Marked this as a spoiler, but if you don't know what happened by now you really do have to watch this. This is the warts and all documentary account of the historic 1997 British and Irish Lions Tour of South Africa. This defined sports documentary making for a generation. There is swearing, lots of it. And some drinking. But thats all secondary to the truth of what sporting commitment requires of its participants at the top level, and how greatness is achieved.
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What it's like to be at the peak and making sporting history
jamie_j-ferguson20 June 2017
Warning: Spoilers
A real insight into gritty sporting commitment
joncoles6 August 2021
One of the best sporting documentaries ever. True fly on the wall behind the scenes access, it presents a unique opportunity to see all that goes into knitting four rival rugby nations into one squad and team, and then trying to set them up to win in hostile territory against mighty odds. It's like the filmmakers became invisible to the players and management over time. There's so much more to a Lions tour than I ever knew, and I believe anyone with an interest in international rugby union would find this fascinating.
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