Bend It Like Beckham Bend It Like Beckham Bend It Like Beckham is a 2002 British-Indian family romantic comedy sports film produced, written and directed by Gurinder Chadha, and starring Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher, Shaznay Lewis and Archie Panjabi. The film's title refers to the football player David Beckham, and his skill at scoring from free kicks by curling the ball past a wall of defenders. It follows the 18-year-old daughter of Punjabi Sikhs in London. She is infatuated with football but her parents have forbidden her to play because she is a girl. She joins a local women's
The Great Adventure (1918 film) her performance, called "likable", but the film itself did not. It was said that the plot "stretches the imagination of the spectator." Despite the critical reception, the film was commercially successful. The Great Adventure (1918 film) The Great Adventure, also known as Her Great Adventure and Spring of the Year, is a 1918 silent film directed by Alice Guy-Blaché, and starring Bessie Love. The film is extant at the BFI National Film and Television Archive (London). Shot at Solax Studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey. An amateur performer (Love) has found local success and acclaim, but dreams of stardom on