BB
(out of 5)
Al Pacino plays the disgruntled, aging coach of a troubled football team owned by a tough-as-nails, monstrously evil woman (well, aren’t they all, Mr. Stone) who thinks the team needs new management. Dennis Quaid plays the team’s star quarterback, Jamie Foxx is the new star in town and Matthew Modine is the caring doctor who wishes the football players weren’t pushed so hard to damage themselves. Scene after scene unfolds sloppily before your very eyes without ever making a statement, nor do the pieces of the multi-casted puzzle ever come together to make a complete whole. Wasted in smaller roles are Aaron Eckhart, Ann-Margret and James Woods, plus the film’s best performance (and most humane character) coming from Lela Rochon.
Warner Bros., Ixtlan, Donners’ Company
USA, 1999
Directed by Oliver Stone
Screen story by Daniel Pyne, John Logan, Screenplay by John Logan, Oliver Stone
Cinematography by Salvatore Totino
Produced by Dan Halsted, Lauren Shuler Donner, Clayton Townsend
Music by Richard Horowitz, Paul Kelly
Production Design by Victor Kempster
Costume Design by Mary Zophres
Film Editing by Stuart Levy, Thomas J. Nordberg, Keith Salmon, Stuart Waks
Film Festivals: Berlin 2000
Cast Tags: ‘Jaman’ Janet Manns, Aaron Eckhart, Al Pacino, Alexandra L. Hellman, Allan Graf,Allen Reidel, Amy Dorris, Andrea Horka, Andrew Bryniarski, Ann-Margret, Antares Davis, Anthony L. Tanzi, Antoni Corone, Art Young, Barry Switzer, Barry Wagner, Basil Proctor, Berlin 2000, Biba Mbayi, Bill Bellamy, Bjorn Nittmo, Bob St. Clair, Brian E. O’Neal, Bruce C. Hardy, Cameron Diaz, Carin Abnathy, Cat Stone, Celia Evans, Charlton Heston, Christy Tummond, Cleo Bayla, Clifton Davis, Clyde Sherman,Connell Maynor, Connell Spain Jr., Craig Thomson, Daniel Marino, Dawn Crawford, Debbie Howard, Delia Sheppard,Dennis Quaid, Derrick Lassic, Dick Butkus, Donna Preudhomme, Doris Condom, Dorothy J. Morrison, Doug Cowden, Drew Rosenhaus, Duane Martin, Elizabeth Berkley, Eric Miller, Eva Tamargo, Frank J. Adler, Fred Lester, Gianni Russo, Glynnis Lawson, Greg Orvis,Gwendolyn Osborne, Hermine Kraljevic, Hunter Reno, Hunter White, Irving Fryar, J.V. Goodman, Jack G. Spirtos, Jaime Bergman, James A. Bachand, James Karen, James Woods, Jamie Foxx, Jamie Williams, Jason Rubenstein, Jeannie Mustelier, Jerry A. Sharp, Jessie Alexander, Jim Brown, Jim Gasser, Joanna Theobalds, Joe Schmidt, John C. McGinley, John Daniel, Johnny Unitas, Joseph A. Wilson, Joseph Unitas, Joseph W. Underwood, Kathy Alzado Murray, Kevin Reid, Kirsten Krueger, Lauren Holly, Lawrence Taylor, Lela Rochon, Len Johnson, Lester Speight, Lisa Ann Phillips, Liz Petterson, LL Cool J, Luciano Armellino, Luna Abdi Mohamed, Marc Claus, Margaret Betts, Maria E. Heredia, Mark Robert Ellis, Marty Hochertz, Marty Wright, Mary Fanaro, Mathew Keneley, Matt Martinez, Matt Storm, Matthew Modine, Mauricio de la Vida, Mazio Royster, Melinda Renna, Melissa Jayne, Mercy Lopez, Micah West, Michael Groh III, Michael Osuna, Michael Stone, Michelle A. Porachan, Michelle Beisner, Michelle Bernard, Moet Meira, Myriam Davoisne-Bruni, Nichole Robinson, Nikki Novak, Nyle Wiren, Olivia Fullerton, Otis Mounds, Pat Toomay, Patrick O’Hara, Pete Ohnegian, Phil Latzman, Rhonda Adams, Richard McKenzie, Rick Johnson, Ricky Watters, Robert Gordon, Robert Grogan,Robert L. Goff, Rosa Iveth Cortez, Sacha Voski, Sarah Bredell, Sarah Penman, Sean Hamlet, Sean Stone, Skip McClendon,Steve Raulerson, Tara Stone, Terrell Owens, Timothy F. Crowley, Todd Eric Yeaman, Todd Smith,Tony Egues, Tonya Oliver, Tucker Brown, Tyler Cravens, Vincent DiFatta, Warren Moon, William Hanlon, Y.A. Tittle
New York Film Critics Award Nomination
Best Supporting Actor (Jamie Foxx)
