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Outstanding Translated Foreign Film | 1984
1981 | John
Budget 10,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 27,453,418 USD
The movie was inspired by an actual series of games in Kiev, during the German occupation of the city. Several members of Dynamo Kiev, the top football team in Ukraine, found work in a bakery. There they formed a football team with other bakery employees. They began playing in a new league against teams supported by the Ukrainian puppet government and German military. After they beat a team from a local German Air Force base, the league was disbanded, and several of the team members were arrested by the Gestapo, and four were executed.
Sylvester Stallone started soccer training on weekends off during the filming of Nighthawks (1981). Stallone received training from England's World Cup winning goalkeeper, Gordon Banks. Initially, Stallone paid little attention to Banks' advice, as he didn't think the training was necessary, and recklessly threw himself around on the first day of filming the match. Eventually, he hit the ground so hard that he dislocated a shoulder and broke one of his ribs, putting him out of action for several days. When he returned, Stallone paid much more attention to what Banks was telling him, but still sustained several minor injuries over the course of filming, including another broken rib. After production was finished, Stallone commented that the experience had been harder than fighting in the Rocky movies.
Sir Michael Caine admitted that the only reason he agreed to make this movie was the opportunity to work alongside soccer legend Pelé.
Apart from acting in the movie, Pelé also assisted in choreographing all the playing actions in the climactic game.
Osvaldo Ardiles said of the 47-year-old Sir Michael Caine and his soccer skills, "Awful, and he couldn't even run twenty yards."
"Hatch: This frigging game is ruining my life."
"[Hatch has been told he has to return to the prison camp] Hatch: What am I supposed to do, break back into the camp? André - The French: No. You get captured. Hatch: Get captured. All right, suppose I get captured? And then they send me to the wrong prisoner camp. What about that? André - The French: No, no. Hatch: Now, what about that? André - The French: [tsks and shakes his head] The Germans will take you to the same place again to show the other prisoners you are not a success."
