Any Given Sunday
Any Given Sunday is a 1999 American sports drama film directed by Oliver Stone depicting a fictional professional American football team. The film features an ensemble cast, including Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, Jamie Foxx, James Woods, LL Cool J, Ann-Margret, Lauren Holly, Matthew Modine, John C. McGinley, Charlton Heston, Bill Bellamy, Lela Rochon, Aaron Eckhart, Elizabeth Berkley, and NFL players Jim Brown and Lawrence Taylor. It is partly based on the 1984 novel On Any Given Sunday by NFL defensive end Pat Toomay; the title is derived from a line in the book (also used in the film) that a team can win or lose on "any given Sunday", said by the fictitious coach Tony D'Amato. The quote itself was originally derived from a statement made in 1952 by then-NFL commissioner Bert Bell about the league's devotion to financial and competitive parity.
Plot
The Miami Sharks, a once-great American football team, are struggling to make the 2001 Affiliated Football Franchises of America (AFFA) playoffs. They are coached by thirty-year veteran Tony D'Amato, who has fallen out of favor with young team owner Christina Pagniacci, and his offensive coordinator Nick Crozier. Crozier is also D'Amato's expected successor. In the thirteenth game of the season, both starting quarterback Jack "Cap" Rooney and second-string quarterback Tyler Cherubini are injured and forced to leave the field. The desperate Sharks call upon third-string quarterback Willie Beamen to replace them. While a nervous Beamen makes a number of errors and fails to win the game for the Sharks, he plays well and gains confidence. Rooney vows to make it back by the playoffs, with D'Amato promising to not give up on him.
Cast
- Aaron Eckhart
- Al Pacino
- Andrew Bryniarski
- Ann-Margret
- Bill Bellamy
- Cameron Diaz
- Charlton Heston
- Dennis Quaid
- Duane Martin
- Elizabeth Berkley
- Gene Gabriel
- Gianni Russo
- Jaime Bergman
- James Karen
- James Woods
- Jamie Foxx
- Jim Brown
- John C. McGinley
- Jose Rosete
- Lauren Holly
- Lawrence Taylor
- Lela Rochon
- LL Cool J
- Matthew Modine
- Mitch Morris
- Oliver Stone
- Robert Paget
- Sean Stone
More details
| author | John Logan Oliver Stone |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Miami Miami metropolitan area |
| director | Oliver Stone |
| editor | Keith Salmon Stuart Levy Stuart Waks Thomas J. Nordberg |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | american football american football team coach concussion demote demotion expansion team force franchise player game head coach injured locker room middle linebacker narcissism new mexico offense offensive coordinator playoff press conference struggle team owner touchdown wash win |
| musicBy | Paul Kelly Richard Horowitz |
| producer | Clayton Townsend Dan Halsted Lauren Shuler Donner |
| productionCompany | Ixtlan Productions The Donners' Company |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| recordedAt | Florida |