Kathryn Morris UK

98th? That’s Just Not Cricket!

Over at the Bleacher Report website ‘Featured Columnist’ Thomas Delatte has put a little list together. You know the sort of thing: a top 10 or 100 of the best/worst/favourite/most hated things in a particular category.

Such lists are, of course, very subjective and prone to some odd entries based purely on the preferences of the writer. This particular list stretches the whole idea to near breaking point though.

Thomas’s list is titled The 100 Hottest Sports Babes from Movies and TV. Skipping past the rather un-PC “babes” we find a list of 100 actress that have starred in… you’ll never guess… movies and TV with sports-related themes.

I can’t really quibble with the ladies chosen or the order they’ve been placed in as it is down to the writer’s own tastes, though obviously I do have something of an issue with Kathryn’s lowly 98th place 😕

Kathryn earns her spot on the list based on having a role in Resurrecting The Champ, a film with some boxing in it. Her female co-stars Teri Hatcher and Rachel Nichols also make the list, though somewhat higher up. Teri at 72 (26 higher, really?) and Rachel makes the top 5.

My beef with the list relates to its title and the incredibly loose interpretation of movies and TV shows in the sports genre going far beyond the odd rogue entry. The title “Sports Babes…” implies that the women are playing sports stars themselves, which in most cases they are not. Few would argue that Invictus and Days Of Thunder are sports movies but The Love Guru? OK, there’s a hockey player but it strikes me as just an excuse to shoe-horn Jessica Alba in. Thomas must feel that he is on shaky ground with Fight Club as he has to stress that it is a sports movie. It’s not. And I’d put Jerry Maguire (which doesn’t star Kathryn, despite what some biogs say) on a similar level to Resurrecting The Champ (which does) in regard to the sporting content. Yes, sports are the background to them but they are not really sports films. If Kathryn’s scenes had made into Moneyball then things could have been different. Her beach volleyball scenes in Pensacola: Wings Of Gold might have been more appropriate. Quite why I’m arguing for Kathryn to be struck from the list I’m not sure 😕

Anyway, the whole thing is very tenuous. Much like this post

And there are no cricket themed movies in the list either.

Resurrecting The Champ UK DVD

Not sure how this one passed me by.

As luck would have it it ties with the many-themed 2007 posts we’ve been running.

Back in February, the 13th to be precise, the movie Resurrecting The Champ was released on DVD here in Great Britain. If IMDb is to be believed (and I’ve no reason not to) then this is the first official release of RTC in the UK. Quite why it has taken 5 years is unknown. And why did Momentum Pictures choose now to release it?

Anyway, what we have is the most basic of DVDs. It’s just the film. No extras. At least they haven’t claimed “interactive menus” (what else could a menu be?) as a feature! There is no accompanying Blu-ray version either. Reflecting the limited nature of the package is the low cost, it’s a cheap £6.49 (~US$10).

For those that don’t know RTC tells the tale of Erik (Josh Hartnet) a struggling newspaper sports reporter who comes across a now homeless ex-champion boxer (Samuel L Jackson). Erik seizes the opportunity to pen a potentially career-making article. Hilarity ensues. OK, it’s not so much with the hilarity.

Kathryn plays Joyce, Erik’s estranged wife and mother of their son (Dakota Goyo). She is a little older than Erik, works for the same newspaper and, significantly, is a much more successful writer. You know how fragile the male ego can be. Kathryn’s role is not particularly big (somewhere between Minority Report and Cougars, Inc.) but her character is key. She sets the yardstick by which Erik measures his own success, is the prize Erik is really after (he wants to prove himself and become a proper father/husband) and is the moral centre of the movie.

This is another Rod Lurie directed film, one of several that has Kathryn had roles in. Alan Alda (M*A*S*H), Terri Hatcher (Desperate Housewives) and Rachel Nichols (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra) also star.

You can buy Resurrecting The Champ on UK DVD from Amazon.co.uk and find newly added copies of the DVD cover and a poster in the Gallery.

Kathryn @ Resurrecting The Champ Première – Jan 2007 – Update x2

Kathryn made further appearances on day 3 (Kathryn’s 2nd) of the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.

I should start out by saying that the image above is not part of this update. It is part of a portrait session for the cast of Resurrecting The Champ and it did happen on the same day. As much as I’d love to post an update on it, and savour every extra pixel, I did that last July with the largest versions available No, I’ve used it because it is my favourite Kathryn photo and I don’t need much of an excuse to post it

Along with the photoshoot, the 20th of January 2007 saw Kathryn attend another of those product promotional events, this time at the Marquee Lounge, the Resurrecting The Champ première and after party (8 new images), and another promo event at the Heineken Green Room. In total we have 21 more images across the three events.

Day 4 coming soon.

Update: An additional photo from a Q&A at the première was added just after this article was posted. The image has since been upgraded to one much greater size.

Update 2: Two more large images of Kathryn with her co-star Josh Hartnett at the première.

Resurrecting The Champ – Full HD Screencaps – Update

Looking back it is surprising to find that I’ve never really posted about Resurrecting The Champ on KM UK before. The Gallery has included screencaps, full HD screencaps from the trailer and stills from the word go, but nothing beyond that.

Well, we will correct that oversight right now with a description of the movie below, and brand new exclusive Full HD (1080p) screencaps, 295 316 in total, of Kathryn’s appearance in it and newly updated stills (including one huge HQ image) to be found in the Gallery.

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Gallery Opening

What could be better than looking at photos of the beautiful Kathryn Morris? The answer is “almost nothing” of course, which is why I’ve put together a Gallery of Kathryn-related pictures I have collected over the years. Screencaps, event photos, promo shots and photoshoots. You can find a permanent link to it in the right-hand sidebar. The collection is far from complete and I hope to add new material as I find it.

A big thanks to everyone that has provided images, all credit goes to them.

You will need to register to access the gallery. Apologies that the process isn’t quite as user friendly as it could be. I’m still learning about all this.

To register follow the link to the Gallery, click the Register link, fill in your details and click submit. An email will be sent to the address you gave (so make sure it is valid!) containing a web link. Clicking the link in the email will bring you back to the Gallery page. This will validate your login (without any visual confirmation, unfortunately). You can then proceed to login in with the details you submitted.

Here a few thumbnail examples: