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Any Given Sunday (1999)
Oliver Stone peels back the cover on a fictional professional football team and finds it teeming with turmoil and anxiety in this 1999 drama, which stars Al Pacino as crusty veteran coach Tony D'Amato. Pressured by the team's young, ambitious owner (Cameron Diaz) and frequently annoyed by the antics of his third-stringer-turned-starting quarterback (Jamie Foxx), D'Amato struggles to assert his relevance both in the front office and in the locker room. Based on former NFL player Pat Toomay's novel, the film boasts an ensemble cast full of familiar faces — including a slew of NFL Hall of Famers — and an all-timer of a pregame speech by Pacino. Of course it's over the top.
Oliver Stone peels back the cover on a fictional professional football team and finds it teeming with turmoil and anxiety in this 1999 drama, which stars Al Pacino as crusty veteran coach Tony D'Amato. Pressured by the team's young, ambitious owner (Cameron Diaz) and frequently annoyed by the antics of his third-stringer-turned-starting quarterback (Jamie Foxx), D'Amato struggles to assert his relevance both in the front office and in the locker room. Based on former NFL player Pat Toomay's novel, the film boasts an ensemble cast full of familiar faces — including a slew of NFL Hall of Famers — and an all-timer of a pregame speech by Pacino. Of course it's over the top.