in new bbc film the rack pack, is going to be so popular it could even be bigger than wrestling. A first look at the rivalry between alex hurricane higgins and steve davis in this trailer for the new bbc comedy film, launching as an iplayeronly exclusive on 17 january. Nonton the rack pack 2016 subtitle indonesia indoxxi. Snooker s glory days of the 1980s recalled in hilarious and tearjearking new film. The rack pack is available on bbc iplayer until 2017. The rack pack, starring fortitudes luke treadaway and will merrick from skins, will be bbc iplayers first comedy drama feature film. The rack pack, bbc iplayers first ever comedy drama feature film, will be broadcast on bbc two, the bbc has announced. Early on in the process, the production team started to wonder how to portray a world class snooker playing on screen with actors who essentially had never hit a ball in their life. Tears, trophies and temper tantrums in the rack pack trailer. The rack pack, an original film made for bbc iplayer, glosses over higgins last days. Although every single film based on true events takes some liberties with the truth take a look at dans true story for a look at the story behind the revenant there are some glaring coincidences, omissions, and out of place references in the rack pack. Bbcs the rack pack recalls snookers clash of cultures.
The story of the 1980s snooker rivalry between the flamboyant alex higgins and the methodical steve davis. To assume the rack pack could only be enjoyed by snooker fans, or middleaged viewers like me, would be very wrong. I never liked higgins very much back then because being from plumstead i was a big davis fan. From 9pm, the rack pack, a 90minute comedydrama about the rise of televised snooker in the 1970s and 80s, was released as an exclusive on the bbc repeat streaming service, iplayer, where it will. This bbc movie accurately captures the 70s and 80s era as snooker came out of the smoky back rooms and, its image greatly cleaned up, onto tv screens as the. The 80minute comedy drama focuses on the rivalry between alex higgins and his nemesis steve davis during the. Bbc revives snooker s 1980s heyday with the rack pack. The rack pack, an enthralling short film about the snooker boom of the 1980s, will be televised on bbc2 for the first time next saturday. The movie, to be released exclusively on the streaming platform in december, depicts the rivalry between late northern irish snooker legend alex hurricane higgins treadaway and londonborn steve the nugget davis merrick. Nonton film the rack pack subtitle indonesia gudangmovies21. There is a trailer on iplayer now and it launches on sunday at 9pm. Download the rack pack 2016 sub indo indoxxi, layarkaca21 dan dunia21 secara gratis. The rack pack, a comedy drama about the fierce rivalry between chalk and cheese snooker players alex the hurricane higgins and steve davis, is also possibly the first really good film about the sport just beating that old cheap. Bbc iplayer announces its first comedy drama feature film.
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