Any Given Sunday

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(drama, sport)

When a devastating hit knocks a professional football legend and quarterback Cap Rooney (Denis Quaid) 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 (Jamie Foxx) 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 of this Miami franchise, and forces aging coach Tony D'Amato (Al Pacino) to reevaluate his time-tested values and strategies and begin to confront the fact that the game, as well as post-modern life may be passing him by. Adding to the pressure on D'Amato to win at any cost is the aggressive young President/Co-owner of the team, Christina Pagniacci (Cameron Diaz), now coming into her own after her father's death. Christina's driving desire to prove herself in a male dominated world is intensified by her focus on the marketing and business of football, in which all coaches and players are merely properties..

actors:

Al Pacino as Tony D'Amato
Cameron Diaz as Christina Pagniacci
Dennis Quaid as Jack 'Cap' Rooney
James Woods as Dr. Harvey Mandrake
Jamie Foxx as Willie Beamen
LL Cool J as Julian Washington
Matthew Modine as Dr. Ollie Powers
Jim Brown as Montezuma Monroe
Lawrence Taylor as Luther 'Shark' Lavay
Bill Bellamy as Jimmy Sanderson
Andrew Bryniarski as Patrick 'Madman' Kelly
Lela Rochon as Vanessa Struthers
Lauren Holly as Cindy Rooney
Ann-Margret as Margaret Pagniacci
Aaron Eckhart as Nick Crozier
directors:
Oliver Stone
rating:6.50

See also: Drama: Stay

See also: Al Pacino in Godfather, The