Brian's Song (2001)

Directed by

Al Silverman, William Blinn, Paula Cale, Gale Sayers

Genre

American football film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film is a remake of a true story about two professional football players in the 1960s. Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers are both running backs for the Chicago Bears who start out as rivals but become close friends. It shows their friendship and the challenges they face including racial tensions and a serious illness.

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What happens

Brian's Song is the 2001 American remake of the 1971 television film Brian's Song, telling the story of Brian Piccolo (Sean Maher), a white running back who meets, clashes with and befriends fellow Chicago Bears running back Gale Sayers (Mekhi Phifer). The movie was adapted from Sayers' own words in his 1970 autobiography, I Am Third. The television movie, produced by Storyline Entertainment and Columbia TriStar Domestic Television, was first broadcast in the United States on The Wonderful World of Disney on ABC on December 2, 2001. In the movie, Piccolo is a brash rookie with the Bears. Initially thinking Sayers is arrogant – when he is only quiet and a slight bit anti-social – they rub each other the wrong way from the moment they meet. The movie, taking place from 1965 to 1970, as the civil rights movement grows, places great emphasis on integration, bringing up the conflict of when Brian and Gale room together for their first football season. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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