Any Given Sunday

Al Pacino plays an old-school coach in Oliver Stone’s hard-hitting look at pro football. Jamie Foxx costars as a second-string quarterback who’s thrown into the starting lineup when the team’s veteran signal-caller (Dennis Quaid) is injured. NFL greats Jim Brown and Lawrence Taylor have significant roles. Cameron Diaz, James Woods, LL Cool J., Tense American football drama about an ageing coach holding his team together through a losing streak. Ownership of the team is inherited by a determined young businesswoman who increases the pressure to come up with winning results. When the team’s 39-year-old star player is injured and his capable young replacement is more interested in personal glory than team spirit, the coach must reevaluate his life and loyalties., After the aging starter gets hurt, an old-school, head football coach clashes with the team’s new, younger owner and backup quarterback., An aging football coach finds himself struggling with his personal and professional life while trying to hold his team together. A star quarterback has been knocked out of the game and a naive football player replaces him only to become exposed to the world of sports and become a danger to himself and to his players. Meanwhile, the coach finds himself constantly at battle with the team owner’s money and power hungry daughter intent on moving the team out., Oliver Stone takes on professional football, a sport whose grace and delicacy are a good match for his filmmaking style. Tony D’Amato (Al Pacino), the head coach of the Miami Sharks, won back-to-back championships four years ago. But new team owner Christina Pagniacci (Cameron Diaz) has little enthusiasm for the finer points of the game and is concerned only with the bottom line. The longtime strongman of Tony’s team has been “Cap” Rooney (Dennis Quaid), a 39-year-old quarterback, but Christina balks at renewing his contract. When Cap is injured during a game, third-string rookie quarterback Willie Beaman (Jamie Foxx) goes on in his place and becomes a major star. But Beaman is mostly interested in fame and money, and he has little regard for Tony and his teammates. Any Given Sunday also stars James Woods as the team’s doctor, LL Cool J as a star running back, Jim Brown as a former football great turned Sharks’ defensive coordinator, Ann-Margret as Christina’s alcoholic mother, Bill Bellamy as a wide receiver, Elizabeth Berkley as Tony’s favorite prostitute, and Charlton Heston as the football commissioner., ‘On any given Sunday you’re gonna win or you’re gonna lose. The point is – can you win or lose like a man?’ Macho stuff from director Oliver Stone, with a cast of heavyweights from both cinema and pro sport., When a devastating hit knocks professional football legend Cap Rooney out of the game, a young, unknown player is called to replace him. His great performances leave everybody shocked and make things difficult for the returning Cap Rooney., Al Pacino delivers an explosive performance as a burnt-out American football coach who finds himself under pressure when the team’s owner tries to rejuvenate the losing team., ‘On any given Sunday you’re gonna win or you’re gonna lose. The point is – can you win or lose like a man?’ Macho stuff from director Oliver Stone , with a cast of heavyweights from both cinema and pro sport.