- Cinema : "Bend It Like Beckham" (rang 0)
"Bend It Like Beckham" interweaves the underdog theme of Billy Elliot with Indian coming-of-age films like "East is East" and Monsoon Wedding, adding a healthy dose of MTV flavour in the appropriate spots."
from Film Threat : http://www.filmthreat.com/Reviews.asp?Id=3634
Here's the official synopsis from Fox Searchlight:
"A kaleidoscope of color and culture clash humorously as an Indian family in London tries to raise their soccer-playing daughter in a traditional way. Unlike tarty elder sister, Pinky, who is preparing for an Indian wedding and a lifetime of cooking the perfect chapatti, Jess' dream is to play soccer professionally like her hero David Beckham. Wholeheartedly against Jess' unorthodox ambition, her parents eventually reveal that their reservations have more to do with protecting her than with holding her back. When Jess is forced to make a choice between tradition and her beloved sport, her family must decide whether to let her chase her dream...and a soccer ball."
from : http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hp&cf=prev&id=1808443069
The best site
you can read the text and hear it read in an audio file (.ram) (very short, but excellent for oral comprehension). The link to both official websites don't seem to work, but you have links to videos and texts about Beckham and his future in the world cup.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_1924000/1924612.stm
Reviews
The Guardian : " call that a melting pot?"
http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,4120,682376,00.html
BBC :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1925908.stm (with links to articles on Beckham)
BBC :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2002/03/19/bend_it_like_beckham_2002_review.shtml
(with links to information about the director and the actors)
lots of reviews:
http://www.mrqe.com/lookup?isindex=Bend%20it%20Like%20Beckham
Rotten Tomatoes : links to reviews but an awful lot of terrible advertisements....(for teachers' use only)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/BendItLikeBeckham-10001391/
Review on an Indian website (no football there, it looks like Monsoon Wedding!!!)
http://www.clickwalla.com/article.php?cid=22&aid=531
Trailers and photos
Trailer in English with French subtitles:
http://www.mymovies.net/broadband/BB_default.asp
Full photo gallery:
http://outnow.ch/movies/2002/BendItLikeBeckham/default.asp?b=img_movie
Football vocabulary
http://vocabulary.englishclub.com/football.htm
quiz :
http://www.anglik.net/football.htm
crosswords :
http://www.wanguoqunxing.com/crosswords/00_gen_0001.htm
http://www.vocabulary.com/footballCW.html
Football wordfind :
http://www.vocabulary.com/footballWF.html
Vocabulary, crosswords, links :
http://www.isabelperez.com/football.htm
Language practice (text to fill in ) :
http://www.footballculture.net/footballenglish/lang9.shtml
Vocabulary and crossword puzzle:
http://www.stclaresoxfordonline.fsworld.co.uk/pages/langprac/footballvocab.htm
A ready-made lesson
with a text and vocabulary help from the Bangkok Post:
http://www.bangkokpost.net/education/site2000/ftjn2501.htm