Everybody's All-American (1988)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Taylor Hackford

Writers (WGA):

Frank Deford (novel)
Thomas Rickman (screenplay)

Release Date:

4 November 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Sport

Tagline:

Their life story is a love story

Plot:

A Louisiana football legend struggles to deal with life's complexities after his college career is over. |

Plot Keywords:

Ghost | Gambling | Racism | American Football | Sports Team

Cast

Jessica Lange	...	Babs Rogers Grey
Dennis Quaid	...	Gavin Grey
Timothy Hutton	...	Donnie 'Cake'
John Goodman	...	Lawrence
Carl Lumbly	...	Narvel Blue
Ray Baker	...	Bolling Kiely
Savannah Smith Boucher	...	Darlene Kiely (as Savannah Smith Bouchér)
Patricia Clarkson	...	Leslie Stone
Joseph Meyer	...	Pep Leader
J. Kevin Brune	...	Roommate
Wayne Knight	...	Fraternity Pisser
Roy B. Stewart Sr.	...	Junie
Pat Pierre Perkins	...	Willy Mae
Aaron Neville	...	Man with Gun
Shawn Burks	...	Georgia Center

Also Known As:

When I Fall in Love

Runtime:

127 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Australia:M | Finland:K-14 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Company:

New Visions Pictures

Trivia:

Some of the filming of the football scenes took place during halftime of the 1987 LSU-Alabama game. The producers wanted to continue shooting some scenes following the game, so they requested that the LSU fans remain after the game so that they could finish the scenes. However, Alabama won in an upset, and ten minutes after the game, the only fans still in the bleachers were wearing crimson, forcing the producers to finish shooting the following week.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Babs is getting the bad news about their financial situation, the man on the phone says that the "County Assessor" has placed a lien on their account. In Louisiana, the "counties" are called parishes. The man should have referred to the "Parish Assessor".

Quotes:

[about the Gray Ghost's theme restaurant]
Babs Grey: I'm running this place. I'm good at it. Did anybody ever think I was good at anything? I sure didn't.

Movie Connections:

Features Long-Haired Hare (1949)

Soundtrack:

Let's Twist Again

one of THE greatest films I have seen

I started to watch this movie on HBO non commitedly but soon found myself engrossed. Nothing else was on so I kept watching. I was struck by the brilliant performance of Dennis Quaid and my heart broke for his character Gavin. I have rarely felt this kind of emotion when viewing a film and was overwhelmed with it. I had never before thought of Dennis Quaid as anything other than the funny guy from Undercover Blues and I was taken aback at his acting. I wept at the end and I felt every kind of emotion it is possible to feel. I cannot even express in words how I was blown away by this superb film and all of the actors involved in it.