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Any Given Sunday

  • 19991999
  • RR
  • 2h 42m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
120K
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Cameron Diaz, Al Pacino, James Woods, Dennis Quaid, Jamie Foxx, and LL Cool J in Any Given Sunday (1999)
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A behind-the-scenes look at the life-and-death struggles of modern-day gladiators and those who lead them.A behind-the-scenes look at the life-and-death struggles of modern-day gladiators and those who lead them.A behind-the-scenes look at the life-and-death struggles of modern-day gladiators and those who lead them.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
120K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,717
686
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Oliver Stone
    • Writers
      • Daniel Pyne(screen story)
      • John Logan(screen story)
      • Oliver Stone(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Al Pacino
      • Dennis Quaid
      • Cameron Diaz
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Oliver Stone
    • Writers
      • Daniel Pyne(screen story)
      • John Logan(screen story)
      • Oliver Stone(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Al Pacino
      • Dennis Quaid
      • Cameron Diaz
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 485User reviews
    • 108Critic reviews
    • 52Metascore
  • See production, box office & company info
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 9 nominations

    Videos1

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    Photos78

    Cameron Diaz and Al Pacino in Any Given Sunday (1999)
    Al Pacino, Jamie Foxx, and LL Cool J in Any Given Sunday (1999)
    Al Pacino in Any Given Sunday (1999)
    Tony, Willie and Cap on the sidelines
    Cindy Rooney
    Christina Pagniacci
    Willie
    Cap on the field
    Christina and Harvey talk in the locker room
    Julian in uniform
    Julian on the sidelines
    Tony talks to the team

    Top cast

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    Al Pacino
    Al Pacino
    • Tony D'Amato
    Dennis Quaid
    Dennis Quaid
    • Jack 'Cap' Rooney
    Cameron Diaz
    Cameron Diaz
    • Christina Pagniacci
    James Woods
    James Woods
    • Dr. Harvey Mandrake
    Jamie Foxx
    Jamie Foxx
    • Willie Beamen
    LL Cool J
    LL Cool J
    • Julian Washington
    Matthew Modine
    Matthew Modine
    • Dr. Ollie Powers
    Jim Brown
    Jim Brown
    • Montezuma Monroe
    Lawrence Taylor
    Lawrence Taylor
    • Luther 'Shark' Lavay
    Bill Bellamy
    Bill Bellamy
    • Jimmy Sanderson
    Andrew Bryniarski
    Andrew Bryniarski
    • Patrick 'Madman' Kelly
    Lela Rochon
    Lela Rochon
    • Vanessa Struthers
    Lauren Holly
    Lauren Holly
    • Cindy Rooney
    Ann-Margret
    Ann-Margret
    • Margaret Pagniacci
    Aaron Eckhart
    Aaron Eckhart
    • Nick Crozier
    Elizabeth Berkley
    Elizabeth Berkley
    • Mandy Murphy
    Charlton Heston
    Charlton Heston
    • AFFA Football Commissioner
    John C. McGinley
    John C. McGinley
    • Jack Rose
    • Director
      • Oliver Stone
    • Writers
      • Daniel Pyne(screen story)
      • John Logan(screen story) (screenplay)
      • Oliver Stone(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Dennis Quaid's character Cap Rooney's house is really Miami Dolphin quarterback Dan Marino's house.
    • Goofs
      During Beamen's first game, after the first touchdown but before the extra point, the TV score shows the Sharks already have 7 points instead of 6. Then players on the field talk about getting the extra point.
    • Quotes

      Tony D'Amato: I don't know what to say, really. Three minutes to the biggest battle of our professional lives. All comes down to today, and either, we heal as a team, or we're gonna crumble. Inch by inch, play by play. Until we're finished. We're in hell right now, gentlemen. Believe me. And, we can stay here, get the shit kicked out of us, or we can fight our way back into the light. We can climb outta hell... one inch at a time. Now I can't do it for ya, I'm too old. I look around, I see these young faces and I think, I mean, I've made every wrong choice a middle-aged man can make. I, uh, I've pissed away all my money, believe it or not. I chased off anyone who's ever loved me. And lately, I can't even stand the face I see in the mirror. You know, when you get old, in life, things get taken from you. I mean, that's... that's... that's a part of life. But, you only learn that when you start losin' stuff. You find out life's this game of inches, so is football. Because in either game - life or football - the margin for error is so small. I mean, one half a step too late or too early and you don't quite make it. One half second too slow, too fast and you don't quite catch it. The inches we need are everywhere around us. They're in every break of the game, every minute, every second. On this team we fight for that inch. On this team we tear ourselves and everyone else around us to pieces for that inch. We claw with our fingernails for that inch. Because we know when add up all those inches, that's gonna make the fucking difference between winning and losing! Between living and dying! I'll tell you this, in any fight it's the guy whose willing to die whose gonna win that inch. And I know, if I'm gonna have any life anymore it's because I'm still willing to fight and die for that inch, because that's what living is, the six inches in front of your face. Now I can't make you do it. You've got to look at the guy next to you, look into his eyes. Now I think ya going to see a guy who will go that inch with you. Your gonna see a guy who will sacrifice himself for this team, because he knows when it comes down to it your gonna do the same for him. That's a team, gentlemen, and either, we heal, now, as a team, or we will die as individuals. That's football guys, that's all it is. Now, what are you gonna do?

    • Crazy credits
      During the end credits, we see D'Amato accepting an award and telling of his future plans with the league.
    • Alternate versions
      Alternate television versions of several scenes were filmed.
    • Connections
      Edited into Ann-Margret: Från Valsjöbyn till Hollywood (2014)
    • Soundtracks
      Ghost Dance
      Written by Robbie Robertson and Jim Wilson

      Performed by Robbie Robertson

      Courtesy of Capitol Records

      Under license from EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets

    User reviews485

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    Top review
    7/10
    A Dizzying, Entertaining Peek Into Pro Football...Stone Style
    Sports movies are tough to make. Creating the essence of the actual event is the toughest. Most films fall short in the editing process of the event or through sheer carelessness and lack of knowledge. ANY GIVEN SUNDAY is somewhat of an exception. It is hard-hitting and bloody like NORTH DALLAS FORTY. It is actually conventional when you think about it, like a warped RUDY. It is a hell of a lot more realistic than say, NECESSARY ROUGHNESS. These are all football films with varying degrees of success (except ROUGHNESS), but Oliver Stone, in his usual over the top way, throws a dizzying, mind-splitting film at us, much like the sport itself. This is why I liked it.

    Oliver Stone began a wicked spell of filmmaking with JFK, evident in its editing style. Fast-paced, black and white mixed with color, documentary-like methods ensued in NATURAL BORN KILLERS, NIXON, and the ghastly U-TURN. Nothing is new here with ANY GIVEN SUNDAY. Football is a battlefield Stone chooses to depict and depict it he does. Even the most ardent fans of the sport do not really know what it is like for a quarterback to drop back and get rid of a piece of pigskin before 11 players maul him. You certainly get the idea watching this.

    Al Pacino is the dried up head coach of the fictional Miami Sharks and he barks out the usual coaching cliches you hear in press conferences after real games. Pacino also seems to be sleep-walking through the picture. At times, he appears drunk even when he is not supposed to be. Cameron Diaz's character, a young chick owner, (yeah right) destroys any credibility the film may have had going in (Even the NFL would have nothing to do with this movie). Her constant bickering is so over-done, you almost feel like hurling much the way Jamie Foxx does every time he enters a game as the team's 3rd string quarterback. Realisticly speaking, this is not a very sane film about football. It is a maniacal celebration of the game. The scenes on the field are the ones I cherished. Beware of the locker room or domestic sequences.

    No one has ever put such energy into football scenes in a film before. He definitely had some good consultants. There are some comical cameos - Johnny Unitas and Dick Butkus play opposing coaches. Lawrence Taylor can actually act a teeny bit and Jim Brown shares the film's best off the field scene with Pacino in a bar. Stone tries to show us how the game has changed. He resonates past glory with quotes from Lombardi, dissolves showing Red "the Galloping Ghost" Grange, and even Unitas handing off to Ameche. TV has changed everything, says the coach, and he is right. It seems to be all about the money nowadays.

    That is the message, but you'll find yourself losing that idea in the lunacy of ANY GIVEN SUNDAY and the bone-crushing, ear-damaging football scenes. They are filmed and cut with such raw intensity, you feel like playing afterwards. This is definitely a film for football fans only unless you like big, sweaty men. Is there a big game at the end that needs to be won? Yes, and this surprised me considering how unconventional Stone usually is. Basically, surrender your senses and thought process to Stone's most entertaining film in quite some time.

    RATING: ***
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    • Jan 14, 2000

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 22, 1999 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Gridiron
    • Filming locations
      • Dallas, Texas, USA
    • Production companies
      • Warner Bros.
      • Ixtlan
      • Donners' Company
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $55,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $75,530,832
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $13,584,625
      • Dec 26, 1999
    • Gross worldwide
      • $100,230,832
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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