Escape to Victory didn't set the world alight on its initial release in 1981, but as the decades have ticked on the film has firmly cemented itself as a cult favourite among fans of film and football.
Now, this potent mix of The Great Escape and underdog sports tale is in line for a remake with Edge of Tomorrow's Doug Liman at the helm. Liman will surely play it straight in the redo, but the original film featured a glorious mix of big movie stars of the day (Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine), ageing football icons who'd taken a paycheque in the Us (Pelé) and Ipswich Town players (hey, they were big in the '80s!).
With that in mind, Digital Spy has picked a brand new Victory 2014 starting XI ready for 90 minutes of life-or-death football. Fyi, we're playing 4-4-2 - the Nazis might overrun us in midfield but we're old school!
Now, this potent mix of The Great Escape and underdog sports tale is in line for a remake with Edge of Tomorrow's Doug Liman at the helm. Liman will surely play it straight in the redo, but the original film featured a glorious mix of big movie stars of the day (Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine), ageing football icons who'd taken a paycheque in the Us (Pelé) and Ipswich Town players (hey, they were big in the '80s!).
With that in mind, Digital Spy has picked a brand new Victory 2014 starting XI ready for 90 minutes of life-or-death football. Fyi, we're playing 4-4-2 - the Nazis might overrun us in midfield but we're old school!
- 6/27/2014
- Digital Spy
Soccer Aid 2014 had many brilliant moments. Westlife's Nicky Byrne's delightful chipped goal. Jonathan Wilkes and Edgar Davids getting stuck in. Jamie Redknapp's stonking 30-yarder. However, one moment topped the lot.
Watch the moment below when the Rest of the World's manager Jose Mourinho decided to get in on the action himself and take out popstar and England striker Olly Murs.
The X Factor singer was left tumbling on the turf, while Mourinho scuttled back to his dug-out with a cheeky grin on his face.
70,000 fans watched Robbie Williams and Sam Allardyce's England take on the Rest of the World at Old Trafford yesterday (June 8).
The game, which aired on ITV, ended with a 4-2 victory for Mourinho's Rest of the World.
Other celebrities taking part in the game included Marvin Humes from Jls, Mark Owen, Gordon Ramsay, James McAvoy and Jack Whitehall.
The event helped raise £4.2 million for Unicef.
Watch the moment below when the Rest of the World's manager Jose Mourinho decided to get in on the action himself and take out popstar and England striker Olly Murs.
The X Factor singer was left tumbling on the turf, while Mourinho scuttled back to his dug-out with a cheeky grin on his face.
70,000 fans watched Robbie Williams and Sam Allardyce's England take on the Rest of the World at Old Trafford yesterday (June 8).
The game, which aired on ITV, ended with a 4-2 victory for Mourinho's Rest of the World.
Other celebrities taking part in the game included Marvin Humes from Jls, Mark Owen, Gordon Ramsay, James McAvoy and Jack Whitehall.
The event helped raise £4.2 million for Unicef.
- 6/9/2014
- Digital Spy
This year's Soccer Aid has so far raised £4.2 million, as the charity event saw the Rest Of The World defeat England 4-2 at Manchester United's Old Trafford tonight (June 8).
Almost 70,000 fans witnessed the World's Clarence Seedorf score a hat-trick and a chip from Nicky Byrne cancel out goals from England's Jamie Redknapp and Kevin Phillips.
Soccer Aid stars take on our keepy-uppy challenge: Who has best ball skills?
Sam Worthington: 'Soccer Aid is a bigger accomplishment than Avatar'
The World were managed by José Mourinho and captained by Michael Sheen, while Sam Allardyce took charge of England with assistance from Robbie Williams.
By full time, ITV viewers had pledged over £2 million to Unicef's work saving children's lives, which will be matched by the UK Government pound for pound and brings the total to £4.2 million so far. The final figure will be announced in due course.
David Bull, executive director of Unicef UK,...
Almost 70,000 fans witnessed the World's Clarence Seedorf score a hat-trick and a chip from Nicky Byrne cancel out goals from England's Jamie Redknapp and Kevin Phillips.
Soccer Aid stars take on our keepy-uppy challenge: Who has best ball skills?
Sam Worthington: 'Soccer Aid is a bigger accomplishment than Avatar'
The World were managed by José Mourinho and captained by Michael Sheen, while Sam Allardyce took charge of England with assistance from Robbie Williams.
By full time, ITV viewers had pledged over £2 million to Unicef's work saving children's lives, which will be matched by the UK Government pound for pound and brings the total to £4.2 million so far. The final figure will be announced in due course.
David Bull, executive director of Unicef UK,...
- 6/8/2014
- Digital Spy
Soccer Aid: ITV, 6pm
The game that sees footballing stars team up with celebrities in an England vs Rest of the World match - in aid of Unicef - is back and live from Old Trafford, with kick-off at 8pm.
Dermot O'Leary presents the pre-match build-up and the match, which sees the likes of England's David Seaman, Jamie Redknapp, Olly Murs and John Bishop take on Alessandro Del Piero, Andriy Shevchenko, Gordon Ramsay, Michael Sheen, Kevin Bridges and James McAvoy.
Quirke: BBC One, 9pm
The last in the three-part crime drama sees the pathologist succumb to drink as his family life unravels around him.
Meanwhile, a request from his daughter, Phoebe, to help find her missing friend leads Quirke to a world where race and class are major factors. Guest starring Merlin's Colin Morgan.
Fargo: Channel 4, 9pm
The drama, inspired by the Coen brothers film of the same name,...
The game that sees footballing stars team up with celebrities in an England vs Rest of the World match - in aid of Unicef - is back and live from Old Trafford, with kick-off at 8pm.
Dermot O'Leary presents the pre-match build-up and the match, which sees the likes of England's David Seaman, Jamie Redknapp, Olly Murs and John Bishop take on Alessandro Del Piero, Andriy Shevchenko, Gordon Ramsay, Michael Sheen, Kevin Bridges and James McAvoy.
Quirke: BBC One, 9pm
The last in the three-part crime drama sees the pathologist succumb to drink as his family life unravels around him.
Meanwhile, a request from his daughter, Phoebe, to help find her missing friend leads Quirke to a world where race and class are major factors. Guest starring Merlin's Colin Morgan.
Fargo: Channel 4, 9pm
The drama, inspired by the Coen brothers film of the same name,...
- 6/8/2014
- Digital Spy
Sam Worthington has said that he is more proud of playing 90 minutes of football at Soccer Aid than starring in Avatar, the highest-grossing movie of all time.
The Hollywood actor, who plays Jake Sully in the James Cameron sci-fi epic, said that this weekend's Unicef charity match would be the "pinnacle of [his] life" and is "far beyond anything [he's] ever accomplished".
"My job is my job and it gives me opportunities where you can be part of something that is much bigger," he told Digital Spy. "That's what you want to do. [Soccer Aid] isn't about whether you make movies or make music, it's about kids who are suffering or dying in these countries.
"If we can raise awareness to it, that's far beyond anything that I've ever accomplished in my life. This will be the pinnacle of my life, to be part of something that might actually help the world. I'm an entertainer,...
The Hollywood actor, who plays Jake Sully in the James Cameron sci-fi epic, said that this weekend's Unicef charity match would be the "pinnacle of [his] life" and is "far beyond anything [he's] ever accomplished".
"My job is my job and it gives me opportunities where you can be part of something that is much bigger," he told Digital Spy. "That's what you want to do. [Soccer Aid] isn't about whether you make movies or make music, it's about kids who are suffering or dying in these countries.
"If we can raise awareness to it, that's far beyond anything that I've ever accomplished in my life. This will be the pinnacle of my life, to be part of something that might actually help the world. I'm an entertainer,...
- 6/8/2014
- Digital Spy
Big Brother: Power Trip's second live launch show peaked with 1.67 million on Friday (June 6) evening.
An average audience of 1.56 million (8.2%) tuned in to watch another batch of housemates enter the compound from 9pm on Channel 5.
Big Brother's Bit on the Side was seen by 596k (4.4%) immediately after, while 405k (4.7%) stuck around for the live feed at 11.35pm.
The One Show kicked off BBC One's evening with 2.68 million (15.1%) at 7.30pm, while 1960s police drama Inspector George Gently entertained 2.59 million (13.2%) at 8.30pm.
With guests including Amanda Holden and actor Michael Sheen, The Graham Norton Show was the evening's highest-rated show outside of soaps, attracting 3.11 million (23%) viewers at 10.35pm.
Over on ITV, the channel's tribute to Michelle Keegan drew an audience of 2.78 million (15.1%) at 8pm. Farewell Tina included interviews with cast members, home-video footage and a behind-the-scenes look at her final scenes.
Soccer Aid 2014: The Countdown entertained 1.42 million (7.3%) after the evening's...
An average audience of 1.56 million (8.2%) tuned in to watch another batch of housemates enter the compound from 9pm on Channel 5.
Big Brother's Bit on the Side was seen by 596k (4.4%) immediately after, while 405k (4.7%) stuck around for the live feed at 11.35pm.
The One Show kicked off BBC One's evening with 2.68 million (15.1%) at 7.30pm, while 1960s police drama Inspector George Gently entertained 2.59 million (13.2%) at 8.30pm.
With guests including Amanda Holden and actor Michael Sheen, The Graham Norton Show was the evening's highest-rated show outside of soaps, attracting 3.11 million (23%) viewers at 10.35pm.
Over on ITV, the channel's tribute to Michelle Keegan drew an audience of 2.78 million (15.1%) at 8pm. Farewell Tina included interviews with cast members, home-video footage and a behind-the-scenes look at her final scenes.
Soccer Aid 2014: The Countdown entertained 1.42 million (7.3%) after the evening's...
- 6/7/2014
- Digital Spy
Ben Shephard has said that he is "really proud" of Good Morning Britain.
The presenter co-hosts the ITV breakfast programme, which was this week rumoured to be facing the axe after drawing fewer than 300,000 viewers, though the broadcaster has denied such claims.
Good Morning Britain one month on: Is the breakfast show doomed?
"We're loving it. It's a fantastic team," Shephard told Digital Spy ahead of Soccer Aid.
"We're really proud of what we're doing. It's been amazing. I think we've got a great camaraderie amongst us and everyone's really enjoying it. That's the most important thing."
Shephard co-hosts the programme with Susanna Reid, Charlotte Hawkins, Ranvir Singh, Kate Garraway and Sean Fletcher.
Asked about juggling the breakfast show with his Soccer Aid training, Shephard added: "I've been finishing with Susanna and then coming over here and running around.
"There's nothing better than playing football with your mates to keep you bang up for it.
The presenter co-hosts the ITV breakfast programme, which was this week rumoured to be facing the axe after drawing fewer than 300,000 viewers, though the broadcaster has denied such claims.
Good Morning Britain one month on: Is the breakfast show doomed?
"We're loving it. It's a fantastic team," Shephard told Digital Spy ahead of Soccer Aid.
"We're really proud of what we're doing. It's been amazing. I think we've got a great camaraderie amongst us and everyone's really enjoying it. That's the most important thing."
Shephard co-hosts the programme with Susanna Reid, Charlotte Hawkins, Ranvir Singh, Kate Garraway and Sean Fletcher.
Asked about juggling the breakfast show with his Soccer Aid training, Shephard added: "I've been finishing with Susanna and then coming over here and running around.
"There's nothing better than playing football with your mates to keep you bang up for it.
- 6/6/2014
- Digital Spy
The full lineup for this year's Soccer Aid has been confirmed, with Chelsea boss José Mourinho, True Blood star Stephen Moyer and Avengers actor Jeremy Renner all involved.
The charity event - taking place at Old Trafford, Manchester next Sunday (June 8) - sees a mixture of celebrities and former football greats team up as an England side captained by Robbie Williams take on a Rest of the World outfit led by Michael Sheen.
The England team lineup is as follows:
Sam Allardyce (Manager)
Robbie Williams (Assistant Manager)
Peter Reid (Coach)
Bradley Walsh (Coach)
Stephen Moyer
Jack Whitehall
Dominic Cooper
Marvin Humes
Mark Owen
Paddy McGuinness
Olly Murs
Ben Shephard
Jonathan Wilkes
Jamie Theakston
John Bishop
Danny Jones
Jamie Redknapp
Jamie Carragher
Teddy Sheringham
David Seaman
Des Walker
Matt Le Tissier
The Rest of the World team lineup is as follows:
José Mourinho (Manager)
Michael Sheen (Captain)
Jeremy Renner
Sam Worthington...
The charity event - taking place at Old Trafford, Manchester next Sunday (June 8) - sees a mixture of celebrities and former football greats team up as an England side captained by Robbie Williams take on a Rest of the World outfit led by Michael Sheen.
The England team lineup is as follows:
Sam Allardyce (Manager)
Robbie Williams (Assistant Manager)
Peter Reid (Coach)
Bradley Walsh (Coach)
Stephen Moyer
Jack Whitehall
Dominic Cooper
Marvin Humes
Mark Owen
Paddy McGuinness
Olly Murs
Ben Shephard
Jonathan Wilkes
Jamie Theakston
John Bishop
Danny Jones
Jamie Redknapp
Jamie Carragher
Teddy Sheringham
David Seaman
Des Walker
Matt Le Tissier
The Rest of the World team lineup is as follows:
José Mourinho (Manager)
Michael Sheen (Captain)
Jeremy Renner
Sam Worthington...
- 6/2/2014
- Digital Spy
Woody Harrelson began his career playing loveable barman Woody Boyd in the long-running sitcom Cheers, and has since gone from strength to strength.
He boasts an astonishingly wide variety of film roles, spanning violent zombie killer Tallahassee in horror comedy Zombieland, self-assured bounty hunter Carson in No Country for Old Men, mass murderer Mickey Knox in Natural Born Killers, blind telemarketer and pianist Ezra in Seven Pounds, and alcoholic anti-hero Haymitch Abernathy in the Hunger Games franchise.
Woody was Oscar nominated for his roles as adult magazine publisher Larry Flynt in The People vs. Larry Flynt and troubled war hero Will Montgomery in The Messenger.
If all this wasn't exhausting enough for one man, he's now dominating our small screens once again alongside Matthew McConaughey in acclaimed crime drama True Detective, and remains one of Hollywood's most interesting and colourful characters - the following ten fast facts stand as proof.
He boasts an astonishingly wide variety of film roles, spanning violent zombie killer Tallahassee in horror comedy Zombieland, self-assured bounty hunter Carson in No Country for Old Men, mass murderer Mickey Knox in Natural Born Killers, blind telemarketer and pianist Ezra in Seven Pounds, and alcoholic anti-hero Haymitch Abernathy in the Hunger Games franchise.
Woody was Oscar nominated for his roles as adult magazine publisher Larry Flynt in The People vs. Larry Flynt and troubled war hero Will Montgomery in The Messenger.
If all this wasn't exhausting enough for one man, he's now dominating our small screens once again alongside Matthew McConaughey in acclaimed crime drama True Detective, and remains one of Hollywood's most interesting and colourful characters - the following ten fast facts stand as proof.
- 3/29/2014
- Digital Spy
Robbie Williams's charity celebrity football event Soccer Aid is returning in 2014, it has been confirmed.
Tickets are on sale now for the game from the Manchester United website. It takes place on Sunday, June 8 at Old Trafford.
Soccer Aid features two celebrity-packed squads teaming up with former footballing legends in an England vs Rest Of the World match.
Robbie Williams captains the England team, and Masters of Sex actor Michael Sheen will be back in charge of the Rest of the World squad.
England won last year's game 3-1, and celebrities who took part included Will Ferrell, Gerard Butler, Olly Murs, Woody Harrelson and Ed Norton.
The 2012 event helped raise £4.9 million for Unicef.
Watch some classic highlights of Soccer Aid below:
Soccer Aid 2012 in pictures:...
Tickets are on sale now for the game from the Manchester United website. It takes place on Sunday, June 8 at Old Trafford.
Soccer Aid features two celebrity-packed squads teaming up with former footballing legends in an England vs Rest Of the World match.
Robbie Williams captains the England team, and Masters of Sex actor Michael Sheen will be back in charge of the Rest of the World squad.
England won last year's game 3-1, and celebrities who took part included Will Ferrell, Gerard Butler, Olly Murs, Woody Harrelson and Ed Norton.
The 2012 event helped raise £4.9 million for Unicef.
Watch some classic highlights of Soccer Aid below:
Soccer Aid 2012 in pictures:...
- 12/19/2013
- Digital Spy
London, Mar h 03: Ant and Dec have vowed to help their old pal Paul Gascoigne, who is battling with alcoholism.
The Geordie duo have pledged to join other celebrities, like Chris Evans and Piers Morgan, in paying for the England legend's expensive treatment in a Us clinic, the Sun reported.
Ant - full name Anthony McPartlin - said that as a country, the goodwill towards him is huge and we all feel really sad.
He added that the duo, who were in regular touch with Gazza when the footballer was healthier, would speak to him on the phone and see him at things like Soccer Aid.
The two Newcastle United fans wished.
The Geordie duo have pledged to join other celebrities, like Chris Evans and Piers Morgan, in paying for the England legend's expensive treatment in a Us clinic, the Sun reported.
Ant - full name Anthony McPartlin - said that as a country, the goodwill towards him is huge and we all feel really sad.
He added that the duo, who were in regular touch with Gazza when the footballer was healthier, would speak to him on the phone and see him at things like Soccer Aid.
The two Newcastle United fans wished.
- 3/3/2013
- by Smith Cox
- RealBollywood.com
Robbie Williams goes to mother and baby classes. The 'Candy' hitmaker's wife Ayda Field encourages him to take their five-month-old daughter Theodora 'Teddy' Rose to parenting groups to share his experiences as a father. He said: ' I'm changing the nappies. And I go to mother-and-child classes. You meet other parents there and talk about your experiences. I don't know why I have to go there. But Ayda wants that. You probably earn parents plus points.' Robbie is a keen soccer fan and annually organises a charity celebrity tournament, Soccer Aid, but Ayda doesn't want him introducing Teddy to his favourite sport - because she wants the little girl to have 'yoga legs'. Asked if he has been educating Teddy...
- 3/1/2013
- Monsters and Critics
Robbie Williams goes to mother and baby classes. The 'Candy' hitmaker's wife Ayda Field encourages him to take their five-month-old daughter Theodora 'Teddy' Rose to parenting groups to share his experiences as a father. He said: '' I'm changing the nappies. And I go to mother-and-child classes. You meet other parents there and talk about your experiences. I don't know why I have to go there. But Ayda wants that. You probably earn parents plus points.'' Robbie is a keen soccer fan and annually organises a charity celebrity tournament, Soccer Aid, but Ayda doesn't want him introducing Teddy to his favourite sport -...
- 3/1/2013
- Virgin Media - Celebrity
Soccer Aid helped raise £4.9 million for children's charity Unicef. The fourth bi-annual charity football match - created by Robbie Williams and Jonathan Wilkes - broke records by raising its highest amount so far, with the UK government matching all public donations pound for pound. Will Ferrell, Gerard Butler, Edward Norton, Olly Murs and Gordon Ramsay were among the celebrities taking part in this year's event, which took place at Old Trafford on May 27. Robbie Williams, Unicef UK Ambassador, said: "I'm still basking in the glory of England's win and so pleased that this has been the best Soccer Aid yet with almost £5 million raised for Unicef - for children. "Thank you so so much to everyone (more)...
- 9/6/2012
- by By Tom Eames
- Digital Spy
As a longtime friend of the magazine, Jason Isaacs is always welcome at Empire Towers - and now that we've got our podcast up and running, the last time he popped round we ushered him into the podbooth and started asking him some pertinent questions.The conversation then wound its way through such wonderful topics as Soccer Aid, Event Horizon and moustaches, even touching on what it is to be an actor and how it feels to be stopped in the street by Harry Potter-loving adults.The hour-long result is an expletive-filled triumph, boasting over 20 F-bombs and even a (bleeped) C-bomb or two, meaning that if you're of a nervous disposition, click away now - to this feature on badass movie beards, for example.But if you're made of sterner stuff, then prepare to enjoy an exceptionally eloquent and really rather wonderful hour of movie chat below.P.S. Here's...
- 7/27/2012
- EmpireOnline
No wonder James Righton wants to marry Keira Knightley! The Oscar-nominated actress, who is engaged to the Klaxons keyboardist, recently traveled to Chad in Africa on behalf of Unicef's Soccer Aid 2012. Knightley's mission focused on the organization's efforts to raise money in order to provide polio vaccinations to millions of children around the globe. "It doesn't need to be like this," the actress says in a video chronicling her visit to the region. "Every minute of every day, three children die needlessly from a disease that could have been prevented by a simple, lifesaving vaccine." Yep. Righton is one lucky fella.
- 6/14/2012
- E! Online
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