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Details: Written by OriginalSteps; Category: Careers and Popular Culture; Published: 26 May 2016; Last Updated: 15 June 2018

Films that Inspire a Career in Sport - Michael B. Jordan and Sylvester Stallone starring in Creed - image credit © 2015 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved”

The sports industry is very much a mix of high-end action and behind the scenes administration. From managing a team, dealing with the physicality of athletes, to being an actual sports person – there is a world of career opportunities on and off the field, court or track.

While some people are talented enough to play sport, others have made it their life's work to maintain the sports industry as a whole and earn quite a living doing so. Most of the inspiration are derived from moments on the field of play and some off the field...

Here are a few movies that we believe can inspire a career in the sports industry!

The Team:

Image source and credit - All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks is available on Prime Video.

All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks - in this edition of the series put together by Amazon's Prime Video, viewers are provided with a look into one of the greatest sporting teams of all time - from both the player's and coach's perspective.

Image source and credit - All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks is available on Prime Video.

It is engaging, informative and passionate! No matter, whether you are a rugby enthusiast or if you just have the slightest interest in the sporting industry, this is a must-see. Rating: full marks, 10 out of ten.

The administration:

Jerry Maguire – "Show me the money", if that doesn't sum up the overall relationship between an athlete and management – then what does! Plus, throw in a love story, Cuba Gooding Jr. winning an Oscar and Cameron Crowe. Careers inspired: Sports Agent! Rating: 10 out of Ten.

Moneyball – a film illustrating picking a team based on stats and cash – which converted to success on the field. Careers inspired: Sports Manager. Rating: 8 out of Ten.

Details: Written by OriginalSteps; Category: Careers and Popular Culture; Published: 17 May 2016; Last Updated: 17 May 2016

I am No One by Patrick Flanery

Set in the post-Snowden era of creeping surveillance of ordinary citizens and everyday life, I Am No One explores how a world without privacy is a world without freedom of expression.

Jeremy O'Keefe, a middle-aged Professor of History, returns to his native New York after a decade teaching at Oxford, hoping to reconnect with his daughter and rebuild the life he left behind. He settles into the rhythm of a too- empty life, long evenings alone after a day teaching students he barely knows. Then a strange encounter with a young man who presumes an acquaintance he doesn't remember and a series of disconcerting events leave him with a growing conviction that he is being watched.

Details: Written by OriginalSteps; Category: Careers and Popular Culture; Published: 14 August 2015; Last Updated: 17 September 2018

The late Heath Ledger in The Four Feathers Copyright: (c) Paramount Pictures and Miramax Films Photography Credit: Alex Bailey, Jaap BuitendijkThe late Heath Ledger in The Four Feathers Copyright: (c) Paramount Pictures and Miramax Films Photography Credit: Alex Bailey, Jaap Buitendijk

It is common knowledge that a traditional gap year, sabbatical or whatever you prefer to call it, generally involves some form of travel to a far off location. A get away from the hustle and bustle of a supposedly highly demanding academic or working world.

We at OriginalSteps.com in typical extraordinary superhero-like fashion, have gone a little out there to add time travel to the mix. The reason being that the typical Gap Year has changed and many individuals seem to be on a trend of using a break or gap at various stages of their life and not just after high school or university but literally slap in the middle of working life!

Making the gap year to be somewhat a kind of escape from reality or a refreshing “power nap” from a stressful career. Here are our choices of films and television series which could inspire a Gap Year!

Details: Written by OriginalSteps; Category: Careers and Popular Culture; Published: 16 December 2015; Last Updated: 13 April 2016

Star Wars

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Superheros, spies and galaxy adventures seem to be dominating the planet's viewership! But online streaming is breaking borders with Netflix making massive inroads into the market.

Whilst the world seems broken, Hollywood, movie and television makers are still churning out the proverbial imagination into reality.

It has been a while since a hard hitting magical movie that changed perceptions and broke borders has lead at the Box Office. Sure there are charming and edgy films out there which draw an audience, but it seems it will be a while before we see a film like All the Presidents Men draw a crowd as a big as the Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Details: Written by OriginalSteps; Category: Careers and Popular Culture; Published: 16 June 2015; Last Updated: 13 April 2016

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