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The Program (1993)
This 1993 flick was one of the first to take a closer look at the pressures a college football team faces in trying to develop and maintain success: from the coach who must recruit blue-chippers and call the right plays on the sidelines, to the players themselves who have to negotiate academic hurdles and the allures of drugs and distraction. James Caan plays Coach Sam Winters, who's been pressured by his university to put a winning product on the field, and Halle Berry plays a young student assigned to help a talented recruit assimilate to college life. Look out for the cameo by legendary University of Michigan coach Bo Schembechler.
This 1993 flick was one of the first to take a closer look at the pressures a college football team faces in trying to develop and maintain success: from the coach who must recruit blue-chippers and call the right plays on the sidelines, to the players themselves who have to negotiate academic hurdles and the allures of drugs and distraction. James Caan plays Coach Sam Winters, who's been pressured by his university to put a winning product on the field, and Halle Berry plays a young student assigned to help a talented recruit assimilate to college life. Look out for the cameo by legendary University of Michigan coach Bo Schembechler.