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The Game of Their Lives (2002 film)
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Wikipedia article
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| director = Daniel Gordon
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| editing = Justine Wright
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| released = 21 October 2002
| runtime = 80 minutes
| language = English
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'The Game of Their Lives' (, 'Chollima Football Team') is a 2002 documentary film directed by Daniel Gordon with Nicholas Bonner of Koryo Tours as an associate producer about the seven surviving members of the North Korea national football team who participated in the 1966 FIFA World Cup.Alan Tomlinson, Christopher Young National Identity and Global Sports Events: Culture, Politics, and ... 2006 Page 96 "The seven surviving members of the North Korean team were brought back to Middlesbrough in 2002 for the documentary film The Game of Their Lives, made by Nick Bonner and Dan Gordon and shown on BBC 4. ". Its victory over Italy propelled the North Korean team into the quarterfinal: it was the first time an Asian team had advanced so far in a World Cup.
Awards
*2003: Winner, the Royal Television Society award for best sports documentary.
*2003: Nominated for Best Historical Documentary at the Grierson Awards.
*2003: Nominated for Best Documentary at the British Independent Film Awards.
*2003: First prize, Seville Film Festival.
*2004: Refracting Reality Documentary Film Award, Seattle International Film Festival, tied with Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (2003).
See also
* 'A State of Mind'
* List of films set in or about North Korea
* List of documentary films about North Korea
References
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