Everybody's All-American

Stars dennis quaid and jessica lange, as the school football hero and his perfect wife. Plays pro for a while, but things don't go so well after that. Money troubles, friend troubles. It's the turbulent 60s, when we finally got around to working on civil rights. Co-stars tim hutton and john goodman. Small role for wayne knight... he will go on to be newman on seinfeld. Gavin the football hero finally retires, but isn't sure what comes next. Directed by taylor hackford. He directed officer and a gentleman and worked with various musicians. Even won an oscar. Novel by frank deford; he wrote all kinds of sports related works, and documentaries. It's pretty good. They do a good job of catching the hairstyles ( and mustaches) of the various years. Also some interesting info in the trivia section about the film and the people in it.