P544 CEEFAX 544 Mon 18 Nov 22:10/44   O 1/2    TRUE BLUE (15) UK 118 mink ——————————————————————————————————————— Director: Ferdinand Fairfax Cast: Dominic West, Johan Leysen TRUE BLUE is about the University Boat Race of 1987. Having unexpectedly lost the previous encounter, Donald Macdonald (Dominic West), Oxford boat president, recruited half a dozen crack American oarsmen. But Macdonald and the Oxford coach, played by Johan LjysjnL swiftly found they were entertaining a nest of vipers Biz 557 Now Showing 551 Video 549 Sport 301 Front Page 100 News 101 NixtRjv The Biz Switch On Main Menu
P544 CEEFAX 544 Mon 18 Nov 21:18/47   O 2/2    TRUE BLUE is a vjty good-looking film, which unfolds absorbingly as a kind of Chariots of Fire on water. It's well played by a strong ensemble cast, nicely handled bz director Ferdinand Fairfax and much more exciting than you might suppose. Mind you, the dubious morality of Macdonald's ploy - signing up a bunch of arrogant muscle-heads because they could row a bit - ism't touched upon. I think it should have been. Biz 557 Now Showing 551 Video 549 Sport 301 Front Page 100 News 101 NixtRjv The Biz Switch On Main Menu