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Overview

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6.1/10   443 votes
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Director:
Alex March
Writers:
George Plimpton (book) (story)
Lawrence Roman (writer)
Contact:
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Genre:
Comedy | Sport more
Plot:
Sportswriter George Plimpton poses as a rookie quarterback for the Detroit Lions for a "Sports Illustrated" article. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. more
User Comments:
OK film, more interesting to see NFL in those days more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Alan Alda ... George Plimpton

Lauren Hutton ... Kate
Joe Schmidt ... Himself
Alex Karras ... Himself
John Gordy ... Himself
Mike Lucci ... Himself
Pat Studstill ... Himself
Bill McPeak ... Himself
Jim Martin ... Himself
Jim David ... Himself
Charles Knox ... Himself
John North ... Himself
Carl Brettschneider ... Himself
Roger Brown ... Himself
Lou Garney ... Himself
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Additional Details

Runtime:
107 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #21990)

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Factual errors: After George enters the game and the team is penalized for Delay of Game, the referee is shown winding the clock. The clock is not started after a Delay penalty. more
Quotes:
Vincent Lombardi: You try the AFL? more

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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
OK film, more interesting to see NFL in those days, 21 April 2001
6/10
Author: smatysia (feldene@comcast.net) from Houston

A fairly good adaptation of George Plimpton's book. A young Alan Alda did pretty well playing Plimpton. But as another commenter pointed out, it was most interesting to see pro football in the days when the coaches were the bosses, the players did what they were told, and no thuggishness or criminality was tolerated. Football was tough, and masculine, and that was okay. No strutting, no trash talk. Ah, those were the days.

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