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|  | | Jackie Chan as Passepartout in Around the World in 80 Days
Why are football movies usually so bad? Bend It Like Beckham's director, Gurinder Chadha and star of Fever Pitch, Colin Firth, give their theories. And we take a look at the work of the man who turned humdrum opening credits into art.
Around the World in 80 Days
Jackie Chan, one of the world's greatest movie stars, tells Matthew Sweet how his own brand of physical comedy owes a lot to Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd - the masters of silent cinema.
Saul Bass
Saul Bass's graphic designs for film opening title sequences transformed mundane information into art from Psycho and Vertigo in the 1950's to Martin Scorsese's Casino in 1996. The graphic designer David Peters tells us why his work was so striking. The Saul Bass Retrospective is at London's Design Museum and runs from 17 July until 10 October.
Football on Film
Just what was it that persuaded director Gurinder Chadha to make a film about a women's soccer team? Chris Tookey finds out. And Colin Firth lets us in on the secret of his tackle.
Worst 5 Movie Star Vocal Performances
Jennifer Saunders proved she has a good singing voice in Shrek 2 but not all actors are equally gifted. Chris Tookey chooses his bottom five examples of all time. Ever heard Leonard Nimoy singing If I Had a Hammer? Take part in our competition and and let us know who's singing:
Robert de Niro, Robert Mitchum or Robert Morley?
Listen to the competition clip
Please note that audio for this edition of Back Row will not be available on this website until after the programme's transmission on Radio 4 on Saturday 10 July 2004 at 5.30pm.
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