Four Falls of Buffalo (2015)

Directed by

Ken Rodgers

Genre

documentary film, American football film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

10

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 21 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of the Buffalo Bills teams that lost four Super Bowls in a row in the early 1990s. It focuses on the players and coaches, sharing their memories of those games and how they dealt with the disappointment.

nostalgicheartbreakingreflectiveinspirationalbittersweetemotionalfair-mindedpersonal

What happens

Four Falls of Buffalo is a 2015 documentary film produced for ESPN's 30 for 30 series and directed by Ken Rodgers of NFL Films. The film profiles the Buffalo Bills teams of the early 1990s, when the franchise became the first team to play in—and lose—four consecutive Super Bowls. The film goes through the Bills four "Super Bowl" years featuring retrospectives and insight on such famous plays as Scott Norwood's 47-yard field goal miss at the end of Super Bowl XXV, Thurman Thomas' misplaced helmet at the start of Super Bowl XXVI, and Don Beebe's strip of Leon Lett's attempted fumble return in Super Bowl XXVII. Former Bills players Jim Kelly, Bruce Smith, Thurman Thomas, Andre Reed, Don Beebe, Darryl Talley, Steve Tasker, Scott Norwood, Frank Reich, coach Marv Levy, and general manager Bill Polian all gave extensive interviews for the film. A highlight of the documentary is an emotional interview with Norwood and former Bills special teams coach Bruce DeHaven conducted on the steps of Buffalo City Hall, the site where, twenty-five years before, the crowd of Bills fans had cheered for Norwood following his ill-fated kick. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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