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Any Given Sunday

LIFE IS A CONTACT SPORT. PLAY. OR BE PLAYED.Ā 

anygivensundayAs veteran football coach Tony D’Amato (Al Pacino) is struggling to maintain his grip on the team, his star player (Dennis Quaid) is injured. A really good sports movie knows how to make the most of the game, how to show the kind of commitment that fuels it. The problem with director Oliver Stoneā€™s take on American football is that heā€™s in dire need of a story; all heā€™s got is a rollercoaster of blood, sweat and testosterone, featuring a lot of familiar faces and going so fast thereā€™s no time for substance. Itā€™s fun, but overlong.Ā 

1999-U.S. 162 min. Color. Widescreen. Directed byĀ Oliver Stone. Screenplay:Ā John Logan, Oliver Stone.Ā Cast: Al Pacino (Tony Dā€™Amato), Cameron Diaz (Christina Pagniacci), Dennis Quaid (Cap Rooney), James Woods, Jamie Foxx, LL Cool Jā€¦ Charlton Heston, Matthew Modine, Ann-Margret, Aaron Eckhart, Lauren Holly.

Trivia: Stone later re-edited the film, removing some sequences and replacing them with others; that version runs 157 min.

 

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