Everybody’s All-American

BBB.5

(out of 5)

This enjoyable drama centres around the loss of youth’s golden dreams in the wake of grown-up reality. Dennis Quaid plays a star college football player who sees nothing but glory and success in his future for him and his cheerleader girlfriend (Jessica Lange, who is definitely too old for the college scenes but does so well later on that it’s forgivable). Life after college, however, isn’t all they’d both hoped, and soon the demands of practicality require them to sacrifice much of what they’d hoped for and be satisfied with just getting by. Quaid’s exceptional performance is the best reason to watch it.

USA, 1988

Directed by Taylor Hackford

Screenplay by Thomas Rickman, based on the novel by Frank Deford

Cinematography by Stephen Goldblatt

Produced by Taylor Hackford, Ian Sander, Laura Ziskin

Music by James Newton Howard

Production Design by Joe Alves

Costume Design by Theadora Van Runkle

Film Editing by Don Zimmerman

Cast Tags:  A.J. Duhe, Aaron Neville, Alex Knight, Allen McCarty, Barbara Harris, Bethlyn Gerard, Bob Neill, Carl Lumbly, Carlos Hornbrook, Chris Cruz, Chris Koenig, Chuck Hicks, Clarence Davis, Clark Ellis, Claude File, Clifford Branch, Clinton Burrell, Dan Borne, Daryl Daye, David Ditthardt, David Sheltraw, Dennis Quaid, Emile Guillot, Fred Lewis, Gary Ebert, Greg Fontenot, J. Kevin Brune, J.C. Sealy, James Laughlin, Jeb Quaid, Jeff Wickersham, Jeffrey Atkins, Jerri Lauridsen, Jessica Lange, Jimmy Stewart, John B. Jones, John Erwin, John Goodman, John Hazard, John Kamana, Jordan Harding, Joseph Meyer, Kellee Kennedy, Ken Kells, Kenny Bordelon, Kirk Dodge, Larry Brunson, Lawrence Fitzmorris, Lewis A. Erber Jr., Lyla Hay Owen, Melissa Massey, Michael Dellocono, Michael J. Fisher, Mitch Carter, Neva Gage, Pat Pierre Perkins, Patricia Clarkson, Paul Hood, Phillip Carter, Randy Larose, Ray Baker, Raymond Brock, Raymond Chester, Rick Moser, Robert Hartwig, Robert Leary, Robert Lewis, Roy B. Stewart Sr., Savannah Smith Boucher, Scott Bailey, Shawn Burks, Sheri Tyrrell Brogdon, Sherrod Auxt, Skee Bernhardt, Steve Zabel, Terrence Beasor, Tim Fox, Tim Sullivan, Timothy Erber, Timothy Hutton, Timothy Joiner, Tody Bernard, Tom Mullen, Tracy Porter, Wayne Knight