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[729 fx]

Any film/movie out there depicting table tennis?

I know that there are some movies which showed the following sports : basketball, boxing, football (American NFL), soccer etc. But table tennis? Is there any movies showing this game?
(Of course in the movie Forest Gump, there is a scene showing Gump playing ping pong)

[rokphish]

Balls of Fury
Pingpong Playa

both comedy

[varghese]

I have seen the first movie in the list, Balls Of Fury. It was sometime in 2007 that move came out. I can recall some scenes. There was a large promotion of that movie in all the clubs, and I think even people from this area who dont like to watch those kinds of rated movies, went to see the movie to support such effort to promote the sport. Wei Wang and Diego Schaff of Alpha table tennis have some small roles in that movie. Biba of Killerspin was also in the movie.

I'm not sure whether that movie has impressed me much. Only thrillers, drama and western movies can get my attention. I will go for anyone who wants to make a ping pong movie which is a thriller - keeping me on my chair with a lot of suspense.

[ejunkie]

Ping Pong Playa is the better of the two but neither one is a masterpiece.

[varghese]

Ping Pong Playa is the better of the two but neither one is a masterpiece.

Isn't that movie about a Basketball player who takes on ping pong as a challenge?

[rokphish]

Yes, a basketball player wanna be...
Both were let downs for me...
It will be good to see a much better table tennis movie...

[varghese]

I think some of these movie producing companies have made these movies as a variety movie in the sea of movies come every year. Don't the people need a chance to see something different instead of seeing all the dramas, horror etc... I don't think these movies are made with an intention to promote the sport of table tennis.

The ITTF has to take some initiative to make such a movie. I don't think ITTF has the money for that though.

[rokphish]

Only thrillers, drama and western movies can get my attention.

try the movie titled "Doubt" starring Meryl Streep & Philip Seymour Hoffman...

[729 fx]

Only thrillers, drama and western movies can get my attention.

try the movie titled "Doubt" starring Meryl Streep & Philip Seymour Hoffman...

I doubt the movie "Doubt" has table tennis element in it; I do not doubt that "Doubt" has plenty of drama, though.

[729 fx]

I read from somewhere there are other movies on table tennis apart from the 2 (Balls of Fury & Ping Pong Playa) mentioned above :

1) Hero (Ping Pong) (2002) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328258/
2) Blood Sweat & Tears (1996)
3) A Great Wall (1986) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091151/