Monday Night Mayhem (2002)

How ABC's Monday Night Football, a live broadcast of the National Football League, came to be.

Director:

Ernest R. Dickerson (as Ernest Dickerson)

Writers:

Bill Carter (teleplay by), Marc Gunther (based on the book by)

Stars:

John Turturro, John Heard, Kevin Anderson

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Turturro	...	Howard Cosell
John Heard	...	Roone Arledge
Kevin Anderson	...	Frank Gifford
Nicholas Turturro	...	Chet Forte
Brad Beyer	...	Don Meredith
Patti LuPone	...	Emmy Cosell
Eli Wallach	...	Leonard Goldenson
Shuler Hensley	...	Keith Jackson
Brennan Brown	...	Bob Goodrich
Leo Burmester	...	Carl Lindemann
Chad L. Coleman	...	O.J. Simpson (as Chad Coleman)
Steve Schirripa	...	Sal
Tony Devon	...	Al Davis
Luke Reilly	...	Herbert Schlosser
Sam Freed	...	Fred Pierce

Storyline

How ABC's Monday Night Football, a live broadcast of the National Football League, came to be.

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Plot Keywords:

urination | television broadcasting | american football | based on book | 

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Taglines:

Gifford. Cosell. Meredith. There was more action in the booth than there was on the field.

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Genres:

Drama | Sport

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

TNT tv Upcoming Airings, Cast Bios, Production Bios, Q & A [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 January 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

A sportriporter

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blondie Productions, TNT, Thinkfactory Media

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

On 5 September 1983 when Howard Cosell made the comment "That little monkey gets loose doesn't he," O.J. Simpson was not yet a booth commentator. The team was still comprised of Gifford, Meredith, and Cosell.

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Connections

References Saturday Night Live (1975)

User Reviews

"I tell it like it is!"

I must admit that The start of ABC'S Monday Night Football was before my time, But personally, I thought this was an excellent telling of the events leading from it's creation to the resignation of Howard Cosell. John Heard portrays Roone Arledge, the man behind the creation of ABC's Monday Night Football. He enlists play by play announcers Howard Cosell (John Turturro), "Dandy" Don Meredith (Brad Beyer), Keith Jackson (Shuler Hensley), and later, Frank Gifford (Kevin Anderson). The movie centers mainly on the action happening inside the booth, And on its rise to popularity. Memorable scenes include a drunken Cosell doing play by play during an Eagles game, Meredith at the Mile High Stadium literally "Mile High", and a scene where Cosell drops a lit cigarette butt(accidently) into Keith Jackson's trouser cuff during play-by-play, while Jackson, noticing his pants are on fire, nonchalantly pours his coffee onto the flame without missing a beat. But the main events center around Howard Cosell, who eventually became to stuck on himself and resulted in him resigning and never returning to the broadcast booth.

As to the acting, John Turturro lives up to being in the starring role and is excellent as Cosell. Heard gives another great performance as Arledge, Beyer and Anderson, whom I've never seen before are great as Meredith and Gifford, John's bother, Nicholas Turturro, puts in a strong performance as the director of the show, and Eli Wallach is great as always with the screen time that he is given.

all in all a very entertaining look into Monday Night Football. TNT does it again

10 out of 10