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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WARNER HOME VIDEO
EAN: 9780790752792
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Director's Cut, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0790752794
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1EnglishSubtitledFrenchSubtitled
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: WARD17945D
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 07, 2001
Running Time: 150 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: December 22, 1999
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
WHEN A DEVASTATING HIT KNOCKS A PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEGEND AND QUARTERBACK CAP ROONEY OUT OF THE GAME, A YOUNG, UNKNOWN THIRD-STRINGER IS CALLED IN TO REPLACE HIM. WILLIE BEAMAN SEIZES WHAT MAY BE HIS LAST CHANCE, AND LIGHTS UP THE FIELD WITH A RAW DISPLAY OF ATHLETIC PROWESS.
Amazon.com:
Any Given Sunday, Oliver Stone's salute-cum-exposé of pro football, belabors some pretty obvious points for nigh onto three hours; but between the frenetic editing, the pounding rap-music beats, and several flashy performances, it's certainly never dull. Al Pacino, coach of the fictional Miami Sharks (the NFL declined involvement in this production), struggles with the most time-honored of sports movie dilemmas: what to do with the old friend who's past his prime and the young hotshot who could save the franchise but first has to learn what being a team player is all about. Comedian Jamie Foxx does a marvelous dramatic turn as the rookie quarterback whose ego and talent are equally impressive, while Pacino seems more at ease in Oliver Stone Land than any actor since regular James Woods (on hand as well as a sleazy team doctor). Prowling the sidelines, shouting spittle-flecked orders, seizing up in almost physical pain when a play goes the wrong way, Pacino is as unashamedly--and entertainingly--hyperbolic as Stone's whirling montages of boiling storm clouds, bloodthirsty fans, and players smashed into the mud. (Once again football, perhaps the most sophisticated of team sports, is viewed cinematically as a bunch of guys hitting each other in slow motion.) Unfortunately, all the self-conscious mythologizing and pumped-up macho posturing that Stone can muster doesn't conceal a clichéd, slapped-together script, whose few good ideas (mostly about race in America) jostle about with several hoary, terrible ones--including a too-literal analogy of football players as modern gladiators. (To drive the point home, Stone includes Charlton Heston--the aging Ben-Hur--in one of many star-powered cameos.) All in all, Any Given Sunday is never dull, but never very enjoyable, either. --Bruce Reid
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
The Bottom Line:
Any Given Sunday, Oliver Stone's vision of football as populated by he-men (and Cameron Diaz), doesn't win any points for subtlety but it's an entertaining 150 minute film that scurries along and seldom slows down; I don't think it's terribly memorable, but its entertainment value cannot be denied.
3/4
Rating:  -
When a devastating hit knocks a professional football legend and quarterback Cap Rooney out of the game, a young, unknown third-stringer is called in to replace him. Having ridden the bench for years because of a string of bad luck stories and perhaps insufficient character, Willie Beaman seizes what may be his last chance, and lights up the field with a raw display of athletic prowess. His stunning performance over several games is so outstanding and fresh it seems to augur a new era in the history ... Read More
Rating: -
I really enjoyed this film even though I am not a football fan and have only watched a few games in my whole life, it is obvious Stone is a real fan and made this as his love letter to the sport. It is fun trying to pick out all the real football stars who have cameos in this film, and even Charlton Heston!!!. Pacino's speech about the tradition of football to the young Jamie Foxx is quite inspiring. Foxx really sells his role and convinces me he deserves his star on the hollywood sidewalk. Lawrence ... Read More
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Not "just about Football" This movie ROCKS!! It is always moving, giving you insight to the game of Football and of Life. Great acting: Al Pacino delivers a wonderful performance and all the actors play their parts excellent. Watch this movie you will not be disappointed. I do not even like Football, but this movie was great.
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It was great to revisit this classic--hadn't seen it since it was in the theaters almost ten years ago. Stone does a masterful job of rendering caricatures to realistic, if some times slightly cliched, characters. Blu-Ray makes the fooball scenes almost as good as the Dallas mega screen [especially on my 120" projection screen] and anyone following today's NFL scene is reminded that the more it changes the more it stays the same--just more so. Testosterone-soaked, often maudlin,full of intrigue and action ... Read More
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