North Dallas Forty (1979)
- Directed by
- Ted Kotcheff
- Genre
- comedy drama, American football film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 76 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A veteran football player for a professional team deals with the physical pain and emotional burnout of the sport. He also clashes with the team's management and coaches over their controlling rules.
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What happens
North Dallas Forty is a 1979 American comedy-drama sports film starring Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, and G. D. Spradlin set in the decadent world of American professional football in the late 1970s. It was directed by Ted Kotcheff and based on the best-selling 1973 novel by Peter Gent. The screenplay was by Kotcheff, Gent, Frank Yablans, and Nancy Dowd (uncredited). This was the first film role for Davis, a popular country music recording artist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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