Sul Pianeta dei Nerdlucks, il lunapark elettronico sta per fallire per mancanza di nuovi divertimenti. Alla ricerca di soluzioni per rimettere in sesto la situazione, Swackhammer, padrone del lunapark e capo dei Nerdlucks, invia un gruppo sulla Terra con il compito di rapire i Loony Tunes e carpire i segreti dei loro divertimenti. I Nerdlucks stanno per avere la meglio, quando Bugs Bunny ha un'idea: sfida gli avversari ad una partita di basket, se i Tunes vinceranno, potranno rimanere sulla Terra; se perderanno dovranno seguire i nemici sul loro Pianeta.
Dodgeball è un ulteriore capitolo della arcinota saga di assalto al botteghino da parte di Ben Stiller e compari. Il film risulta essere parente stretto del precedente Zoolander in quanto a demenzialità. Per il vecchio Ben un ruolo finalmente un pizzico diverso: lo ritroviamo infatti nei panni del cattivissimo e stupidissimo proprietario di una catena di centri di fitness, smanioso di globalizzare anche il più piccolo centro sportivo. Una modesta palestra di periferia cercherà di non farsi piegare economicamente puntando tutto sul primo premio del campionato di Dodgeball, che finirà, nemmeno a dirlo, con una sfida all'ultimo sangue tra i buoni e i cattivi.
Mickey Gordon is a basketball referee who travels to France to bury his father. Ellen Andrews is an American living in Paris who works for the airline he flies on. They meet and fall in love, but their relationship goes through many difficult patches.
Anni dopo aver scontato la pena per aver scommesso sulle partite che ha arbitrato, l'ex arbitro della NBA Tim Donaghy rivisita lo scandalo che ha scosso il campionato.
Thanasis Vengos plays a poor young man that comes to Athens looking for a job. We watch as he tries many different jobs; druggist, photographer, even wrestling referee. The result is always hilarious and explosive!
A young man spurs romance and helps his friend and himself go through the struggles of their ordinary life in Denmark.
Prizefighter Jimmy Nolan, facing an opportunity to get a championship fight, is knocked out when he sustains what is apparently a permanent injury to his arm. From there, Nolan's path leads downhill. He is drawn into a romance with a nightclub entertainer, then is framed on a theft charge by a jealous suitor. After his prison term, Nolan makes a spectacular comeback in a fight which proves his courage and integrity, while disproving the fallacy about the old sports adage that "they never come back."
Follow two passionate football referees, Mariano and Luciana, as they navigate the challenges of their job, revealing the deep love they have for the football game and the struggles they need to go through while dealing with mistakes and self-criticism.
An arctic saloon. The tiny dog, Dan McFoo, is playing a pinball-like marble game in the back. His girlfriend, Sue, sounding like Katharine Hepburn, stands by. A stranger comes in with eyes for Sue; he begins a boxing match with Dan. After Dan gets knocked down, he accuses the stranger of having something in the glove; the ref finds four horseshoes and a horse. After the fight goes on a while with no conclusion, the narrator tosses a couple of guns, the lights go out, and Dan is shot or is he?
A village handball team gets close to the promotion to the top flight, but three of its residents try to ensure the success by bribing the referee.
How can a few crucial minutes in a football match change the life of an entire family? How do the "men in black" feel when they are attacked by supporters? Kill the Referee unveils the lives of several professional football referees at the EURO 2008 championship; amongst them, the English referee Howard Webb, who provoked incredible controversy when he gave a penalty to Austria just before the end of the match with Poland, and the Italian Roberto Rosetti, who refereed the final.
Julius and Pete have a contest to swim across the English Channel, with Alice as the referee.
France and Germany are at war. Adolf Hitler challenges the Allies to seal the fate of the war by playing a football match.
The “At Home with…” team spends some time with football referee Nick Mullins, a man who has dreamt of being a referee since he was a child. We follow Nick as he copes with life in lockdown during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has kept him away from his beloved job. Nick opens up and gives us an insight into his life, his passions and his dreams for the future.
Amateur documentary film about Polish Cup 1997-98 Final.
An expedition to the dirty abyss of professional sports. The award winning investigative journalist Benjamin Best (CNN Journalist of the Year 2011) takes a global look behind the scenes at the colourful world of sports and exposes the bitter taste behind the multi-billion sports business.
Whistleblowers exposes the hidden world of Rugby World Cup referees, revealing the intense pressure, mental health challenges, and personal sacrifices behind their crucial yet often overlooked role in the game.
A Surinamese female referee is fighting for her place in the world of men's football.