ANY GIVEN SUNDAY (1999)

 

Directed by: Oliver Stone

Based on the novel "On Any Given Sunday" by: Pat Toomay

Starring: Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, Jamie Foxx, James Woods, LL Cool J, Ann-Margret, Lauren Holly, Matthew Modine, John C. McGinley, Charlton Heston, Bill Bellamy, Lela Rochon, Aaron Eckhart, Elizabeth Berkley, Jim Brown, Lawrence Taylor, Dick Butkus, Y.A. Tittle, Pat Toomay, Warren Moon, Johnny Unitas, Ricky Watters, Emmitt Smith, Terrell Owens, Barry Switzer, Clifton Davis, Andrew Bryniarski, James Karen, Gianni Russo, Duane Martin, Pat O'Hara, Mazio Royster, Rick Johnson, Allan Graf, Margaret Betts, Lester Speight, Eva Tamargo, Delia Sheppard, Jaime Bergman, Dan Sileo, Sean Stone, Antoni Corone, Irving Fryar, Joe Schmidt, Wilt Chamberlain, Oliver Stone

157 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, sports violence, graphic nudity)

PLOT:

When a devastating hit knocks a professional football legend and quarterback Cap Rooney out of the game, a young, unknown third-stringer is called in to replace him. Having ridden the bench for years because of a string of bad luck stories and perhaps insufficient character, Willie Beaman seizes what may be his last chance, and lights up the field with a raw display of athletic prowess. His stunning performance over several games is so outstanding and fresh it seems to augur a new era in the history of this Miami franchise, and forces aging coach Tony D'Amato to reevaluate his time-tested values and strategies and begin to confront the fact that the game, as well as post-modern life may be passing him by. Adding to the pressure on D'Amato to win at any cost is the aggressive young President/Co-owner of the team, Christina Pagniacci, now coming into her own after her father's death. Christina's driving desire to prove herself in a male dominated world is intensified by her focus on the marketing and business of football, in which all coaches and players are merely properties.

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