‘It’s Spiritual Man’: Eddie the Eagle (2016) and English Amateurism.

• Published in: Journal of British Cinema and Television
• Main Author: Robinson, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Edinburgh University Press 2019
• Subjects: biopic; amateur; sport; Olympics; nostalgia; Eddie Edwards; Eddie the Eagle; Antarc*; Antarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3366/jbctv.2019.0467; https://repository.derby.ac.uk/download/6d1bd8a7f72b1b08c1368dfb186d7ab4e4778039ccdaf4cf7717693376a24ed4/70948/It%27s%20Spiritual%20Man%20-%20Eddie%20the%20Eagle%20and%20English%20Amateurism.docx

The theme of amateurism has been persistent throughout the history of the British biopic, evidenced in films including Scott of the Antarctic (1948), The Magic Box (1951) and The Flying Scotsman (2006). Eddie the Eagle (2016), a film about ski-jumper Eddie ‘the Eagle’ Edwards and his preparation for...