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Borg McEnroe
''Borg vs McEnroe'' ( sv, Borg, fi, Borg/McEnroe) is a 2017 biographical film, biographical sports film, sports drama film focusing on the famous professional Borg–McEnroe rivalry, rivalry between tennis players Björn Borg and John McEnroe at the 1980 Wimbledon Championships, culminating in their 1980 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final, encounter in the men's singles final, one of the most dramatic tennis matches of all time. The film, a production between Sweden, Denmark, and Finland, is directed by Janus Metz Pedersen, from a screenplay written by Ronnie Sandahl, and stars Sverrir Gudnason, Shia LaBeouf, Stellan Skarsgård, Tuva Novotny, and Robert Emms. The film opened the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. Synopsis In 1980, disciplined Swedish tennis champion Björn Borg and abrasive American upstart John McEnroe prepare to compete at Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon. As the number one ranked player in the world, Borg is under enormous pressure to wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janus Metz Pedersen
Janus Metz Pedersen (born 1974) is a Danish film director and documentary filmmaker. Work Metz worked as a documentary researcher and moved to South Africa. There he worked on the television drama ''Soul City'' before making his debut documentary short ''Township Boys'' in 2006. His feature documentaries include ''Love on Delivery'' and ''Ticket to Paradise''. These two films are a two-part series depicting women in a situation of mail-ordered brides from Vietnam and Thailand to Denmark. In 2010, Pedersen directed ''Armadillo''. In 2015, Pedersen directed the third episode, "Maybe Tomorrow", of the second season of ''True Detective'', starring Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams and Vince Vaughn. Metz directed the 2017 film ''Borg/McEnroe''. After this Metz returned to the documentaries by making 'Heartbound: A Different Kind of Love Story' (2018) about more than 900 Thai women married to men in a small region of Denmark. He directed three episodes of ''ZeroZeroZero'', which premie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
