Sports and movies often go hand in hand. Many important elements of good storytelling are present in most sports competitions. As a result, screenwriters and directors are keen on telling interesting stories of athletes. Here are a few truly unforgettable sports films over the past years alone.

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Teen Wolf

Year released: 1985       Director: Rod Daniel

Teen wolf is one of the most famous films of the 1980s, starring Michael J. Fox who was one of the biggest stars of the decade. Fox acts the role of a werewolf (狼人) boy, Scott Howard. He stands out as a player of the school basketball team, gaining popularity and attention.

Sunset Park

Year released: 1996       Director: Steve Gomer

Starring Rhea Perlman, Fredro Starr, and the then- unknown Terrence Howard, Sunset Park is about a high school basketball team filled with kids at a loss for meaning of life. When the new coach, Phyllis Saroka, a woman, takes over the team, the kids give her a hard time. But she doesn’t lose heart or give them up. Eventually, they inspire each other and turn into a family.

Hoosiers

Year released: 1986       Director: David Anspaugh

The film tells the story of a small town in Indiana and how its high school goes on to win a state title despite all the difficulties. Featuring an amazing performance by Gene Hackman in a starring role as the team’s coach, Hoosiers is richly detailed and real to life, as it spares no expense in making sure that every problem that team must overcome is examined.

Space Jam

Year released: 1996       Director: Joe Pytka

There are too many reasons to love this film: the presence of the NBA’S greatest superstar together with cartoon legends, the great final game between the Monstars and the Tune Squad. Space Jam is a basketball movie that never takes itself too seriously from start to finish, always putting fun first.

U.S. actor Brent Hill studied the violin for seven years during his childhood. But, now, he couldn’t make a sound out of it. His latest role as Dewey Finn in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical, School of Rock, in which he plays with 36 talented child musicians, reminds him of his time as an instrumentalist.

Hill shared his story on arriving in Beijing. School of Rock is being staged in Beijing from March 22 until April 14 on its debut China tour. The musical staged its world premiere on Broadway in 2015.

The musical is based on the successful 2003 Hollywood comedy, starring Jack Black. The plot follows Dewey Finn, a failed rock star forced to make money as a substitute teacher at a private elementary school, where he turns a class of straight-A students into a rock band.

“The role, Dewey, is the biggest kid. I am a big kid in real life, so this part is not challenge. When I got the role, I did the exact same thing as Dewey who is a loser,” Hill says. “Working with child actors is exciting.”

Thousands of kids auditioned. Three-and-a-half months later, 36 made the cut. Samantha Zhang plays the role of Katie. She has practiced piano for seven years and violin for four but had to learn to play bass for the musical. “No many girls play bass. It’s so cool, and I feel like a rock star,” says the 13-year-old, who made her musical-theater debut in 2014. It’s the first time for the girl, who lives in Sydney with her Chinese parents, to visit China.

Webber became interested in the movie. He wrote 12 new songs. Hill says it’s difficult to get Black’s acting out of his subconsciousness. However, Webber’s songs enable Hill to make the role his own.

“School of Rock is about how music reaches and transforms everyone’s life especially children.” Webber said. “When the substitute teacher turned the straight-A student class into a rock band, it changed his life and theirs forever.”