# The Game of Their Lives (2005)

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**Runtime**: 101 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: David Anspaugh
**Written by**: Angelo Pizzo
**Starring**: Gerard Butler, Wes Bentley, Gavin Rossdale, Costas Mandylor, Louis Mandylor, Zachery Ty Bryan

> *America's finest moment in the world's greatest game.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Underdog soccer meets Cold War politics. An eight-day team of mailmen and milkmen faces England’s favored pros in 1950. Nine players lift the mythic upset in a single game watched only on scratchy radio waves.

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