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The Program

  • 19931993
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  • 1h 52m
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The Program (1993)
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Several players from different backgrounds try to cope with the pressures of playing football at a major university. Each deals with the pressure differently, some turn to drinking, others t... Read allSeveral players from different backgrounds try to cope with the pressures of playing football at a major university. Each deals with the pressure differently, some turn to drinking, others to drugs, and some to studying.Several players from different backgrounds try to cope with the pressures of playing football at a major university. Each deals with the pressure differently, some turn to drinking, others to drugs, and some to studying.
IMDb RATING
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    • David S. Ward
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  • Stars
    • James Caan
    • Halle Berry
    • Omar Epps
    • David S. Ward
    • David S. Ward
    • Aaron Latham
  • Stars
    • James Caan
    • Halle Berry
    • Omar Epps
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    • 41User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
    • 51Metascore
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    James Caan
    James Caan
    • Sam Winters
    Halle Berry
    Halle Berry
    • Autumn Haley
    Omar Epps
    Omar Epps
    • Darnell Jefferson
    Craig Sheffer
    Craig Sheffer
    • Joe Kane
    Kristy Swanson
    Kristy Swanson
    • Camille Shafer
    Abraham Benrubi
    Abraham Benrubi
    • Bud-Lite Kaminski
    Duane Davis
    Duane Davis
    • Alvin Mack
    Jon Pennell
    • Bobby Collins
    • (as Jon Maynard Pennell)
    Joey Lauren Adams
    Joey Lauren Adams
    • Louanne
    • (as Joey Adams)
    J.C. Quinn
    J.C. Quinn
    • Joe's Father
    Andrew Bryniarski
    Andrew Bryniarski
    • Steve Lattimer
    Leon Pridgen
    Leon Pridgen
    • Ray Griffen
    • (as J. Leon Pridgen II)
    Michael Flippo
    • Coach Humes
    • (as Mike Flippo)
    Jeff Portell
    • Reporter #1
    Ernest Dixon
    • Coach Clayton
    George Rogers
    • Coach Myers
    Bernard Mixon
    • Reverend Wallace
    Mary Holloway
    • Alvin's Mother
      • David S. Ward
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      • Aaron Latham
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The original release of the film contained a scene where several ESU players lay on the yellow dividing line of a busy local road as a test of their courage. When two young men were killed, and several others injured, by imitating the stunt, Buena Vista excised the scene from the film. No post-theatrical versions of the movie feature the sequence, leading many to speculate that the studio destroyed the actual camera negatives of the scene. However, the scene can be found on YouTube.
    • Goofs
      When Darnell and Autumn are arguing over why she didn't tell her father about him, Darnell turns around and the word "Why?" is heard in Darnell's voice, but his lips don't move.
    • Quotes

      Alvin Mack: Let's open up a can of kick ass and kill 'em all, let the paramedics sort 'em out.

    • Alternate versions
      Some scenes show college students lying in a street in the middle of car traffic as a way to prove their courage. A few weeks after the film's release, the studio recalled all copies and deleted this sequence from the picture in response to public outrage, because a few teenagers had been injured or killed imitating this deadly game.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: The Good Son/The Program/A Bronx Tale/Bopha!/Dazed and Confused (1993)
    • Soundtracks
      Good Things
      Written by Kurt Neumann and Sammy Llanas (as Sam Llanas)

      Performed by BoDeans

      Courtesy of Slash/Reprise Records

      By Arrangement with Warner Special Products

    User reviews41

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    I liked it.
    During the course of high school and college, we always come across numerous stereotypes. The 'jock' stereotype is possibly the most recognized. This movie transcended that and only focused on the brotherhood and comradery that arises from playing an organised sport. Not only did I enjoy this movie to a great extent I thought it to be both hilarious and dramatic. I believed the quality of acting in this film to have been superb, as well as the football scenes.
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    • Release date
      • September 24, 1993 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • German
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    • Filming locations
      • Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
    • Production companies
      • Touchstone Pictures
      • The Samuel Goldwyn Company
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 52 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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