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Any Given Sunday (1999)  link to Any Given Sunday on IMDb  

Number: 155

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IMDb Rating:
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6.8/10 (96591 votes)

Country: USA, 162 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Drama, Sport

Director(s): Oliver Stone

Cast: Al Pacino (as Tony D'Amato), Cameron Diaz (as Christina Pagniacci), Dennis Quaid (as Jack 'Cap' Rooney), James Woods (as Dr. Harvey Mandrake), Jamie Foxx (as Willie Beamen)

Medium: Unknown,

Plot Outline: 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...

Location: E1

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1