Globe Paradise

Globe Paradise is a 1974 sports drama film written and directed by Oscar Scott Williams, and starring Jerome Ferguson, Wes Henson and Steve Pearson. The film focuses on the behind-the-scenes of a fictional world of competitive world-class football, for the people running the World Cup and the players, and the gangster like mentality involved in it.

Globe Paradise was released on September 30, 1974 in the United States. The film received critical acclaim and won numerous accolades, including Best Picture at the 47th Academy Awards. It has since been regarded as one of the greatest films of all time, and spawned two sequels, Globe Paradise: Climax (1979) and Globe Paradise: Epilogue (2009).