The story of the 1980 tennis rivalry between the placid Björn Borg and the volatile John McEnroe.The story of the 1980 tennis rivalry between the placid Björn Borg and the volatile John McEnroe.The story of the 1980 tennis rivalry between the placid Björn Borg and the volatile John McEnroe.
- Awards
- 7 wins & 14 nominations
Julia Marko-Nord
- Margareta Borg
- (as Julia Marko Nord)
- Director
- Writer
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBjörn Borg's real-life son, Leo Borg, plays young Björn.
- GoofsThe net on the Centre Court for a singles game is never the doubles net used in the movie.
- Quotes
John McEnroe: You can't be serious! You can not be serious! The ball was on the line! Chalk flew all over, man. The chalk flew up! He saw it. That's why he's walking all over it. Everyone saw it was in. You cannot possibly call that out.
- Crazy creditsAt 00:48 in starting credits, a quote appears on screen credited to Andre Agassi, "Tennis used the language of life: advantage, service, fault, break, love... every match is a life in miniature"
- ConnectionsFeatured in CTV National News: Episode dated 7 September 2017 (2017)
Featured review
I liked how the movie brought me back to those days when tennis players were like superstars (although you would not know it if you watch the last aierport scene where Bjorn and John have a lWhat I did not like is how the movie overkills the contrast between them and yet, it is contradictory in that the "calm/predictable/shy" Bjorn fires his coach without thinking it over much and is ready to leave his fiance as well ... which makes him as volatile as McEnroe supposedly is...
Meanwhile there is no tennis analysis whatsoever. I loved how John had the best hands in tennis and how graceful and talented he was at the net ...
Sverri Gudnason plays and moves a little bit like Bjorn, Shia LaBeouf is a DISASTER as John McEnroe: his movements are totally non-tennis and totally wrong!!!
The movie shows them as if this is the first time they play one another when it really was the SEVENTH time they played one another.
This is just on of many liberties they take to tell the story they want to tell: the Ying/Yang that movies require in order for those watching to get the point...
Too many flashbacks: the whole movie seemed like a long string of Bjorg remembering hitting against a wall and John getting rejected by his parents!!!
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- Countries of origin
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- Also known as
- Borg McEnroe: La película
- Filming locations
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Box office
- Budget
- SEK 165,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $231,346
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $52,625
- Apr 15, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $3,431,867
- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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