Living with Lions
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Living with Lions is a documentary
that was released on video
(and later DVD
) that follows the 1997 British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa.
The film concentrates on the backroom effort, with less attention paid to the on-field rugby. The film balances pain of various injuries to Rob Howley
, Will Greenwood
and Doddie Weir
, the tensions within the camp (Barry Williams
fighting with Mark Regan
), the humour of John Bentley's visit to the gym, and finally jubilation after victory in the second test.
The documentary only goes to the end of the second test. Due to its success, a follow-up documentary Living With The Lions 2 - The Final Week was produced. Both films are included in the DVD.
For the 2001 tour to Australia, another documentary was produced. However, the Lions lost that tour, and there were suggestions that it had been censored
to edit out the fact that the players (especially Austin Healey
) were displeased with the coach, Graham Henry
.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
that was released on video
Video
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(and later DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
) that follows the 1997 British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa.
The film concentrates on the backroom effort, with less attention paid to the on-field rugby. The film balances pain of various injuries to Rob Howley
Rob Howley
Robert Howley is a former Welsh rugby union footballer. He was considered one of the greatest ever scrum-halves and gained 59 caps for Wales, 22 of them as captain.Howley made his Wales debut in February 1996...
, Will Greenwood
Will Greenwood
William John Heaton "Will" Greenwood, MBE is an English former rugby union footballer of the 1990s and 2000s.-Career:...
and Doddie Weir
Doddie Weir
George "Doddie" Weir, born 4 July 1970 in Edinburgh, is a Rugby Union player, in the lock position.George Weir started playing rugby for Stewarts Melville RFC, his former school, in Edinburgh. He studied at the Scottish Agricultural College, gaining an HND, from 1988-1991 . He moved to Melrose RFC...
, the tensions within the camp (Barry Williams
Barry Williams (rugby player)
Barry Hugh Williams is a Welsh international rugby union player. In 1997, he toured South Africa with the British & Irish Lions and at the time played club rugby for Neath RFC....
fighting with Mark Regan
Mark Regan
Mark 'Ronnie' Regan MBE is an English rugby union player. He has played as a hooker for Bristol, Bath, Leeds Tykes as well as England and the British Lions.-Career:...
), the humour of John Bentley's visit to the gym, and finally jubilation after victory in the second test.
The documentary only goes to the end of the second test. Due to its success, a follow-up documentary Living With The Lions 2 - The Final Week was produced. Both films are included in the DVD.
For the 2001 tour to Australia, another documentary was produced. However, the Lions lost that tour, and there were suggestions that it had been censored
Censorship
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to edit out the fact that the players (especially Austin Healey
Austin Healey
Austin Sean Healey is a former English rugby union player, who played as a utility back for Leicester Tigers, and has represented the England national rugby union team and the British Lions....
) were displeased with the coach, Graham Henry
Graham Henry
Graham Henry is a New Zealand Rugby Union coach, and former head coach of the country's national team, the All Blacks. He played rugby union for Canterbury and cricket for Otago in the Plunket Shield. Henry was heavily criticized following the All Blacks quarterfinal exit at the 2007 Rugby World...
.